I just read Hugh Lovell's words on "Prep 500 and 501 effects". It was way over my head since I can only understand what is going on with the plants on a intuitive basis.
I want to do a sequential spraying on 3 1/2 acres of our land, the part that is not wooded, but fenced and in agricultural usage. I feel O.K. about BC, 500, 508, but really question the use of 501. It's really confusing to read Hugh's references to horn clay because Hugh Courtney doesn't include it in the sequence. Should I order some horn clay? If I do, when do I spray it? We have glacial till soil with wind blown laos from Washington grain fields. This year food plants have been slow because we had a wet, cold spring, but the native grass already is showing its seedheads, though they aren't mature yet. Our first large German iris will bloom today or tomorrow. Everything is going on as it should be. It's a beautiful time because there is so much moisture in the soil. There's always a big differential between day and night temperature. In a month, we will be in drought and we'll be trying to ease the plants with compost tea since we don't have enough water. We don't have ANY trouble with things going to seed except tomatoes, peppers and eggplants must be in cold frames because the night temperatures slow the fruiting process too much. On the other hand, the lettuces and brassicas will show their flowers too soon. We are located on a wild meadow--with our garden beds and orchard surrounded by wild grasses and broadleaf plants--red clover, St. John's wort, wild rose, snowberry, serviceberry, ceonosis (sp.), bracken fern, etc., in different areas. My garden weeds this year are allheal, catnip, clary sage, hollyhock, parsley, clover, plantain, wild sorrel, chickweed, red and green orach which we eat in salads. I want to do a sequential spray over the whole 3 1/2 acre meadow including cultivated and wild plants. Hugh C. suggested that I do it in leaf to stimulate water influences and I'm thinking about June 20-21. I don't do the whole 25 acres because it would be hard to spray in the trees and underbrush. Should I be doing that too? What am I doing when I do a sequential spray sequence? Can someone explain it to me the way Hugh Lovell is explaining in his post on 500 and 501, but in not quite so difficult a conceptual framework? Best, Merla _______________________________________________ BDNow mailing list [EMAIL PROTECTED] You can unsubscribe or change your options at: http://lists.envirolink.org/mailman/listinfo/bdnow
