In a message dated 3/7/02 12:44:42 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
<< I have been following with interest your accounts of spraying the horsetail remedy and white oak bark to control/prevent bad fungi in grape vines. Would you mind giving an account of the sequence of horsetail and white oak and the effect this has on grape vines. I heard Hugh's account last weekend at the Upper MIdwest Organic Farming COnference, and wish I had taken notes. Pls mention the effect this has on the vines taking up nitrates and the need for leaf pruning. Thanks, Dorothy >> I have not had good experience applying the compost remedies bythem selves. I find that you are creating an imbalance when you do that. For instance, last strwberry season I sprayed some dandelion by itself and the fruit did hace a plmper appearance but the flavour was diminished. I do not know of the effect of the vines taking up nitrates, but if your soils are off ''kilter'' that may happen. Leaf pruning is a great way to decrease water requirements and let more air and sun through the vine canopy. SStorch
