Hey Allan,
Yeah Elaine does be saying that, eh? My broc has always been real happy in the leaf compost/ wood chippy stuff I have here, and Eliot also notes that rototillering in leaves in the Fall is just dandy for brassicas in the spring, and leaves are sort of fungally foodish. Methinks that my foodweb is feasting fast enough to make all the necessary stuff broc is supposed to need, so that the broc roots have their fill at the smorgasbord. Then again, I have Lumbricus terrestris about every six inches or so here. These guys are the Sam Wittinghams of nutrient cycling. (Sam is the world record holder of human powered vehicles, 80+ mph---who says you need gas?) Elaine also says you can't have too many collembola. I hope she is right about that, as I gave out a whole lot of them with my vermicompost samples the other night, and told people to email Elaine if they had any problems.....:-) Best part of the presentation was when someone put their nose into my milkcrate that had quasi-finished vermicompost and its makers in it. "It smells like spring," she said happily. Spring, and springtails. Life is good. Frank Teuton > Hey, Frank - > > What about the other side of this, Frank? I understood Elaine to say > that we don't want to promote fungi in beds used for annual crops, > like brocolli. I think we're coming to see all plants living in > relationship with fungi, but doesn't Elaine pursue bacteria for > annual vegetables at the expense of fungi? > > -Allan > > > >There are some 100,000 species of fungi, of which only a few are actually > >problematic, as I understand it. > > > >http://www.perspective.com/nature/fungi/ > > > >Maybe for the next episode of 'Ask Elaine' we could get her to run them down > >somewhat for us, and suggest the mundane things she knows of that would > >encourage the bennies and discourage the baddies. > > > >Equisetum to promote beneficial fungi, eh? Very interesting..... > > > >Frank > > > >>Allan--- > >> << Steve - I've always been very happy using 508 as an anti-fungal > >> spray> > > > >508 is not anti-fungal...it sets up the environment for beneficial fungus to > >> grow. Sstorch >
