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I suspose John if the soil was lousy enough, that would increase the
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organic content! Might make farm help hard to come by though!
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How to get all the lice might be tricky also!
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Enjoy the thaw
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Paul
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<!-- <![endif] -->On February 4, 2016 at 12:14 PM John and Nhung <nh=
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;Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">=E2=80=9CChemical fer=
tilizer is like heroin.  When you start, you cannot stop and have to u=
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;Calibri','sans-serif'; font-size: 11pt;">This is an area with =
horrendously lousy soil, including super--horrendously low organic content.=
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a','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt;">From:</span></strong><span s=
tyle=3D"font-family: 'Tahoma','sans-serif'; font-size: 10pt=
;"> naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca [mailto:naturens-owner@chebucto.ns.ca] <s=
trong>On Behalf Of </strong>David Patriquin<br/><strong>Sent:</strong> Febr=
uary 4, 2016 11:09 AM<br/><strong>To:</strong> naturens@chebucto.ns.ca<br/>=
<strong>Subject:</strong> Re: [NatureNS] Public consultation re use of pest=
icide... GMO crops and loss of weedy species</span></p>=20
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e: 10pt;">The weeds close to the crop are only problematical if you dont st=
art with a clean seedbed and/or heavily fertilize the seedbed before planti=
ng the crop, which favours the weeds. Start with a clean seedbed and postpo=
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e: 10pt;">it's a treadmill. You start using herbicides and then you br