[compost_tea] Re: Mowing Orchard

From: ericgoodenough <sfo_at_gwi.net>
Date: Thu, 25 Mar 2004 01:20:23 -0000

--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, soilfoodweb_at_a... wrote:
> Now the grass down, so you enhance the deconposition of the grass.
I like to
> direct the tea under the vines, and also plant in a perennial
covercrop under
> the vines, so you make the soil in the root zone of the vine fungal
> dominated. You get better flavor in the grapes when you allow them
to stop fighting
> the grass for bacterial versus fungal dominance. Of course, if you
have deep
> root systems on hte vines, then this isn't so important.
>
> Elaine
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>
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out well,
> but the conviction that what we are doing makes sense,
> no matter how things turn out."
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