Re: Re: alfalfa/broccoli
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Re: alfalfa/broccoli
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- Date: Wed, 30 Aug 2000 10:42:27 -0400
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"Broccoli residue" in my compost heap acts as a fumigant which keeps humans
away. I grew up in a cabbage-farming region, and the odor of the rotted
remnants of the cabbage when the fields thawed in spring was extremely
powerful and nauseating. I can well believe that it would drive away
nematodes and kill seeds--probably also make birds drop out of the sky.
Bill Shear
Department of Biology
Hampden-Sydney College
Hampden-Sydney VA 23943
(804)223-6172
FAX (804)223-6374
email<wshear@email.hsc.edu>
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