Le mar 21/05/2002 à 10:09, Tobias Koenig a écrit : > Hi Lloyd, > yes I think you are a bit biased regarding canola. > In Europe you will find b.d. and organic farmers who grow canola (rape) in the > rotation followed by wheat which is normally the best yielding wheat in the > roatation, and the soil structure after the crop is pretty good if you > cultivate the paddock after harvest shallow you will get a greenmanure crop for > free . In relation to greenmanure crops - the idea of including any kind of > mustard seeds in a greenmanure crop mix is very good because it adds a different > root system and a very different leaf organisation to capture sun energy and one > could think that mustards could activate the sulphur process in the soil ( I > can`t proof that but). > If for instance Wild reddish would be a problem it would be worthwhile using > mustards in mixture with other plants as greenmanure crops and see what would > happen to the vitality > of the wild reddish.Of course you would have to do a few other things as well > and probably be a patient. > Cheers Tobias hello in Italy,at Agrilatina (80ha of bd gardening) they use greenmanure crop mix with 98 plants...
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