Hi! Roger,
Re: the rabbit bit. Have you made a Rae Card or a pepper for the
beastie? I have tried all the Rates used in the UK, but with no joy in
Oz. The rabbit looks to be the same, but I have not managed to send them
to the neighbors.
Gil
Roger Pye wrote:
The council regard it as being t
> What the real problem is, is patent rights
> on seeds, thats what has allowed these multinational companies to proceed
> with their campaign of rape and pillage, and right now most of the
> commercial crop varieties grown by farmers in the developed agricultural
>
The (British) BDAA Newsheet for June 2003 recommends a cold-water nettle
brew against aphids - fresh nettles ( 1 kg to 10 litres water) are left to
stand for 12-24 hours (longer, it ferments and becomes ineffective); the
strained liquid is sprayed undiluted onto the infested plants, daily for
Yes, I have tried nettle and it tends to work quite well, depending on the
type of aphid. Kelp spray also helps to balance the nutrition in the sap,
thereby changing the sap unpalatable to the aphids. Also, in spraying ,
especially a hard spray, knocks many of the aphids off anyway by mechanical
Gil Robertson wrote:
Re: the rabbit bit. Have you made a Rae Card or a pepper for the
beastie? I have tried all the Rates used in the UK, but with no joy in
Oz. The rabbit looks to be the same, but I have not managed to send
them to the neighbors.
I am reluctant to push the rabbits on to imme
> Initially we are working on changing the energy of the farm to cut down
> on breeding rates.
Rodger
How are you "changing the energy of the farm to cut down bredding rates"? Is
this being achieve without peppering
Glen A
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Roger wrote>
> Notwithstanding Lloyd's positive remarks about the Dalgety area,
> the extended results of lack of rain, overgrazing and invasive weed are
> very evident in reducing soil quality and growth patterns - and this
> land is marginal to begin with.
It was more a general comment on the
Hi! Roger,
The "send them to the neighbors" bit is Radionic talk. We are trained to
do no harm, based on the belief that what you give out comes back. With
pest - plant/ insect/ animal - control, we seek not to kill, but to make
the treated area of such a nature that the pest will not find it
a
Have you checked the level of calcium in the affected plants.
Gil
Tony Nelson-Smith wrote:
aphids
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Garuda wrote:
How are you "changing the energy of the farm to cut down bredding rates"? Is
this being achieve without peppering
Yes. In terms of mammals I have an innate dislike of peppering for
several reasons, not least of which is that it does nothing about the
actual problem, just moves
Hi Roger
> Yes. In terms of mammals I have an innate dislike of peppering for
> several reasons, not least of which is that it does nothing about the
> actual problem, just moves it on to someone else's shoulders.
There's a multitude of ways to skin the cat of course but I think that your
argument
Dear Gil,
The pepper is made from a secret formula consisting of a rabbit burnt out
of conventional burning time and a Bruce Copen rate. It works very well.
James
Gil Robertson wrote:
Hi! Roger,
Re: the rabbit bit. Have you made a Rae Card or a pepper for the beastie?
I have tried all
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