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Fri, Apr 20, 12 at 13:22
| I think a lot of you found the hour long podcast I posted a bit too long, so I've found a 3 minute video on using penny cress as a living mulch.
Only three minutes - I'd love to a get a good discussion going. I was a bit scared to get involved with the last one... |
Here is a link that might be useful: pennycress as a living mulch
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| "I was a bit scared to get involved with the last one..." Me too!! ;-) Thx for posting burra, I enjoy them. Lloyd |
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- Posted by lazygardens PhxAZ%3A Sunset 13 (My Page) on Fri, Apr 20, 12 at 20:24
| Interesting concept ... if it smothers the others and then goes away, it's ideal (until they want a winter crop of something) Burn units have been doing this for a long time - getting Staph infections is inevitable, so they deliberately colonize the patient's burns with a non-pathogenic variety that can out-compete the nasty ones. |
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- Posted by burra_maluca (My Page) on Sat, Apr 21, 12 at 6:10
| The basic concept seems to be that weeds will turn up anyway, so it's best to choose a 'weed' with properties that suit your soil and your crop so that you only have one weed with known properties to deal with. It's a case of 'know thine enemy'. Interesting that medicine is using the same concept. Thanks for that info! |
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