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- From: Dan <dan AT citygardenfarms.com>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Arugula
- Date: Fri, 17 Apr 2009 08:10:33 -0700
I second Willie's comments. Astro grows like crazy. First thing out
of the ground. The only problem I've had is having it bolt quickly if
the weather has been too warm. Yes, flea beatles love the stuff. I
use floating row cover to deal with the beatles. Dan Willie McKemie wrote: On Fri, Apr 17, 2009 at 08:01:50AM -0400, Allan Balliett wrote:Friends - I hate to admit it, but I just have never gotten the hang of growing arugula.I grow arugula pretty much year 'round. Some times of year it does poorly, some well. Right now, it's "well". "Astro" variety. Just jumps out of the ground; germinates better than just about anything else. With good conditions, about 4-5 weeks from seeding to picking and then several weeks of picking. When I have labor to pick it, I plant the next planting just before we start picking the older one. Sometimes shot hole making insects cause trouble, probably flea beetles. This year, for the first time, I got some harlequin bugs in it. It is very sensitive to probably the spreader in sprays. Even the lowest effective concentrations spot leaves. One ounce of Mustang and one ounce of spreader in 15 gallons of water applied over an acre may cause spotting even if sprayed at sunset. At times, we get apparent diseases that makes leaves too ugly to pick In the winter, we get freeze burn but not kill. We have many warm spells during the winter when arugula is pickable. It survives, but does not thrive, in our summers. Central Texas. -- Willie, ONWARD! Through the fog! http://counter.li.org Linux registered user #228836 since 1995 Debian3.1/GNU/Linux system uptime 489 days 3 hours 20 minutes _______________________________________________ Market-farming mailing list Market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming |
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[Market-farming] pricing fresh herbs for sale to chefs,
Dan, 04/16/2009
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[Market-farming] Arugula,
Allan Balliett, 04/17/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Arugula,
Willie McKemie, 04/17/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Arugula, Dan, 04/17/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Arugula,
Allan Balliett, 04/19/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Arugula, Willie McKemie, 04/20/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Arugula, David Guthrie, 04/20/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Arugula,
Liz, 04/17/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Arugula, Allan Balliett, 04/19/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Arugula,
Willie McKemie, 04/17/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] pricing fresh herbs for sale to chefs, Elaine Granata, 04/19/2009
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[Market-farming] Arugula,
Allan Balliett, 04/17/2009
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