Guest guest Posted March 24, 1999 Report Share Posted March 24, 1999 >I take agricultural >extension officers advice with a grain of salt as they are dealing with >very sick soils. Bare earth agriculture in my opinion is not sustainable. >Your servant, Gokula das A very good policy. Tomatoes can be grown for nine years successfully as mentioned before. I have the documentation on this and can post at a later request. I will be away for a few days to see the Environment Agency in Cornwall.... >Fukuoko used >the same field for decades without a fallow period. This maybe a crossed reference here but this is a very interesteing point. How do varieties survive if they can't seed year after year in the same place? This is why his work is so interesting. A natural balance is what has to be achieved. I have used and let vegetables reseed themselves thye next year, but in nature they would not survive. It is like being domesticated. Another interesting point he mentions is that we are conditioned to certain tastes ( he is regarding the apple) but I think this point is very valid as far as we are concerned with health. SALT (sodium chloride) has been put into our food for so long that we become accustomed to it. This is know n to be harmful and stated by some if not many to be a prime cause of cancer. This product does not occur naturally in anyfood in nature in the degrees that we are ingesting it from processed foods. I think this is significant. So our desire for more salt is an unatural one...Prabhupada said a little to taste...to make palatable. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted March 24, 1999 Report Share Posted March 24, 1999 COM: Gokula das (New Nandagram - AU) wrote: > [Text 2181927 from COM] > > > Why collect seeds? In cold climates sometimes seeds are ruined by snow > > and dampness. I have to collect marigold seeds if I want to be certain of > > getting any that will germinate. > > > > Second, what about plants that shouldn't be planted in the same place two > > years in a row, such as solanacea like tomatoes and peppers? Collect the > > seeds so they can be planted in another place next year. > > > > Comments? > > > > your servant, > > > > Hare Krsna dasi > > > Certainly climate may be a factor for many seeds, we only get a few frosts a > year so it is not a problem here. > As for solanacea we have self seeded tomatoes in the same part of garden > year after year with no problems, potatoes for three years but this year > some had hollow sections which I will have to investigate. I don't believe > that the same field cannot have the same crop year after year this certainly > happens in nature although in a polyculture setting. How would species > survive if they could not self seed in the same area each year? Fukuoko used > the same field for decades without a fallow period. I take agricultural > extension officers advice with a grain of salt as they are dealing with very > sick soils. Bare earth agriculture in my opinion is not sustainable. > > Your servant, Gokula das Thanks for your response. These are very interestings points and worth thinking about and experimenting with -- especially the point that in nature things grow in the same soil year after year. your servant, Hare Krsna dasi Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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