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Weed All About It!
It’s our human activities that have created weed problems, since no plant is a "weed" in nature. Weeds compete with our crops and so have become an enemy to farmers. And as farmers have piled on the herbicides to address the problem, they have...
Merits of Fall Herbicide Applications
Applying fall herbicides, at the end of harvest, can make a lot of sense in terms of reducing your spring/summer workload and getting ahead of perennial weed species. The first rains will deliver an explosion of new weeds that can actually grow...
Our Exhausted Crops – Post-Harvest Recovery
How do we prepare our “exhausted” crops for next season? It’s important to do all that you can to continue photosynthesis, as this allows perennial crops to store carbohydrates and increase nutrient reserves for use in the next season. This...
Nitrogen Reality Check
It has become very clear to me that the amount of NPK (nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium) we put on our crops isn’t indicative of what the plants need or can even begin to utilize. We know that nitrogen is key to production of new cells, new enzymes...
Chitin for Post-Harvest and a Whole Lot More
My past couple of newsletters have focused on the importance of post-harvest applications, given our perennial crops’ need to recover and store nutrients in their woody parts after harvest so they can then access them during early spring growth....
19-Year Study Shows We’ve Been Undervaluing How Much Compost Can Boost Carbon Capture
September 28, 2019 By Rachel Cernansky, Civil Eats It's no secret that organic farmers believe in compost, but just what role compost plays in soil's ability to store carbon - and keep it out of the atmosphere, where it contributes to climate...
Benefits of Humic Acid in Agriculture
Learn about the benefits of Humic Acid in agriculture.
So, how do Coastal Redwoods get so big?
Well it’s not the N-P-K that you’re putting on! First of all, these monsters are so big that they need a ton of water. Water is the medium for photosynthesis, nutrient transfer, germination (redwoods are conifers – they produce cones) and...