Re: no-till gardening
- To: t*@xtra.co.nz
- Subject: Re: no-till gardening
- From: J* D*
- Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2000 20:08:11 -0800
- References: <19991216162026667-b0add069@kaiseral.com> <389740FF.6B17B2FE@xtra.co.nz>
What with one thing and another, this is the first day I've been able to get out
in the garden to do the winter cleanup. Guess what the front garden is
completely covered in, coming up among all the little bulbs and interleaved with
all the perennials. I sincerely hope that when biotech companies decide to
develop species-specific herbicides, they choose oxalis pes-capri as their first
candidate.
Come to think of it, there is absolutely no O. p-c under the Quercus agrifolia
in my back garden. Deborah, does your hillside have the oaks already, or are you
planning to plant them? Does the California live oak actually inhibit the oxalis?
Kay Dreher
Berkeley, California
Tony & Moira Ryan wrote:
>
> 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
> --
> 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
