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Re: [Market-farming] [SANET-MG] Fw: [Market Farming] Not-till for diversified
- From: Chrys Ostrander <chrys AT thefutureisorganic.net>
- To: Sustainable Agriculture Network Discussion Group <SANET-MG AT LISTS.IFAS.UFL.EDU>, Dieter Brand <brand.dieter AT GMAIL.COM>, Market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] [SANET-MG] Fw: [Market Farming] Not-till for diversified
- Date: Sat, 18 Dec 2010 09:43:50 -0800
Dieter, Folks, I'm enjoying this discussion of no-till for diversified crops. Your question about what to do for your first tomato planting has me thinking about cover crops that would be planted the previous late summer/early fall that are winter-killed. These include oats and buckwheat and probably others. This way you have a nice, dead, thick mulch to stick your transplants into (being in the "mid-Atlantic", I'm assuming you have freezing winter temps). Chrys On 12/18/2010 9:25 AM, Dieter Brand wrote: Take tomatoes. I usually start in an unheated tunnel and plant around theequinox. I plant a new crop every month or so (field conditions are pretty variable at my site) for four total plantings. So rye and/or vetch flower mid-late May. I can live with that for planting 3 (second outside), but what about my first outside planting, Chrys Ostrander, Director of Farming Programs People for Environmental Action and Community Health "Local Food for All" Manager, p.e.a.c.h. Community Farm at Pine Meadow 10425 S. Andrus Rd. Cheney, Wa 99004 509-448-3066 farms AT peachlocal.com www.peachlocal.com |
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[Market-farming] Fw: [Market Farming] Not-till for diversified,
sals3, 12/18/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] [SANET-MG] Fw: [Market Farming] Not-till for diversified,
Chrys Ostrander, 12/18/2010
- Re: [Market-farming] [SANET-MG] Fw: [Market Farming] Not-till for diversified, Road's End Farm, 12/18/2010
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Re: [Market-farming] [SANET-MG] Fw: [Market Farming] Not-till for diversified,
Chrys Ostrander, 12/18/2010
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