earthplatform.com

Results 1 - 10 from 210 for root crops in 0.313 sec.

Plants For A Future - Alternative Root Crops
Alternative Root Crops. Although this leaflet is titled Alternative Root Crops, I am not going to stick strictly to the botanists definition of a root, but am instead ... Root Crops. Steve Bell Tue Aug 28 17:58:51 2001 I'm doing research on tropical root crops. Please send me interesting links. Including but not limited to, Colacasias, Alocasias,Manihot.Alternative Root Crops ...
pfaf.org

ECHO: Networking Global Hunger Solutions
Select crops tolerant of wet soil conditions. Vegetable crops grown at ECHO include winged bean, yardlong bean, wax gourd, okra, eggplant, and Malabar spinach as well as root crops such as jicama ...
www.echonet.org

ECHO: Networking Global Hunger Solutions
Winged bean, a multiple use climbing vegetable, can be grown on trellises. Katuk, a popular Indonesian leafy vegetable, grows upright in clumps. Root crops include taro, cassava, sweet potato, and true yams. Many forest clearing crops, like these root crops, are propagated by cuttings or tubers ...
www.echonet.org More from this site

Sheet Mulching for the Home Garden
Root crops don't do well in their first year as the soil is still compacted and there is too much manure so they tend to fork out. Plant most root crops ... with a knife, let small spouts start, then divide up the root mass and replant. All these methods eliminate resowing or making seed ... the seedling plant.. A small proportion (about 4-6%) of all crops sown can be let run to seed or ripen for scattering ...
www.eco-action.org

Eugene Permaculture Guild - Eugene Oregon
This included the spread of Andean root crops in this area, which were very successful in the Lost Valley ... This could be a rotating position within the group.  One or two crops for the CSA are grown per yard.  It doesn’t need ... petals or buds, dandelion salad, stir-fried or steamed dandelion leaf or root.  The petals are a beautiful color point in a mixed salad ...
www.heliosnetwork.org

Laboratory for Experimental Geomorphology
Schelde, sediment delivery, sediment delivery ratio, sediment transport, sediment yield modelling, soil ... southern Ecuadorian Andes, Spain, spatial modelling, sugar beets, tidal marshes, tide, tillage erosion, tuber crops, Vietnam, water erosion, ...
www.kuleuven.ac.be

WELL - Resource Centre Network for Water, Sanitation and Environmental Health
... land and poor hygiene practices lead to contamination and infection; and contamination of crops, which is particularly important for crops that may not be cooked before eating, such as tomatoes or ... before planting crops: farm and sanitation workers should be adequately protected during the process; the excreta should be placed in trenches and covered with at least 25cm of soil; and root crops ...
www.lboro.ac.uk

non-HEAR-sponsored internet mailing lists relevant to invasive species issues
Pacific Island countries; inquiries and discussions on pesticides, pests, crops losses, IPM, in relation to good crop husbandry practices; circulating newsletters and notices; ... the scope of Pacific PestNet to include other aspects of agriculture in the region, root crops in particular. Hawaii Ant Group "AntList" The Hawaii Ant Group (HAG) (dedicated to the ...
hear.org

Plants For A Future - Alternative Food Crops
All are perennial unless stated otherwise. Root Crops: Yam (Dioscorea batatas) - Few people realise that Yams can be grown outdoors in Britain. This is a perfectly hardy perennial species from China and its root is delicious ...
pfaf.org

Phytophthora root rot - fact sheet
Key Links to another web site Opens a pop-up window Phytophthora root rot Invasive species fact sheet Department of the Environment and Heritage, 2004 PDF file Phytophthora root rot - Fact sheet (PDF - 200 KB) About the fact sheet Phytophthora root rot, a form of 'dieback', is a disease that affects many native plants and ecosystems, important crops and ...
www.environment.gov.au