tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-890333729999216226.post4947627150605014310..comments2024-03-28T13:53:31.986+02:00Comments on Balkan Ecology Project : The Polyculture Market Garden Study - Results from Year 1- 2015Paul Alfreyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/18069275739390678270noreply@blogger.comBlogger9125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-890333729999216226.post-86056452576435549812019-03-15T08:00:04.343+02:002019-03-15T08:00:04.343+02:00Superb work you well done on this blog, I am deepl...Superb work you well done on this blog, I am deeply read your blog I got of many information on this, keep sharing like this type of blog, I hope you will be create soon this type of blog and valuable information, I am waiting for your new blog, I hope I will be see you soon, thank you so much for read my comment, I am suggest to you all comment reader please read this blog he will be mention lot of information on this please go and read it, If any one searching dynamic website designing company in Delhi in cheap rate please go on my website, we are do for you any think.<br /><a href="http://www.ogeninfo.com/dynamic-website-designing.html/" rel="nofollow">Dynamic Website Designing Company in Delhi</a><br />deepak ogenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05399752398672556495noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-890333729999216226.post-40937467006228160522017-07-03T19:33:38.640+03:002017-07-03T19:33:38.640+03:00Hi Ola
Thanks for your support and comments, the...Hi Ola <br /><br />Thanks for your support and comments, they are great questions. <br /> <br />For the high turnover short season crops (carrots, salads etc)we grow in blocks and reserve the polyculture beds for long season crops; i think we could probably combine the two but like you mention below it could end up being to heavy on planning.<br /> <br />We can grow garlic in the polyculture beds, sown in Nov after the main crop that comes out in mid April (green garlic) before the crops go in and this works quite well. <br /><br />We started to compare times for harvests and maintenance of our polyculture beds with the same crops planted in blocks last year and continue to do so this year you can find the results of last years study below. It's just one year of data so we can't draw any conclusions from it yet. -<br /> http://balkanecologyproject.blogspot.co.uk/2016/12/the-polyculture-market-garden-study.html<br /><br />Regarding planning, once you have the plan it is actually quite easy to implement and one advantage we find is that you don't need to rotate when growing in polycultures so you avoid the planning that goes into crop rotation. <br /><br />I think we will find some inefficiency when scaling up our models but the surrounding perennial polyculture we have around the annual production can make up for this (at least from an input(time, money, fertiliser) vs output(yeilds , soil fertility and biodiversity) perspective. We're starting a new trail garden to measure the efficiency of our perennial systems - http://www.balkep.org/perennial-polyculture-research.html <br /><br />Cheers,<br /><br />PaulPaul Alfreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18069275739390678270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-890333729999216226.post-50949645672464772872017-07-02T09:28:11.903+03:002017-07-02T09:28:11.903+03:00Hello!
Great stuff you guys got going. I'm a ...Hello!<br /><br />Great stuff you guys got going. I'm a market gardener in Norway and I have some thoughts/questions:<br /><br />- In a market scenario you have a high turnover of beds. How does your system correspond to this, i.e having multiple sowings /harvests etc.<br /> There was a swiss system, Organic Biologic, which also had a similar (polyculture) approach: Long season crops interplanted with short/medium season and/or green manures (short season legumes). Never tried it, but seems like a good idea.<br /><br />- Ease of harvest: Multiple and rapid harvests. How is it to harvest beds which are planted in your fashion? Is it effective?<br /><br />And finally how does this system correspond to planning? Continuous harvest for an extended season of 50+ types of veggies can be daunting, and for sanity it seems easier to keep things sort of apart.<br /><br />All the best<br /><br />OlaOlahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15528130800480047785noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-890333729999216226.post-71857858445349902572017-06-01T16:50:44.006+03:002017-06-01T16:50:44.006+03:00Hi Gordon
Thanks for your support and good luck ...Hi Gordon <br /><br />Thanks for your support and good luck with your project, please let us know how you get on. Paul Alfreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18069275739390678270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-890333729999216226.post-77001503150297843152017-05-24T01:46:43.199+03:002017-05-24T01:46:43.199+03:00Great report--encouraging to see data being produc...Great report--encouraging to see data being produced for responsible agriculture. I'll be following along--just found you, though....<br /><br />I'll be starting a similar project, so thanks for paving the way!<br /><br />Take care,<br /><br />Gordon<br />Lans-en-Vercors, FranceAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08823625539738225870noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-890333729999216226.post-46985187989011005652016-10-30T22:39:18.185+02:002016-10-30T22:39:18.185+02:00thanks , good luck with your growing thanks , good luck with your growing Paul Alfreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18069275739390678270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-890333729999216226.post-59498365313361485202016-05-20T14:29:57.110+03:002016-05-20T14:29:57.110+03:00I am a fan. Indoors, I only have a couple of small...I am a fan. Indoors, I only have a couple of small plants, since it's hard to find a spot that has enough light. Outdoors I have a couple of planters full, because my back yard is so sunny, hot, and bright. Thanks <a href="http://wwicsreview.in/" rel="nofollow">WWICS Review</a><br />Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15184280167635488107noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-890333729999216226.post-70240856808670068512016-01-20T09:13:14.172+02:002016-01-20T09:13:14.172+02:00Hi Multivac
Regarding corn supporting Tomato, to...Hi Multivac <br /><br />Regarding corn supporting Tomato, tomatoes can produce heavy crops and the corn would not be able to support this without some kind of staking (especially not with the wind we see here) <br /> <br />The addition of corn would probably overcrowd the beds. Its important that air can circulate around the plants both to reduce the occurrence of moist habitat in the plant crowns (that harmful microorganisms thrive in) and to allow adequate CO2, a vital plant food, to reach as much of the plant as possible. CO2 diffuses from the air into the leaves of the plant.<br /><br />Have you tried the 3 sisters before ? Paul Alfreyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18069275739390678270noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-890333729999216226.post-71275035800962336352016-01-17T10:40:46.024+02:002016-01-17T10:40:46.024+02:00Interesting, why did not use Corn as support for t...Interesting, why did not use Corn as support for the beans/tomato? Like in https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Three_Sisters_%28agriculture%29multivachttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00036743997853741390noreply@blogger.com