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Re: suphur - was PANUPS: U.S. Pesticide Use Soars



In article <4pfojf$1k6@dfw-ixnews7.ix.netcom.com>, j_bishop@ix.netcom.com (Jonathan Bishop) says:
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>paninfopubs@igc.apc.org (PANNA InfoPubs) wrote:
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>Sulfur and, I believe, Petroleum oils are both allowed under Organic
>growing methods.
>Quite frankly, I believe that Sulfur has a great impact on the
>environment despite the fact that its use is permissible under organic
>growing methods. I would suspect that small amounts of effective
>fungicides would have much less effect on the environment than the
>huge quantities of sulfur necessary to prevent fungal infections.
>Jonathan Bishop                       Bishop's Orchards


Yes sulpher is allowed in organic growing methods but it is not the first
method a grower will use  there are a lot of methods to avoid using this.
Prevention is always first in organic farming.


Frits v/d Laan
Biologische boomkwekerij
(organic horticulture)
Gouda
http://web.inter.nl.net/users/F.vd.Laan/







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