Hi Ross - The Atarus website in Australia is listed in the "Flame Weeding for Vegetable Crops" publication from ATTRA. http://www.atarus.com.au
Yet, the web site quit working some weeks or months ago.... so I can't say much more than that. John McPhee (Team Leader for Sustainable and Profitable Industries, Vegetable Branch, Devonport, Tasmania) is looking into equipment and technology for organic / sustainable vegetable production.... so you might get in touch at: John McPhee <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> If you think of wood chip mulch on trees and vines, combined with steam for the emerging weeds, which ultimately "poke through" the mulch, you have a very powerful combination. You get the moisture conserving and weed-controlling mulch benefits, you provide the food and shelter benefits for soil biota, you get the fungal foodweb benefits, you get the humic benefits relative to Ramial Chipped Wood -- the Bois Raméal Fragmenté, and you get the no-till benefits. Yet, you avoid the fire hazard of open flame weeders and dried mulch in an arid climate. Regards, Steve Diver Ross McDonald asks: "to Steve Diver, thanks for your comments on the steam/flame web sites. I would appreciate if you could advise the contact details for Atarus in Australia as I will contact them concerning their applicators. cheers Ross"
