market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Market Farming
List archive
- From: <jjburroughs AT msn.com>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: [Market-farming] Acres conference in December??
- Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 11:48:21 -0700
Great Breck...thanks. I think I'll go check that out. BTW: Is anyone planning on attending the ACRES conference in St. Louis in December? Jaime > From: bcarden AT breckinridgegroup.com > To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org > Date: Fri, 31 Oct 2008 14:24:52 -0400 > Subject: Re: [Market-farming] pumpkin trash > > Good question and a good reply. Jamie if you haven’t already read Eliot > Coleman’s book “New Organic Grower” I would recommend it to you. It is full > of info on how to make use of cover crops. > > Peace, > Farmer Breck > > ________________________________________ > From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org > [mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Bill > Shoemaker > Sent: Friday, October 31, 2008 12:23 PM > To: Market Farming > Subject: Re: [Market-farming] pumpkin trash > > Not stupid at all. First, like all cover crops it protects soil against > erosion. It also captures free nitrogen and holds it into the next season. > In the spring, we create tilled zones before the rye gains much size. Then, > before planting the pumpkins, we knock the rye down to create a mulch mat. > At that time the rye is just tillering so it constitues a lot of biomass and > a significant mulch mat. Using a roller which crimps the rye kills it and > helps keep it in place. The pumpkins are then planted in the tilled zone. > Weeds are kept under control in the mulched zones and vines grow out over > the mulch. The pumpkin fruit set and grow on top of the rye. This has a > significant positive impact on disease development, especially fruit rots. > At the end of the season the pumpkins are cleaner and for harvesters, > whether customers or workers, they can move through the fields even after a > rain. We've come to like the system very much for these reasons. Commercial > growers in our area are beginning to implement it on a large scale. > > Bill Shoemaker, Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops > University of Illinois - St Charles Horticulture Research Center > www.nres.uiuc.edu/faculty/directory/shoemaker_wh.html > Can I ask a stupid question? > > What is the benefit of cover cropping with the rye? Do you cover crop and > then just disc and till under for organic substance? Or do you use the rye > for something? chop and feed to animals? or just to help with the weeds > during the winter season? > > Jaime > > _______________________________________________ > Market-farming mailing list > Market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org > http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming > See how Windows Mobile brings your life together—at home, work, or on the go. See Now |
-
[Market-farming] pumpkin trash,
Richard Robinson, 10/30/2008
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
-
Re: [Market-farming] pumpkin trash,
sunnfarm, 10/30/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] pumpkin trash, Jason Jones, 10/31/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] pumpkin trash, Bill Shoemaker, 10/31/2008
-
Re: [Market-farming] pumpkin trash,
sunnfarm, 10/31/2008
-
Re: [Market-farming] pumpkin trash,
jjburroughs, 10/31/2008
-
Re: [Market-farming] pumpkin trash,
Bill Shoemaker, 10/31/2008
-
Re: [Market-farming] pumpkin trash,
breck, 10/31/2008
-
[Market-farming] Acres conference in December??,
jjburroughs, 10/31/2008
-
Re: [Market-farming] Acres conference in December??,
David Guthrie, 10/31/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] Acres conference in December??, Marcy, 10/31/2008
-
Re: [Market-farming] Acres conference in December??,
David Guthrie, 10/31/2008
-
[Market-farming] Acres conference in December??,
jjburroughs, 10/31/2008
-
Re: [Market-farming] pumpkin trash,
breck, 10/31/2008
-
Re: [Market-farming] pumpkin trash,
Bill Shoemaker, 10/31/2008
-
Re: [Market-farming] pumpkin trash,
jjburroughs, 10/31/2008
- Re: [Market-farming] pumpkin trash, sunnfarm, 10/31/2008
Archive powered by MHonArc 2.6.24.