there are large flocks of robins in sonoma county for the last 10 days or so and they are enjoying our large earthworm populations
Bob
what kind of feathered friends?
Bob
dry peat heads in the right direction in this case. Soils formed in ash, especially in sub tropics, have the clay species Allophane as the majority of the colloids in the soil. The Allophae along with SOM has worked out this sort of extreme aggregation and has actually hardened the aggregates to
send me your "albrecht" soil testsand quite a bit of interesting talk can be had, but the report can not tell you much about soil stucture.
Even with excellent calcium and magnesiumI often find soils with very poor structure. Have taken thousands of soil samples...my self, and watched the
Here are some of my observations and other comments on flaming:
The flame engineering pull behind flamers are finicky machines. The Suburban Propane dealer in Sonoma County has not sold a unit in 2 years. I bought 3 of them (with my clients) 3 years ago and there no been many sales since. As the
Allan,
I have been able to listen to the York interview, however, I cannot save the
file to my hard disk in order to listen to it offline.
Any tips? I did download the latest version of realplayer, but I do not see
any option for saving sound files.
Thanks,
Bob Shaffer
Allen, we have sprayed Surround for a copula years with good results on grapevines. Thrips and variegated leaf hopper don't like leaf surfaces covered with Surround.
I think we missed the chance to save fruit shriveling from severe heat by not applying Surround, late last summer.
There is large
Is there no level or no amount of S that is not "gross"?
There are times that we apply 3 pounds per acre of dusting sulfur to beautiful hillside vines that have been certified organic for 15 years.
Its only on occasion, not even every year. These vines produce grapes that are very high quality,
Higher brix in leaves of plants does provide some frost resistance.
How about ice nucleating bacteria? We try to keep the ratio of legumes to grasses higher in frost prone vineyards due to the lower numbers of ice nucleating bacteria present on broad-leaved plants.
Do compost teas lower or
GA, it is interesting what you have...what variety of table grapes do you raise?
Bob
Peter,
Am curious if you use a degree day model for knowing when the PM pressure is greatest.
Also, do you have good mineral balance in the soil and in the vine?
Having good levels of soil/vine calcium, boron, zinc and phosphate (in addition to others) has been a very, very important part of
Allan,
Your question, "Do you know of anyone using compost tea and failing to
control powdery mildew?" lacks a critical component to be of most use.
How about taking into account the rest of the farm plan. In other words, if you are using compost tea to manage PM, is it the only management step
Neither Alan nor myself have seen much from radionics.
There are significant use of radionics in N. California and I work on jobs where its use has been very well practiced.
Maybe its me...I just cant find results...to date. Looking for the wrong thing? Maybe.
Bob
field broadcasting might well be focused at ice, crime, poverty, human attitude and rodents in many farming systems, if you really want to help.
The plant health and crop qualtiy is easy if you have food and lack of crime.
Bob
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