Hi liz and Di Steve Diver posted this about strawberries some time ago. Cheers Tony
> > > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > From: "Steve Diver" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > > Sent: Wednesday, April 23, 2003 11:19 AM > > > Subject: Re: companion planting + Marvin Pritts + organic strawberry + > > > biocrystallization > > > > > > > > > > Yeah, 1994 is a long time ago. It does reflect thinking > > > > of that era. But it is a point frozen in time. > > > > > > > > Just so you know, Marvin Pritts' research on non-chemical weed > > > > control & cover crops in organic strawberry production at > > > > Cornell is about the most detailed and useful work you can find > > > > among the land-grant university efforts. The other useful work > > > > on organic strawberries among land-grants comes from the > > > > Agroecology program at UC-Santa Cruz. > > > > > > > > See at Cornell: > > > > > > > > Strawberry Production Systems: Organic > > > > Marvin Pritts | Cornell University > > > > http://www.hort.cornell.edu/department/faculty/pritts/organic.htm > > > > > > > > Organic Small Fruit: Key Features of Organic Berry Crop Production > > > > Marvin Pritts | Cornell University > > > > http://www.hort.cornell.edu/department/faculty/pritts/organicres.htm > > > > > > > > See at UC-Santa Cruz: > > > > > > > > Organic Strawberry publications | research citations: > > > > http://www.agroecology.org/cases/organicstrawberry/publications.htm > > > > > > > > Organic Strawberry Production As An Alternative to Methyl > > > > Bromide | EPA Methyl Bromide Alternatives Case Studies > > > > http://www.epa.gov/docs/ozone/mbr/casestudies/volume2/orgsber2.html > > > > > > > > Maintaining Agroecosystem Health in the Conversion to Organic > > > > Management of a Strawberry/Vegetable Rotation System > > > > by J. Muramoto, S.R. Gliessman, et al > > > > HTML Abstract > > > > http://www.agroecology.org/people/joji/research/elkhorn_2.htm > > > > Poster in PDF > > > > http://www.agroecology.org/people/joji/research/poster_2002.pdf > > > > > > > > Indicators of Soil Health in an Organic Strawberry-Vegetable > > > > Rotation > > > > by J. Muramoto, S.R. Gliessman, et al > > > > HTML Abstract > > > > http://www.agroecology.org/people/joji/research/elkhorn_1.htm > > > > Poster in PDF > > > > http://www.agroecology.org/people/joji/research/poster_2001.pdf > > > > > > > > Agroecological Case Studies: Organic Strawberries > > > > http://www.agroecology.org/cases/organicstrawberry.htm > > > > > > > > > > > > 1994 - "sensitive crystallization" dissed by Cornell > > > > > > > > 2003 - "biocrystallization" is an accepted bioassay method > > > > in scientific journals dealing with organic agriculure research > > > > and food quality assessment. > > > > > > > > > > > > Sunshine and blue skies, > > > > Steve Diver > > > > > > > > =================================================== > > > > =================================================== > > > > > > > > Roger Pye wrote: > > > > > > > > > One swallow doth not a summer make! Have a look at > > > > > http://www.hort.cornell.edu/department/faculty/pritts/finland.htm > > > > > which clearly he wrote some time later and which contains some good > > less > > > > > conventional ideas. Take note that Pritts is now head of > horticulture > > in > > > > > his faculty at cornell > > > > > > > > > > roger > > > > > > > > > > Turtle Bend wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > We had better watch ourselves! > > > > > > > > > > > > ???? > > > > > > > > > > > > L*L > > > > > > Markess > > > > > > ___________ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://www.hort.cornell.edu/gardening/fctsheet/egfactsh/complant.html > > > > > > > > > > > > Department of Horticulture > > > > > > > > > > > > Ecogardening Factsheet #10, Winter 1994 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Companion Planting > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > Ecogardening Factsheets > > > > > > > > > > > > Most people think of plants as very passive organisms. They grow > > > > > > almost unperceptively, and only once a year do they flower or > > produce > > > > > > edible products. However, plants are very active in ways that are > > not > > > > > > so obvious to the casual observer. For example, plants change the > > > > > > chemistry of the soil, and influence the types of microorganisms > > that > > > > > > grow there. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > _______________________________________________ BDNow mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can unsubscribe or change your options at: http://lists.envirolink.org/mailman/listinfo/bdnow