Resources Tagged: Mulch

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  1. Colored Plastic Mulches

    1996-01-19 Colored Plastic Mulcheshave been found toimprove yields and fruit quality in some vegetable crops.
    Mulch Plastic Vegetable

  2. Horticultural Myths - Washington State University

    Short summaries dealing with myths pertaining to horticultural practices : Fertilizers How Plants Work Maintaining Trees and Shrubs Mulches Pesticides (including Compost Tea) Planting Techniques Scientific Literacy Soil Amendments
    Mulch Coffee Grounds Compost Tea Foliar

  3. Cowpea: Living Mulch under Maize

    2014-04-20 EDN 122 highlighted multi-purpose cowpea varieties with spreading vines that cover the soil. Below is an ECHO research update from South Africa relating our experience so far with a spreading cowpea variety intercropped with maize grown in a Foundations for Farming (FFF) system. “Living carpet”...
    Legume Cover Crops Green Manures and ... Mulch Cowpea Nutrient Retention Soil Moisture

  4. Tithonia Weed -- A Potential Green Manure Crop

    1997-07-19 Scientists at the International Centre for Research in Agroforestry (ICRAF) in Kenya have recently determined that the weedy shrubTithonia diversifoliahas potential as a green manure crop.
    Green Manures Mulch

  5. Principles of Agriculture For The Humid Tropics

    1997-11-19 Principles for increasing organic matter in order to increase soil fertility. Little by little, work in a dozen countries has convinced us that the vast majority of soils can be made highly fertile. How? By using our first principle:maximize organic matter production.
    Roland Bunch Cover Crops Green Manures Mulch

  6. Mulch or trees in the Sahel

    1998-12-19 Trees can be an effective source of mulch in drylands.
    Dryland Farming Agroforestry Mulch

  7. Does Mulching Make Sense In Semi-Arid Areas?

    1998-05-19 A conversation concerning the difficulty of obtaining mulch in semi-arid areas.
    FMNR Semi-arid Mulch

  8. Tithonia and Lantana–An update

    2005-01-20 These non-leguminous species were used as mulches by ICRAF researchers to increase maize yields. Leaves of both species contain up to 3 percent nitrogen. Surprisingly phosphorus also is found in high quantities in the leaves of these hedgerow weeds.
    Cover Crops Green Manures Mulch

  9. Traditional Plant Varieties and Low Fertility Soil

    2005-01-20 Maradi Integrated Development Project has forced me to question the wisdom of assuming that increases of organic content and fertility are always best.
    Soil Fertilizer Organic Matter Mulch Drought

  10. Low Fertility Soil and Traditional Varieties

    2005-07-20 Joel Matthewsreceived some feedbackabout his comments on low fertility soil and traditional varieties in EDN 86. In response, he sent the following additional comment.
    Soil Fertilizer Organic Matter Mulch