RE: Apple-Crop: manure

2009-11-05 Thread Fleming, William
Unfortunate is right considering how many calls we get at the research center every summer from people whose gardens have been killed by manure or compost made with straw that has high residual herbicide levels. Tordon and Milestone seem to be the main culprits and can take years even in a

Re: Apple-Crop: manure

2009-11-05 Thread Jill Kelly
Thanks Axel, You're correct. There may not be enough sulfur available if we all tried to do it organically. IPM seems to be best for us and probably for the environment here in the northeast. In 2009 we had three days out of thirty with sun during June and July. I was told by one