Re: Clopralid (Alligare)
iris@hort.net
  • Subject: Re: Clopralid (Alligare)
  • From: L* M* <l*@lock-net.com>
  • Date: Wed, 29 May 2013 14:29:41 -0400
Yes indeed. It's pleistocene gravel outwash, high in organic matter, highly variable texture, but lots and lots of gravel, rocks, sand.
When doing bed prep, if it's a new row, I spray with Roundup to kill everything, then try to work it deep once using a 2 ft subsoiler, followed by one or two passes with a 6 tined spring tooth cultivator (big tractor) to bust up the aggregate ;-)
After that, I use a minitiller to make the raised rows, no tillage after that. I also mulch heavily with chip mulch when I can get it.
I let the Rumex get away from me this year so am now adding to the seed bank :-(. The only good news is that Roundup will kill it. I thought I had gotten rid of it before planting this particular area - it's only a short section of row- maybe 3 ft, but I guess I need to just abandon it for a few years. 


Linda: wingstem - you must have rich soil.


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