RE: [compost_tea] Weeds

From: Mike Bosko <mjbosko_at_jmtsystems.com>
Date: Sun, 3 Aug 2003 14:36:23 -0700

I'm going to forward this idea to a friend/college of mine who does
agriculture web sites - I think he might be very interested in setting up a
site/database for this.

Actually. Ken? Are you lurking this board?

Mike

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-----Original Message-----
From: Robert Norsen [mailto:bnbrew_at_yahoo.com]
Sent: Sunday, August 03, 2003 1:02 PM
To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [compost_tea] Weeds

Good proposal, Chris. How will we access the data? Bob, of Bob's Brewers

chris reid <reidchris_at_earthlink.net> wrote:
Shane Gishford said:

Could I make a suggestion that this group try to put together a list of
weeds (other than the examples in the books) and how people have combated
them.

I would like to start with Thornapples. They love nitrate nitorgen so try to
reduce to below 8 PPM in the soil. I believe they also thrive on low
available Ca (can have a good amount of Ca that is not available) and
compacted soil.
Sand burr which is a grass. - Thrives in very sandy soil with low Ca. Add
calcium and it stops growing.

Okay, Shane, you're on!

I'll offer to create a table in Microsoft Word and post it on the website
for this group. What info is relevant? For example, I'd like to see both
the common name and Latin name of the weed, as there is some overlap around
here as to weed common names and it would help us know we're talking about
the same plants.

Then, maybe note the country and province or state, and the conditions under
which the infestation was occurring. What do you find to be most relevant?
Examples: sandy soil, dry or damp, high or low levels of nutrients or soil
biology, particular cultural practices such as heavy use of a particular
pesticide or irrigation water high in a particular mineral, etc.

Then maybe the type of application used (molasses, bacterial or fungal tea,
etc), rate, and timing or frequency.

Then maybe notes on results.

Then maybe a column noting what other levels or approaches were not
successful on this problem.

If any tests were done or there is any quantification that help to document
changes, that would be good to include, too.

Is that too detailed? Have I left out important areas to note? As people
report more info, I can add to table to it is easy to refer to what people
have reported all in one place.

Even if somebody has not yet fully confirmed their weed reduction strategy,
a report that it is underway and when they hope to be able to see results
would be good to know about and we will note it as pending confirmation. It
just helps people to be able to compare notes and not have to reinvent the
wheel.

Chris Reid




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