Resources Tagged: Guinea Grass

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  1. Grass Mulch an Innovative Way of Gardening in the Dry Tropics

    1993-01-01 When I visited Jamaica a couple years ago I learned that farmers in south St. Elizabeth Parish were growing a good crop of scallions. What was unique is that they relied on rainfall in an area that is normally too dry for intensive vegetable production without irrigation. In fact, they were...
    Scallion Mulching Guinea Grass Panicum maximum Grassmulch

  2. Echos From our Network

    1993-07-19 Martin Gingerich, Haiti. The note in EDN 39-4 on using Guinea grass,Panicum maximum, as a mulch for onions arrived while Martin was learning about a traditional system using Guinea grass in Haiti. This is in an area near La Valee Jacmel at about 800-1000 meters and 2,000 mm (80 inches) of...
    Mulch Guinea Grass