RE: [compost_tea] Re: Best Environmental Technologies?

From: Stephen Steyn <ssteyn_at_wcaccess.co.za>
Date: Tue, 29 Mar 2011 07:45:49 +0200

James;

Yes. I think bluegum is not really ideal. Seems to have tannins in it that
prevent plants growing near it. Maybe the tannins come from the leaves. Also
sheep tend to get ill if they consume green leaves in large quantities. Dry
seems ok. I would try bluegum even if its just in the garden to see how it
does.

Don't you have reeds in a river bed? They make good chips although they
don't last as many years as a hardwood.

Ponting got 100 in his last outing, but yes, we too are struggling with the
same problem. Oh for another Shane Warne or McGrath or even a Waugh! Shake a
tree in Australia and a cricketer falls out. You just have to wait a bit and
it will happen.

SS

 

From: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com [mailto:compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com] On
Behalf Of jwoenne
Sent: 29 March 2011 06:57
To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
Subject: [compost_tea] Re: Best Environmental Technologies?

 

  

SS,

Thanks for the tip on the vines. I do have a modest size chipper and will
try it. The only problem is the most readily available woody material is
eucalypt, and that is probably far from ideal.

We are in Denmark. 50km west of Albany. Very good karri loam soils on our
block. Sandy soils are more on the west coast.

It is time that Ponting went. The team needs renewing, and I think that
means new blood as captain.

James

--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com <mailto:compost_tea%40yahoogroups.com> ,
"Stephen Steyn" <ssteyn_at_...> wrote:
>
> James;
>
> Sorry to see Ponting fall on his sword.
>
> I presume you have vines. Lots of people here have had success by buying a
> chipper, chipping any woody material they can get their hand on, and
laying
> it along the rows. Some have added compost too. Results have been
fantastic
> after only one season.
>
> SS
>







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