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- From: Road's End Farm <organic87 AT frontiernet.net>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Organic Asparagus
- Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 11:49:10 -0400
On Sep 11, 2009, at 9:30 AM, <sunnfarm AT netscape.com> wrote:
<x-tad-smaller>.BTW for weed control, asparagus is a salt tolerant plant and salt water can be sprayed on small weeds as a herbicide...
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Considering the title of the thread: salt as an herbicide is not acceptable for organic production, I think (no time to look it up right now in the federal standards, but it certainly was prohibited by NOFA and many other certifiers before the federal standards went in, and I think is still prohibited). The asparagus may be tolerant, but it's considered to damage the overall health of the soil.
-- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 5 mostly
Fresh-market organic produce, small scale
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Re: [Market-farming] Organic Asparagus
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- Re: [Market-farming] Organic Asparagus, Bill Shoemaker, 09/11/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Organic Asparagus,
Bill Shoemaker, 09/11/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Organic Asparagus,
breck, 09/11/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Organic Asparagus,
Bill Shoemaker, 09/11/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Organic Asparagus, breck, 09/11/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Organic Asparagus,
Bobbett, 09/11/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Organic Asparagus,
breck, 09/11/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Organic Asparagus,
Mark Abner, 09/11/2009
- [Market-farming] HR 2749 Is this for REAL, Marc Winterburn, 09/12/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Organic Asparagus,
Mark Abner, 09/11/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Organic Asparagus, breck, 09/14/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Organic Asparagus,
breck, 09/11/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Organic Asparagus,
Bill Shoemaker, 09/11/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Organic Asparagus,
breck, 09/11/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Organic Asparagus, Road's End Farm, 09/11/2009
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Re: [Market-farming] Organic Asparagus,
Willie McKemie, 09/11/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Organic Asparagus, Garth & Kim Travis, 09/11/2009
- Re: [Market-farming] Organic Asparagus, Mac, 09/12/2009
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