Re: Wood chips / regeneration

2002-09-06 Thread Gil Robertson
Roger Pye wrote: Just a few more thoughts from a rebel of a different kind: Snip. Right on Roger. I remember a farmer bringing a soil analysis to a workshop with Peter Bennett, the organic farm consultant. He had 0.01% carbon and a pH of 9.8. He had noticed his productivity was falling.

Re: woodchips/regeneration

2002-09-06 Thread Gil Robertson
Hi! Liz and the team, I am part of a group of consultants in several parts of Oz and overseas, who are sharing within the group and each trying to market our collective knowledge, which can be a real problem as we are on the cutting edge and unfortunately it is human nature to use that which has

Re: downy mildew

2002-09-06 Thread Gil Robertson
I say hit it at the earliest possible, THEN, when ever. Gil Allan Balliett wrote: Thanks Gil, I will try it, but I will stir it in the machine for twenty minutes first. Please define the geographic region that is OZ...thanks, Hey - Do you guys expect to hold this for a leaf day or to

Re: downy mildew

2002-09-06 Thread Allan Balliett
I say hit it at the earliest possible, THEN, when ever. Gotcha!

Eucalyptus

2002-09-06 Thread Lloyd Charles
Gil Robertson wrote I would note that leaf litter, when collected from under gum trees and placed in another area, do not have the ability to stop seeds germinating. It may be that the inhibiting factor actually comes from the roots! I use leaf litter for

Re: woodchips/regeneration

2002-09-06 Thread James Hedley
Dear liz, You dont ned to worry about lupins when you study the research work of the CSIRO on unlocking Phosphorus with Silica. I have made many comments on this but it does not seem to be fashionable these days to use 501. Regards James Hedley. - Original Message - From: Liz Davis [EMAIL

Re: downy mildew

2002-09-06 Thread Allan Balliett
So, Steve, I'm not getting at you personally, so please don't take this the wrong way. It's my understanding that you use BC with 500 in it and that you spray 500 and 508 all the time and yet you have this fungal problem. What do you make of it? Is there something that you would do

FW: [globalnews] World Bank Pushes Water Privatization

2002-09-06 Thread Jane Sherry
Title: FW: [globalnews] World Bank Pushes Water Privatization Thirsty for Justice By Russell Mokhiber and Robert Weissman, AlterNet September 5, 2002 Shown the folly of over-reliance on markets even in the world's richest country, the market fundamentalists at the World Bank are continuing

OT:FW: [globalnews] 100 jets join attack on Iraq

2002-09-06 Thread Jane Sherry
Title: OT:FW: [globalnews] 100 jets join attack on Iraq I know there are those of you who would like to live on this list in the unreal vacuum of Agriculture only, but I feel it my duty to post these types of articles for those of you who are only exposed to mainstream news. Please dont bother

Re: woodchips/regeneration

2002-09-06 Thread Eve Cruse
From: Gil Robertson [EMAIL PROTECTED] Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 06 Sep 2002 18:33:22 +0930 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: woodchips/regeneration Gil wrote: Our current problem, if anyone can help is to find a way to make pellets containing a single tree seed and a

Re: downy mildew

2002-09-06 Thread SBruno75
In a message dated 9/6/02 11:17:47 AM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: What do you make of it? Is there something that you would do differently next year to stop the outbreak rather than treat it? The plants were set in too close. I am not in control of the planting and they are just too

Re: downy mildew

2002-09-06 Thread kentjamescarson
Hi allen -life here in summer, muggy, delaware,my solution is to plant summer squash and curcubits 2or3 times and in different places. i've never tried it, but heard that a baking soda spray works. also heard that hugh courtney uses milk and honey for the powdery mildew problem. i've not tried

Re: dandelion wine

2002-09-06 Thread kentjamescarson
hi jane I'm a big fan of ms weed, and weeds in general, on year our dandy was to sweet , ous gooseberry too dry so i combined them and it was perfect . now my freinds come over and we do custom blends for them as Christmas gifts. sometimes however it is nice to have the force of the single

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Re: sudden oak death syndrome spreading

2002-09-06 Thread Moen Creek
Title: Re: sudden oak death syndrome spreading Peter, We have some Oak browning under our stewardship. I will try the dust. But I get that it is an enlarging aspect of global warming (the Red oak Douglas fir have a narrow temp range) exaggerated by Devic over souls who are inexperienced at