Re: crop rotation
Brock I think your right.Even with all the organics I've put in my patch
over 20 years I think it's lost something.It still grows descent pumpkins
but I'm having a harder time doing it.I think if you could have 4 patches
that would be ideal.To many people doing good on first or second year ground
to be a coincidence.Jerry Rose
----- Original Message -----
From: brocfarm <brocfarm@pacific.pacific.net>
To: <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
Sent: Sunday, August 15, 1999 10:06 PM
Subject: Re: crop rotation
> > I'm tentatively planning on putting my AG in a different
> >spot next year, that I'll start preping soon. This is my
> >first year AG growing, I had no disease or insect problems.
> >The current patch would grow tomatos or such, I'd spread
> >the mound out to distribute the compost, the new spot is
> >currently fallow. How many of you use crop rotation with
> >AGs?
> > mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm
>
> Matt,
>
> In farming crop rotation works well. There nothing like fresh virgin
> ground. AG seem to like lots of organic material and it takes alot to
> build up the humus levels. so many growers stick with the same patch as a
> killer soil takes a while to build............its hard to say if patches
> peter out...but i would suspect they do in the end... but because there is
> so much added to build fertility.....it it takes years to notice say
> 10-15.....i would imagine if you rotated between a few patches that would
> be an ideal system........but a hell of alot of Organic matter
> ...........but with a system like that you can keep growing til you
> die.........Brock
>
>
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