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| Little, Tony; Morris, Cath; Clarke, Aldwyn. |
| Good quality transplants are vital to growers for a number of reasons. Their ability to better tolerate pest, disease and weed problems and their capacity to make better use of newly incorporated green manures (compared to direct drilling) make them all the more so in organic systems. The availability of high quality growing media is essential to producing healthy vigorous plants, but the organic standards restrict the choice of products available and many growers do not feel they have sufficient information to base their choices. OCW, with support from Farming Connect, coordinated a project to assess the certified products and looked at a green waste based product under development to help address this problem. Growers were supplied with samples of... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Technology transfer; Greenhouses and coverings; Composting and manuring. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/10821/1/compost_report_Jul_07.pdf |
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| Frost, David; Clarke, Aldwyn. |
| The demand for organically raised tree and hedging plants had been reported from organic farmers in Tir Gofal, as well as within the landscaping industry. Although there are a number of plant raising nurseries producing organically raised plants for vegetable and fruit production, there are no tree nurseries producing to organic standards. Nursery tree growers were concerned that there was currently too little known about the performance of tree seedlings in organic substrates (e.g. in root-trainers), nor about the nutrient supply to seedlings under organic regimes, nor about diseases control (especially fungal diseases such as mildew). Therefore, the development of three hedging species; Hawthorn, Hazel, Blackthorn, were tested for two growing systems in... |
| Tipo: Report |
Palavras-chave: Breeding; Genetics and propagation Ornamentals; Flower bulbs and tree nurseries Composting and manuring. |
| Ano: 2007 |
URL: http://orgprints.org/11077/1/organictreepropagation.pdf |
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