Rylee Sankowich
2/26/2020
Wednesday 2/26/2020
This week on the farm bed A16 had an aphid infestation on are fava beans. To clear the infestation,
we ended up clearing all the beans and composted the main infested crops and used the cleaner cover crops for green mulching. Mulch is any material that is spread or laid over the surface of the soil as a covering. It is used to retain moisture in the soil, suppress weeds, keep the soil cool, and increase the organic matter in the soil. As a legume, fava beans fix nitrogen in the soil and by using the method of green mulching. To do this we first cleared the fava beans and use the more cleaner crops (without aphids) for mulching. We cleared the weeds and places the beans on the soil and using a spade shovel we chopped the crop up to spread it out. We then layered the mulch with a light layer of compost soil and watered. Organic mulch will break down over time and lose most of its benefits over time.
we ended up clearing all the beans and composted the main infested crops and used the cleaner cover crops for green mulching. Mulch is any material that is spread or laid over the surface of the soil as a covering. It is used to retain moisture in the soil, suppress weeds, keep the soil cool, and increase the organic matter in the soil. As a legume, fava beans fix nitrogen in the soil and by using the method of green mulching. To do this we first cleared the fava beans and use the more cleaner crops (without aphids) for mulching. We cleared the weeds and places the beans on the soil and using a spade shovel we chopped the crop up to spread it out. We then layered the mulch with a light layer of compost soil and watered. Organic mulch will break down over time and lose most of its benefits over time.
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