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  • From: Ryan Platte <ryan AT bootstrapacres.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Vetting Local Producers
  • Date: Wed, 14 Apr 2010 16:52:29 -0400

Thanks for posting this. 

To be clear, I too disagree (fairly strongly) with some of what he wrote. Since he's not on this list, though, I thought I'd include his attempt at a similar guide.

Ryan Platte
Bootstrap Acres, Rochester NY
http://bootstrapacres.com/


On Wed, Apr 14, 2010 at 2:30 PM, Tammy Jones <TamJones AT centurytel.net> wrote:
On 4/14/2010 11:22 AM, Ryan Platte wrote:
  • Are grapevines…and other fruits…mulched or is the soil tilled up around the base and the soil laid bare? …

I'd have to take issue with Mr. Salatin on this one.  :)

It's *very* important, especially with young vines, to maintain a vegetation free area at their base.  This can be accomplished with mulch, but there are other ways to do so and still be organic.

Soil is frequently tilled up around the base of the vine because it's necessary to protect the root graft from winter injury.  You don't have to "lay the soil bare" in the vineyard to do so; cover group can still be maintained for the majority of space between the rows.




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