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["Deirdre Birmingham" <deirdreb@mindspring.com>]

Del (and anyone else interested) -

There is a new forum:  The Upper Midwest Organic Tree Fruit Growers. 
So there are other crazies (certified and non-) out there. 
I don't know where you are located, but perhaps it will be of relevance.  
Just notify me if you wish to join the list-serv (it is too quiet), come to
field days this summer, the first being May 4 near Madison,WI, or receive
our newsletter.  
The first two issues as well as more info on the Network are available at
www.mosesorganic.org/treefruit/htm.org.  I am also happy to mail you the
newsletter(s). 

--Deirdre

Deirdre Birmingham
Mineral Point, WI  
608-967-2362
deirdreb@mindspring.com 


> [Original Message]
> From: Del Stubbs <northernlights2n@yahoo.com>
> To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Date: 4/17/2005 7:39:35 AM
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] gypsum / organinc cert.
>
> Thanks for the commentaries: regarding stuff breaking up and blowing
around - the two
> 4'x4' test pieces I laid  3 years ago have simply dissolved into the
soil, and they did
> an admirable job for a couple years of smothering weeds next to the trees
( the other
> short term use for  sheetrock) which of course a powder wouldn't do. I
appreciate the
> heads up on organic certifying agency objections. Which leads to a
question: I'll be
> growing 'organic' - whether I am certified or not, a personal bent of
mine.  From the
> restrictions I have seen I think I'll be certified crazy if I do get
'certified'! But I
> figure I might as well reap the extra $ per pound if indeed I already
deserve the
> classification. Since this is not a forum for organic growers can someone
recommend an
> online forum for such discussions? thanks, Del
>
> > > A fellow orchardist uses sheetrock (gypsum board ) to both add gypsum 
> > > and smother sod and
> > > kill weeds around new trees. > > Del
> > 
> > If you are contemplating getting certified, before applying ANYTHING 
> > check with the agency you intend to certify with.
> > 
> > I just took a fast look at my 2004 print version of the OMRI (organic 
> > materials review institute) generic list. It says: "Gypsum - mined 
> > source: Nonsynthertic, Calcium sulfate; only mined forms are 
> > acceptable. See Gypsum By-products and Mined Minerals - Unprocessed." 
> > The next item says: "Gypsum By-Products: Synthetic. Gypsum produced as 
> > a by-product of superphosphate manufacture . . . from precipitation of 
> > sulfur-dioxide gas with limestone, or from dry-wall rejects is 
> > prohibited".
> > 
> > So it sounds to me like you'd better not use it. But you could check 
> > with a certifying agency to be sure.
> > 
> > --Rivka
> > Finger Lakes NY; zone 5 mostly>
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> Del Stubbs  http://www.pinewoodforge.com   zone 3   N. MN
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