Hi Steve,
So, in a soil where P was not very available, would you suggest growing
buckwheat always, and never adding a P rich amendment?
In other words, under what circumstances would you not grow buckwheat but add
a P source, if any?
Frank
----- Original Message ----- From: "Steve Gilman" <stevegilman@VERIZON.NET>
To: <SANET-MG@LISTS.IFAS.UFL.EDU>
Sent: Monday, March 28, 2011 12:47 PM
Subject: Re: [SANET-MG] soil fertility
Hi Edna,
Re: buckwheat sequestering P -- the following is from the excellent SAN publication
"Managing Cover Crops Profitably"...
best,
Steve
http://www.sare.org/publications/covercrops/buckwheat.shtml
On Mar 28, 2011, at 12:00 AM, SANET-MG automatic digest system wrote:
Date: Sun, 27 Mar 2011 20:45:59 -0700
From: Edna Weigel <eweigel@CABLEONE.NET>
Subject: Re: soil fertility
Steve Gilman wrote:
<snip>
The non-silver bullet alternative (that doesn't require major outlays of
currency or legions of consultants to interpret what you need) is to go for
a practice-based rather than product-based approach via tried-and-true solar
agriculture techniques like cover cropping and green manuring that builds
soil flora and fauna, increases stable organic matter, grabs and holds
carbon, develops conducive soil structure, scavenges deeper-down soil
nutrients, fixes N (legumes) and sequester previously unavailable elements
(like buckwheat and P) as well as other fertile soil building practices such
as composting and mulching with locally available materials...
<snip>
Could you elaborate on this or make suggestions for further reading?,
particularly "sequester unavailable elements"
Edna
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