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  • From: "breck" <bcarden AT breckinridgegroup.com>
  • To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Organic Asparagus
  • Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 13:29:56 -0400

Bill, asparagus love sweet soil, so vinegar might be a problem, unless it
can be offset. I put down corn gluten around asparagus this year as a
pre-emergent and a source of N. Jury still out. The stuff is too expensive
at a $1/lb. Wish I could by from wet-mill processor for about $0.20/lb.
Anyone got any ideas or leads?

Thanks,
Farmer Breck
Breck Carden
Carden's Garden
2400 E Hwy 22
Crestwood, KY 40014-7704
breck AT breckcarden.com
www.breckcarden.com


-----Original Message-----
From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org
[mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of Bill
Shoemaker
Sent: Friday, September 11, 2009 11:20 AM
To: Market Farming
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Organic Asparagus

...BTW for weed control, asparagus is a salt
> tolerant plant and salt water can be sprayed
> on small weeds as a herbicide... Bob.

I wonder if you could add salt to a vinegar spray and improve its efficacy
as a post-emergence weed control in asparagus?

Bill
William H Shoemaker, UI-NRES
Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops
St Charles Horticulture Research Center
535 Randall Road St Charles, IL 60174
630-584-7254; FAX-584-4610
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