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  • From: "breck" <bcarden AT breckinridgegroup.com>
  • To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Kaolin Clay
  • Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 19:14:54 -0500

Thanks Brian, I guess you are not experiencing Alison’s problems with the residual on your produce. Any insights as to why?

 

Farmer Breck

Breck Carden

Carden’s Garden

2400 E Hwy 22

Crestwood, KY 40014-7704

(502) 905-8066

breck AT breckcarden.com

www.breckcarden.com

 

 


From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of clearviewfarm AT bluefrog.com
Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 12:03 PM
To: Market Farming
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Kaolin Clay

 

I got mine from United Agri Products (UAP).  Google them and you can get to their website.  Then click on Locations at the top of the page and go from there.

Kurt Forman
Clearview Farm
Palmyra, NY 14522

--- bcarden AT breckinridgegroup.com wrote:

From: "breck" <bcarden AT breckinridgegroup.com>
To: "'Market Farming'" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Kaolin Clay
Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2010 08:04:17 -0500

 

Hey Brian, I like the idea of using less row covers. Do you know what ratio of Surround to water you prefer or just guesstimate like I seem to do on most things? Do you add anything besides water to the mix? How important are you finding underleaf application to be? Who are you buying it through?

Thanks,

Farmer Breck

Breck Carden

Carden’s Garden

2400 E Hwy 22

Crestwood, KY 40014-7704

breck AT breckcarden.com

www.breckcarden.com

 

 


From: market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org [mailto:market-farming-bounces AT lists.ibiblio.org] On Behalf Of bcluton AT aol.com
Sent: Thursday, January 14, 2010 7:17 AM
To: market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Kaolin Clay

 

Hi Ben,

 

Surround has been a great product for us.  I've always gone with a slurry into dilution in a backpack sprayer and applied it that way.  I've never tried the dip method so can't speak to whether putting it on in that fashion would lead to respiration problems.  I've never noticed anything by spraying on a thin coat.  You can play around with the dilutions until you get the desired coverage.  It's worked well on the crops you mention and brassicas - although it doesn't stick as well to the waxy leaves - and the only solaname we regularly use it on is Eggplant.  We apply it at transplanting and might renew coverage for the first few weeks if it seems warranted.  Anyway I'd give it two thumbs up.  It's simplified a lot of things for us and drastically reduced our need for row covers on some crops.

 

Brian

 

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