Brookside Lab, can you please provide contact address/email Thanks Per Garp/ NH ( sorry i'm running 500+ email late) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Peter Michael Bacchus" <pbaBrookside [EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 04:49 AM Subject: Re: Perfect Orchard ??
> Dear Per > Now that you have given your location and soil description it > is easier to make a suggestion. > Have your soil chemistry analyzed by Brookside Lab. or similar > then work on balancing your cation exchange to suit grape vines. > Drain as mentioned and form up windrows to plant on. grape roots like to be > warm. I would be a bit cautious about sheep and goat manure as they tend to > make the ground harder, or at least that is my experience. Horse manure has > the most soil loosening effect, followed by cow. This is of course to be > composted and prepped. Then be generous with the Horn manure and barrel > compost. You need to get the soil life going which means you may need to > drain to avoid waterlogging at any time. > If you really do need to loosen the subsoil mechanically I > suggest that you look at gelignite, I have seen it used to good effect under > trees that were stunted by hard pan. In this way the topsoil would remain on > top. > Go and have a look at what Steven Storch is doing and perhaps > get some advice from him. > Best of luck, > Peter. > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "COYOTEHILLFARM" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 1:36 PM > Subject: Re: Perfect Orchard ?? > > > > I appreciate this comments, > > > > We are here permanently, Hardpan is very common in the Eastern US, in NH > > winery's are Uncommon. > > > > Gypsum has been suggested in the past but only a hand full of it in for > each > > grape planting. > > > > Hardpan in the NH is a sand like product with a bunch of stones large to > > small, it act much like quicksand when water soaked, water have a hard > time > > penetrate it and that's way I need to drain my fields as grapes do not > like > > wet feet's. > > We do not have any clay, as far as what I have seen. > > > > On top of the Hard pan we have 1 to 2 feet's of good top soil Some time > more > > some time less pending on location and past cow manure deposit. > > > > We have consider ripping the hardpan whit a 2-3 foot "Hardpan buster" type > > of equipment but have fund that it is harder to do a good job of that type > > of equipment, a 3x3 dug ditch seems more functional. ( But more costly) > and > > then the gypsum can do it's job !? > > > > I plan to cover the rows with wood chips, (and add goat and sheep > manure)as > > a soil help and to prevent grass and competition. (I like to see chickens > > and Guinea fouls in the fields) > > > > Please describe the full BD cycle. > > > > Thanks > > Per Garp/NH > > > > >
