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From: Tobias Koenig
Hi Tobias and list members
Re the canola I am certainly biased - I dont like GMO's
and probably within five years there will be no other type of canola
worldwide! I am exremely fortunate in that my neighbours to the west have
never grown it and we have probably got 5 miles of clean country into the
prevailing winds. We are lucky! Most farmers will have no choice about
whether this stuff comes onto their farm or not
I don't see a problem with other older style brassicas (non GMO) as green
manure -
if there is a need for them - My experience so far though has been that
wheat crops
following lupins or peas are at least equal to those after canola without
the need for nitrogen input. The conventional wisdom (Ag Department) on
nitrogen benefits of grain legume crops is not anyway near the mark -
underestimates it by heaps
Your thoughts on combatting wild radish with brassica
crops green manured are interesting and something that I need to try in the
future .
Cheers
Lloyd Charles
