RE: [compost_tea] Pushing AACT forward;weed control:was Re: dirty filters
<>><>I disced too soon didn't I. I should have waited 'til the
protozoa went to sleep (soil temp around 45F) assuming the weeds
stayed green 'til that time. That would be the only way to prevent
the bacterial bloom that is happening now.. I will be losing NO3
right? OR wrong? The only way to control bacterial bloom would be
control temperature, moisture,nutrients and oxygen. The only one I
could or would want to modify would be temp.So the answer is to disc
in green matter when soil is around 45F. Volunteer wheat would work
perfect in November and then rotate to row crops the next year. What
happens to green matter disced in the ground in November at 45F 'til
ground warms up next spring? Dennis
[Mike says:]
Great post Dennis. I have a section too that I have been wanting to get out
and disc the weeds under. I have some oats planted in there now too (my
weed companion crop -grin) - as I was going to use them as a cover crop for
some garlic. But the rest of the field has a good green weed population. I
had been mowing them just before seedset - except for those low growers that
my mower couldn't reach (darnit).
But I've been holding back on discing, and was considering doing it this
weekend. It seems, following Dr E's response, that discing just after the
warm weather trades off for the winter temps would be a great time to disc
the weeds under. Then I suspect laying down a drench of AACT to decompose
the OG over the winter would be a benifit. When the weather warms, the
predators wake and go to work adding the N when needed most (for my garlic
anyway). I'm liking this.
Dr E., being that we're talking about discing weeds (green) wouldn't that
make the bacteria the most important consumer over the fungi? As the fungi
go for the brown stuff, bacteria the green. I realize that given plants
require specific B:F ratios - but for this purpose a B dominant brew seems
best?
Mike
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