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Re: [Market-farming] no-till and farming with horses
- From: Road's End Farm <organic87 AT frontiernet.net>
- To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] no-till and farming with horses
- Date: Sat, 15 May 2010 13:41:37 -0400
On May 15, 2010, at 10:23 AM, Bill Shoemaker wrote:
You need equipment that is really beefed up to handle the residue. Steve Groff in Pennsylvania is who you're referring to I believe. We've been using tilled strips in rye for cover cropped pumpkins. Then you can run a regular transplanter or seeder down the rows, use plastic mulch, etc. It really makes it easier but you still gain a lot from the rye mulch mat, including weed control, moisture retention, clean pumpkins and reduced fruit rot potential. Another big benefit is that PYO customers in the Fall can walk out onto the mulch to pick up fruit, even after a rain. We have a large grower in N Ill who has adopted the system and seems pretty happy with it.
Bill, are you using an herbicide to prevent weed growth in the mulch mat?
-- Rivka; Finger Lakes NY, Zone 5 mostly
Fresh-market organic produce, small scale
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[Market-farming] no-till and farming with horses,
Johnathan Yelenick, 05/14/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] no-till and farming with horses, Road's End Farm, 05/14/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] no-till and farming with horses, Diana Jancek, 05/14/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] no-till and farming with horses,
Richard Stewart, 05/15/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] no-till and farming with horses,
Bill Shoemaker, 05/15/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] no-till and farming with horses,
Richard Robinson, 05/15/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] no-till and farming with horses, Bill Shoemaker, 05/16/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] no-till and farming with horses,
Road's End Farm, 05/15/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] no-till and farming with horses,
Bill Shoemaker, 05/16/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] no-till and cover crop strips,
Road's End Farm, 05/16/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] no-till and cover crop strips, Bill Shoemaker, 05/16/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] no-till and cover crop strips,
Road's End Farm, 05/16/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] no-till and farming with horses,
Bill Shoemaker, 05/16/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] no-till and farming with horses,
Richard Robinson, 05/15/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] no-till and farming with horses,
Bill Shoemaker, 05/15/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] no-till and farming with horses, MAsteveINE, 05/15/2010
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: [Market-farming] no-till and farming with horses, Wyatt Jones, 05/14/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] no-till and farming with horses,
John Chambers, 05/15/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] no-till and farming with horses, Steve Diver, 05/16/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] no-till and farming with horses,
sunnfarm, 05/16/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] no-till and farming with horses, MAsteveINE, 05/16/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] no-till and farming with horses, Bill Shoemaker, 05/16/2010
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