Re: [compost_tea] Re: Kudzu

From: Bill George <wbgeorge_at_verizon.net>
Date: Wed, 02 Mar 2005 12:26:34 -0800
Now if we put tomatoes in hoop houses in the winter, when would we ever plant kale? (grin)


3/2/2005 11:45:23 AM, soilfoodweb_at_aol.com wrote:

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>  Date:   Wed, 02 Mar 2005 14:45:23 -0500 (EST)
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>  From:   soilfoodweb_at_aol.com
>  Subject:Re: [compost_tea] Re: Kudzu
>  To:     compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
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>  Harry McCormick gets the same kinds of results, using leaf litter and
>  clover compost.  He picks tomatoes from June to December in Oregon.  He
>  protects the tomatoes from wind in plastic covered hoop houses, but the
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>  houses stand about 20 feet high, because the tomatoes reach 12 to 14 feet
>  high.
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>  If you want Harry's e-mail to talk to him yourself, just e-mail me and I can
>  send you to him.  Alternatively, read some of Eliot Coleman's books, where
>  he gets similar results.
>  
>  Part of the "secret" is using a nitrogen-fixing plant in the compost mix.
>  Kudzu is a nitrogen-fixer, which is why the USDA brought it into the US from
>  south-east Asia.  They just neglected to pay attention to its ability to
>  produce rhizomes, and the fact that it grows so fast, it smothers other
>  plants out.  Otherwise, it would be a great N-fixing cover crop.
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>  Elaine
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>  ---What is Charles Wilbur's growing season?
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>  In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, Jeff Lowenfels <jeff@g...> wrote:
>  > L900 HOW TO GROW WORLD RECORD TOMATOES
>  > by Charles H Wilbur
>  > When Charles Wilbur goes to pick tomatoes he has to climb a ladder
>  to
>  > reach scaffolding that often has another ladder on it! Wilbur set
>  3
>  > Guinness world records with his mega-producing, all-organically
>  grown
>  > produce. He was on the cover in 1987 for his 4 tomato plants that
>  > yielded 1,368 pounds of tomatoes. His record still stands for the
>  > tallest tomato plant grown-a 28 foot, 7-inch cherry tomato. He
>  also
>  > made it for a 17 foot, 6 inch okra plant. What's the secret to
>  this
>  > fantastic growth? A big factor is his kudzu compost formula
>  consisting
>  > of kudzu (northerners can substitute alfalfa or soybeans), hay,
>  manure,
>  > soil, ashes, and colloidal clay.
>  
>  Elaine R. Ingham
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>  Soil Foodweb Inc., Corvallis, Oregon
>  Soil Foodweb Inc., Port Jefferson, New York
>  Soil Foodweb Institute, Lismore Australia
>  Soil Foodweb Institute Cambridge, New Zealand
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>  Laboratorios de Soil Foodweb, Culiacan, Mexico
>  Soil Foodweb Inc., Jerome, Idaho
>  Soil Foodweb Inc., South Africa
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