Re: I believe there is another unknown factor at work too.
On Mon, Feb 01, 1999 at 05:31:06PM -0800, Tom Bahlo wrote:
> Shaun,
>
> Is the supply store of which you speak "Peaceful Valley" outside of Auburn
> California. BTW - They do mail order and are great. I highly recommend their
> cover crop - Green manure along with the rhizocoat for nitrogen module
> production. I am convinced that this is beneficial in a climate where the
> ground does not freeze.
Yes. They are in Grass Valley, CA. I lived there until about a year ago
and was in their store many times and have mailorded stuff from them now
that I have moved. I too have always been very pleased with their
products and service. I have no vested interest in the business, I'm just
a satisfied customer. They carry a lot of things I can't find in Spokane.
Shaun
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Patrick Olaris [SMTP:polaris@WOLFENET.com]
> Sent: Monday, February 01, 1999 4:47 PM
> To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
> Subject: Re: I believe there is another unknown factor at
> work too.
>
> On Mon, Feb 01, 1999 at 06:24:43PM -0500, GBPUMPKIN@aol.com wrote:
>
> > I believe AG's take something out of the soil that does not show
> up in soil
> > tests. After ten years a decline will be seen if the missing
> ingredients are
> > not replaced ether because the grower knows how to do this or hits
> on it by
> > accident.
>
> An interesting idea, and one I would bet is true. Have you tried
> greensand,
> by the way? If so, what sort of results did you see over the years
> after
> application?
>
> I regularly apply greensand to my garden, and now also to my patch,
> to
> replace trace minerals and nutrients that may have been removed and
> not
> replaced over the years. Kelp is supposed to be good too, but I
> have
> never tried it aside from collecting a few bags of it off the beach
> whenever I visit the shore and composting it when I get home. Since
> I've
> moved it's been too long a drive but Peaceful Valley Farm supply
> sells a
> kelp meal and spray that I may try someday.
>
> But it seems to me that if you compost your vines and your pumpkins
> and
> thereby put them back in the soil every year, then other than saving
> the
> seeds, you have a closed system and nothing much should be lost.
>
> Shaun in Spokane.
>
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> the
> fragile blossom that opens in the snow. -Alice M. Swaim
>
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