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  • From: Bill Shoemaker <wshoemak AT illinois.edu>
  • To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Organic Asparagus
  • Date: Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:34:37 -0500 (CDT)

The acidification potential on soil is negligible because of the mass
involved in changing ph. You would probably need to add hundreds of gallons
of pure vinegar repeatedly to effect any kind of real change. And it would
still be temporary. So using it as a contact herbicide will have no impact on
the soil.

Bill


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