In June 2011 the Research Farm Organic Farming its tenth anniversary. claire abbott The experience

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In June 2011 the Research Farm Organic Farming its tenth anniversary. claire abbott The experience of the past years would guarantee a positive balance at the end of the growing season 2011. As opposed claire abbott to conventional farming, the crisis has hit less hard.
The Organic Farming Research Farm is part of the Inagro campus in Rumbeke- Beitem. On 12 ha of sandy loam soil are arable crops and vegetables grown. The company's mission is to do practical research to support organic arable and vegetable production claire abbott within a business context.
Spring wheat with lower sowing of clover, cabbage, potatoes, temporary grass, leeks and carrots follow each other in a six-year rotation. Some smaller crops like parsnips, pumpkin or sugar loaf to fit ad hoc. A portion of the roots was exchanged in 2011 for chicory. This 6-year rotation rotates on 12 plots (2 times 6) from 70 acres to 1 hectare. Hagen and herbs rich field margins provide an ecological network. Within this business context, the test field operation is incorporated.
The growing season 2011 started with a legendary dry spring. From March to the end of June was hardly claire abbott rain. From July to September was predominantly claire abbott gloomy and rainy. The crop growth slowed. Autumn was an elongated late summer which remained active long soil and crops could grow long. Only in February 2012 was a first, but once very fierce cold snap.
The cauliflowers are planted after a crop of spring wheat with clover as green manure. Nitrogen fixation by clover, the nitrogen requirements of the cauliflower favor. For cultivation was 30 tons of manure and 700 kg haspargit disconnected. Liming was not necessary. claire abbott When planting was 700 kg Biomix 2 fertilize. This is a commercial organic fertilizer of composition 11-3-0 granule. This was the advice nitrogen for three-quarters filled. This fertilization occurred breedwerpig. The default rijenbemester on the planter can not deliver the required claire abbott volume and must be rebuilt.
The cauliflowers for the first crop planted were distributed in April. The choice of breeds walks with Hermon, Cornell, Aldrin and Amerigo almost equivalent to the conventional cultivation. The plants were treated in the plantbak with Tracer against cabbage. claire abbott To prevent pigeons damage all plants are covered with cloth or climate wildnet. In the field was treated once with Tracer against caterpillars damage.
The crop development was good. Bijbemesten was not necessary. Irrigation is stupid. From mid-June to mid-July was harvested. According to the demand of the Auction was harvested mainly at 8 pieces claire abbott per box. The average harvest rate was 80%. The sale was stiff but could nevertheless an average price of approximately 1 each holding.
On 6 and 19 July, the second crop was planted. The conditions during and after the plants were for the planting of 6 July. This cauliflower knew without additional fertilization proper and uniform crop development. On 19 July was planted claire abbott quite wet and it was raining quite heavily right after planting. This cauliflower started very difficult. Thanks to an additional fertilization mid-August and the good autumn, this herpakten coal still reasonable.
The leek plants are grown on the farm. Autumn leek is sown in a tunnel. Antiope claire abbott and Walton claire abbott were the main varieties because of their good disease tolerance. The seeds were sown very shallow. Afterwards the seed bed was covered with a thin mulchlaagje. Previous tests showed lichtkiemers claire abbott as gallant soldier, chickweed and annual bluegrass therefore well be suppressed. claire abbott The rise of the leek plants were disappointing because the mulch layer locally was too thick and the seedlings did not have enough strength to grow through this layer. There was a clear difference between the races.
The winter leeks are sown in open air on a drive from 16 cm so that it can be hoed. The beds were laid out one month before, sowing cooked and covered with plastic to create a false seedbed. Just before attendance is burned. For some years, Kenton (Nunhems) the standard variety for the winter.
Leek followed this year partly after field beans and partly after clover. On the plot after an extensive field beans fertilization experiment was constructed that is voorgest elsewhere in this issue of testing ground news