Re: no-till gardening
- To: Mediterannean Plants List
- Subject: Re: no-till gardening
- From: T* &* M* R*
- Date: Wed, 02 Feb 2000 09:24:31 +1300
- References: <19991216162026667-b0add069@kaiseral.com>
Deborah Lindsay wrote:
>
> A question for those of you with experience in no-till
> gardening: Would this work for a hillside completely covered
> with Oxalis pes-caprae where I wish to re-establish a
> Quercus agrifolia/native grasses and forbs ecotone?
>
Deborah
I kept you enquiry to think about, but I have not come up with a really
good answer. I am afraid no mulching I have yet heard of will elimintae
oxalis. It seems to be the one thing for instance which will come up
through paper, however thick. I have found this with species other than
pes-capri (which I do not have, thank goodness)'
One thing which I have seen mentioned is that covering the ground
thickly with paper or cardboard will encourage the bulbs to come up just
under the paper and adhere to it. If one was to put such a cover on the
land and lift it after say six months or a year and burn it, would this
I wonder cut down the infestation to manageable level? Perhaps it would
necessitate several applications of similar mulch, but ANY treatment is
going to be tedious and long-winded as far as I can see.
Yours with sympathy!!
Moira
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Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata, New Zealand. (on the "Ring of Fire" in the SW Pacific).
Lat. 41:16S Long. 174:58E. Climate: Mediterranean/Temperate
