[compost_tea] Re: Want to start a new thread? Biology as weed control?
--- Great idea. I'm in. I used ACT on disced ground two seasons ago
prior to planting winter barley in the fall. I think the ACT kept
the grassy weed seeds from sprouting. Anyhow where ACT was soil
drenched there was very little if any grassy weeds. This past fall I
soil drenched the entire field before planting winter wheat. Will
evaluate later this spring. Dennis
In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, Herb and Merla Barberie
<herbnmerla_at_s...> wrote:
> This discussion made me think of the kind of root system a plant
has and
> its rhizosphere. I do amateur "research" with non-herbicide
methods of
> weed control. 2004 was an unusually wet year for us here in
aridland.
> We have a test plot from several years ago that we have handweeded
every
> year to which we had introduced micro and macronutrients--
Biogenesis I
> and Pepzyme G from Bruce Tainio which was touted as a surefire weed
> control measure. The weed we were fighting was spotted knapweed
which
> has a long taproot with supporting roots coming from it. In this
plot,
> it was competing with orchard grass, vetch, some other grasses.
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