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  • From: Marty Kraft <martyk AT allspecies.org>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Using Ammoniated Straw
  • Date: Fri, 21 May 2010 09:08:12 -0500

I like the straw to be rotting before i put it around my plants. That way the wheat seeds have already sprouted or will have rotted. Never noticed a problem with it.

Marty, Kansas City
On May 20, 2010, at 11:22 PM, Nan Hildreth wrote:

I'd say accept the offer to free ammoniated straw delivered and test
it on a few plants. I'll bet it will be fine. Worst case, compost
it. It's 3%
ammonia. http://www.ag.ndsu.edu/disaster/drought/ ammoniationoflowquality.html

Nan, experimenting with plants and killing a few in the Piney Woods
of East Texas

At 09:08 AM 5/19/2010, Jay Sleichter wrote:
I am getting started on mulching my crops with straw this
year. Last year I didn't and that was a big mistake. I have two
options for straw this year. Really old decomposing straw bales or
ammoniated straw bales. The old straw is 45 minutes away at my
parents house and the ammoniated straw is less than 1/4 of a mile
away. My neighbor has extra bales and is wanting to get rid of
them. He even offered to bring them up with his tractor and put them
where I need them. I am talking about big round bales of straw. I
will probably use 4-6 bales this year

The question is this, will the ammoniated bales "burn" my plants or
is the nitrogen levels too low to worry about. My neighbor says his
dad used the ground up straw for mulch and said it worked really
great. I would really like to save time and money, but don't want
to regret my decision.

I will be mulching potatoes, squash, cucumbers, tomatoes, peppers,
watermelons and canteloupe.

Thanks,

Jay

Jay's Jellies, Produce and More
Clay Center, Kansas
www.jaysjellies.com
http://highfarming.blogspot.com/



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