permaculture

[gil carandang <gil_carandang@hotmail.com>]

try inoculating soil with beneficial indigenous microorganisms (BIM) and 
healthy ginger bionutrient extracts.

> Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 13:36:39 -0400
> From: lflj@bellsouth.net
> To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
> Subject: [permaculture] (fwd) Fusarium in ginger and rotation with 
> sudangrass
> 
> 
> Interestng observation on the disastrous effects of chemical fertilizer
> & pesticide oriented conventional agriculture on life in the soil and
> associated health of plants. This post is from Elaine Ingham, on the
> front line of natural agriculture practice.
> 
> -------- Original Message --------
> Subject: Re: [SANET-MG] fusarium in ginger and rotation with sudangrass
> Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2012 09:28:03 -0700
> From: soilfoodweb@aol.com <soilfoodweb@AOL.COM>
> To: SANET-MG@LISTS.IFAS.UFL.EDU
> 
> If you go back to pre-1950's chemical ag, you find that Fusarium was not
> considered a fungus that could cause disease.  Not until soil life was 
> so badly harmed by toxic chemical applications that most beneficial
> fungi-----and I am not talking about just mycorrhizal fungi here----were 
> killed in our ag soils, did Fusarium become considered to be a pathogen. 
>   This strongly suggests that addition of the full food web back into 
> the soil might be the
> solution to your problem.
> 
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> -----Original message-----
> From: Hector Valenzuela <hectoruh11@GMAIL.COM>
> To: SANET-MG@LISTS.IFAS.UFL.EDU
> Sent: Wed, Jul 18, 2012 00:37:37 GMT+00:00
> Subject: [SANET-MG] fusarium in ginger and rotation with sudangrass
> 
> Hi all,
> 
> Is anyone familiar with sudangrass possibly increasing soil populations 
> of Fusarium, when included as part of a rotation program?
> 
> An organic farmer here in Hawaii, is growing ginger, and has observed
> increased Fusarium problems (*Fusarium oxysporum f.sp. zingiberi) when
> rotating with sudangrass. His practice has been to harvest ginger in 
> about March, to plant a cover crop of sudangrass, followed by two cover 
> crops of sunnhemp.*
> 
> I've seen two citations showing increased Fusarium soil levels following 
> sudangrass, but wonder if you have any personal experience.*
> 
> If the farm and fields are already infected with Fusarium, one would
> indeed expect the levels to increase gradually over the years, even with 
> 2 year rotations, but we are wondering whether a sudan grass cover crop, 
> is a) helping to reduce, b) has no impact; or c) is actually 
> exacerbating the problem.*
> 
> Any suggestions about any other possible rotational alternatives?*
> 
> The farm is located in a general dry area (1000 mm/yr), and has been
> applying bone meal as a nutrient amendment.*
> 
> Thank-you for any ideas or leads.*
> 
> Hector
> Univ. of Hawaii at Manoa*
> 
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