Resources Tagged: Mulch

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  1. Panel: Competition for Mulch and Fodder

    Competition for mulch and fodder is one of the key issues constraining successful conservation agriculture in areas where livestock are a part of the agricultural system. Convenor: Putso Nyathi is a Conservation Agriculture Technical Officer for Southern Africa with MCC supporting CFGB funded...
    Mulch Fodder Conservation Agric... East Africa

  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. 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

  4. 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

  5. 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

  6. 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

  7. Mulch, mulch, mulch.

    2008-07-20 Keep the soil covered. At ECHO,the soil around nearly all our plantings—vegetables, fruits, grains, root and tuber crops, even forestry plots—is covered with organic matter.
    Mulch

  8. 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

  9. 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

  10. Colored Plastic Mulches

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