Re: [compost_tea] Re: Kudzu
Where is the N stored.
--- soilfoodweb_at_aol.com wrote:
>
> 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 houses stand
> about 20 feet high, because the tomatoes reach 12 to
> 14 feet high.
>
>
> 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.
>
>
> Elaine
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> ---What is Charles Wilbur's growing season?
>
>
>
>
> In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, Jeff Lowenfels
> <jeff_at_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
> Soil Foodweb Inc., Corvallis, Oregon
> Soil Foodweb Inc., Port Jefferson, New York
> Soil Foodweb Institute, Lismore Australia
> Soil Foodweb Institute Cambridge, New Zealand
> Laboratorios de Soil Foodweb, Culiacan, Mexico
> Soil Foodweb Inc., Jerome, Idaho
> Soil Foodweb Inc., South Africa
>
>
=====
Butch Ragland
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cocaine, alcohol, cigarettes,etc
I'm sorry to report that
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