Especially pay attention to amending the plug mix with humified compost and mycorrhizal inoculant.
Here is the web article I posted to Sanet on strawberry plugs, discussing the benefits
of compost and mycorrhiza. In conventional agriculture methyl bromide is used extensively.
Yet, through soil foodweb agricultural practices
there is a healthy alternative. This includes
shifting the root environment in favor of
the fungal-dominated Fragaria plant, which afterall is a woodland plant.... as well as integration of well humified compost based on the Luebke method, which includes clay as
a compost windrow addition to form clay-humus
crumb... a practice advocated by Pfeiffer, and
before him, Waksman.
Notes on Elaine Ingham's work are included, and she has a fascinating story to tell in
regards to California strawberries. My work with Elaine goes back to 1995, when we did a workshop together in California, and also visited these strawberry plots highlighted in the research with Frank Sances.
Subject: Strawberry's, Methyl Bromide, Compost, Mycorrhizae Date: Wed, 2 May 2001 20:24:21 -0600 SANET Web Archives http://lists.ifas.ufl.edu/cgi-bin/wa.exe?A2=ind0105&L=sanet-mg&P=R5889
At the tail end it lists previous postings to Sanet, as I have tried to keep people tuned into
methyl bromide alternatives, instead relying on healthy soils and biological approaches.
Best regards,
Steve Diver
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