Market Farming

[Andy Fellenz <artisanfarms AT gmail.com>]

Watch out for fusarium in the wheat straw.  If you have it, it can infect your garlic.  I lost my entire garlic crop 3 years ago and bad wheat straw was a major contributor.  

Regarding efficient mulching, we picked up a bale chopper several years ago and it does a nice job with dry string tyed bales.  

Andy

On Sat, Oct 6, 2012 at 2:34 PM, Richard Stewart <rstewart AT zoomtown.com> wrote:

We use wheat straw on our garlic.  Works just fine.  I'm going to need to find a way to more efficiently mulch next year as we are moving into larger than 8th acre plots.  My neighbor has a use straw shooter that I have been sort of "wondering" about.

Richard Stewart

Carriage House Farm

North Bend, Ohio

An Ohio Century Farm Est. 1855

(513) 967-1106

http://www.carriagehousefarmllc.com

rstewart AT zoomtown.com