How to raise a crop without chemicals (at Holzer)
Sepp Holzer (farmer from Austria) practicing permaculture principle. His estate is located in the Alpine mountains. He writes books, and all the while experimenting on your site and visit other countries with their lectures, and shows their achievements in practice. Many of our farmers and go to his seminars, supplement their knowledge and move among us in Russia on organic farming without the use of fertilizers and chemicals.
Holzer method
According to Holzer, the land should not be naked in it need to grow the crop plants. Sepp Holzer says that each plant should find its place on the site. It is necessary to know the origin of the plants, his native land, and suggest where to put the conditions in which the culture grew. For example, tomatoes are native to South America. They prefer dry, hot weather, infrequent waterings. Hydrangea native to China and Japan, so they, on the contrary, like moisture and acidic soil.
On a farm near Zepp H. a lot of aromatic plants. Some of them attract beneficial insects to crops, while others repel pests. He is also a supporter of the principle of biological synergy, which is that the plants do not have to compete with each other, but on the contrary, help, live in symbiosis.
According to Sepp, H., do not need to put only one culture over large areas. Must be diluted planting other plants that form a useful alliance. You can plan everything so that the harvest receive with minimal care for crops, loosen and weeding is required, since it violates the ecosystem. In areas should be stones. They are heated in the sun and give off their heat plants to the same moisture accumulates under them. In areas need to plant trees, and your crops will be provided windscreen.
Holzer recommend everyone check yourself, and you need to start with a small area. Or conduct experiments, planting plants in different places and see where they grow best. Here is this method Holzer.
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