Re: [compost_tea] Re: Kudzu

From: T Dodge <tdodge_at_spiritone.com>
Date: Wed, 2 Mar 2005 16:54:01 -0800
Hi
  nodules on the tap root.


On Mar 2, 2005, at 1:13 PM, butch ragland wrote:

>
> 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
>>
>>
>
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