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- From: prmsdlndfrm AT aol.com
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- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] weeds
- Date: Sat, 30 Jan 2010 18:49:51 -0500
Round up, then a pre emergent to keep more weeds from germinating
josh
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From: Michael Meredith <meredith848 AT yahoo.com>
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Subject: [Market-farming] weeds
From: Michael Meredith <meredith848 AT yahoo.com>
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Sent: Sat, Jan 30, 2010 3:30 pm
Subject: [Market-farming] weeds
For some kinds of weeds, a dried manure mulch is good, just stomp down the weeds, and bury them with 4 inches. The lighter mulches may not work, and the perrenial vine weeds can get through most mulch. Cardboard ( maybe a grocery store will divert it to you from recycling), will stop anything, if you overlap it 4 inches, and weigh it , or wet it down. Black plastic, an environmental nightmare, will work.... I like to let the weeds build up, then mulch them, to get the green manure.... ....or, just blast it with agent orange ( round-up)..... Richard, is johnson grass tasty? I tried some bermuda grass, it was not bad.... Maybe feed some goats.... Michael Hi Richard, We have heavy weed pressure at our farm, too. Many different varieties, too numerous to mention, Johnson grass and spotted spurge being examples. Unfortunately, I don't have any great answers for you either, just a couple of small points. The tree trimmers contracted by the local electricity coop to clear utility lines has been bringing us their mulch as often as the rains allow. Of the many ways we've made use of it, one of the more labor intensive was to heavily landscape cloth the 450' of frontage fenceline and then heavily mulch on top of that. Turns out the weed seeds blow into and then take root in the mulch. Lesson learned. The Johnson grass really loves the loose nature of the mulch apparently, as it grows to phenomenal heights out of the mulch, something quite spectacular to behold. Tried 20% vinegar and don't like that it kills everything good and bad. So still looking for a solution. One other thought if you have the market for it and the manpower resources to harvest it when young?some chefs and regular people like lambs quarters to eat, cooked and/or in salad. Example: <http://www.mariquita.com/recipes/lambs%20quarters.htm> . Just a couple thoughts. I will wait with bated breath for other more constructive contributions to help with weed control. Lord knows we need some help with our weeds. Laurie Barking Cat Farm Texas zone 8/7 where the 6-month rainy streak continues as I type _______________________________________________ Market-farming mailing list Market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/market-farming
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[Market-farming] weeds,
Michael Meredith, 01/30/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] weeds, prmsdlndfrm, 01/30/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] weeds, Beth Spaugh, 01/30/2010
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