Abstract
A 2-yearfield study in Lexington, Ky., evaluated the use of mulches in two organic production systems for bell peppers. Two planting strategies, flat ground and plastic-covered raised beds, and five weed control practices, straw mulch, compost mulch, wood chip mulch, corn gluten, and “living mulch” clover were tested. In 2003, the mulches were applied at planting, while in 2004, shallow soil cultivation was used for 6 weeks prior to mulch application. In 2003, the experimental field had been under a winter wheat cover crop; in 2004, the field had been cover cropped for more than a year prior to planting with sudex/cowpea (Summer 2003) and rye/hairy vetch (Winter/Spring 2004). Bell pepper yields in both bed treatments were very low in 2003 due to extensive weed competition. In 2004, plastic-covered raised beds coupled with mulching in-between beds resulted in significantly higher yields than the peppers grown on flat ground. These yields were as high as yields from a conventional pepper trial conducted on the same farm. Compost mulch, continuous cultivation, and wood chip mulch provided excellent weed control in 2004. Straw mulch was variable in its weed control efficacy; corn gluten and “living mulch” clover were ineffective.
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Claim · model-written summary
Plastic-covered raised beds with mulching between beds gave significantly higher bell pepper yields than flat ground.
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e0“A 2-yearfield study in Lexington, Ky., evaluated the use of mulches in two organic production systems for bell peppers”
e1“plastic-covered raised beds coupled with mulching in-between beds resulted in significantly higher yields than the peppers grown on flat ground”
Claim · model-written summary
Yields of bell pepper in plastic-covered raised beds with mulching were as high as those of a conventional pepper trial.
Verbatim
e0“A 2-yearfield study in Lexington, Ky., evaluated the use of mulches in two organic production systems for bell peppers”
e1“plastic-covered raised beds coupled with mulching in-between beds resulted in significantly higher yields than the peppers grown on flat ground”
e2“These yields were as high as yields from a conventional pepper trial conducted on the same farm”
Claim · model-written summary
Compost mulch, continuous cultivation and wood chip mulch gave excellent weed control in bell pepper in 2004.
- Taxon
- bell peppere0
- Treatment
- Compost mulch, continuous cultivation, and wood chip mulche3
- Outcome
- weed controle3
- Direction
- excellente3
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e0“A 2-yearfield study in Lexington, Ky., evaluated the use of mulches in two organic production systems for bell peppers”
e3“Compost mulch, continuous cultivation, and wood chip mulch provided excellent weed control in 2004”
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Straw mulch gave variable weed control efficacy in bell pepper.
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e0“A 2-yearfield study in Lexington, Ky., evaluated the use of mulches in two organic production systems for bell peppers”
e4“Straw mulch was variable in its weed control efficacy”
Claim · model-written summary
Corn gluten and living mulch clover were ineffective for weed control in bell pepper.
- Taxon
- bell peppere0
- Treatment
- corn gluten and “living mulch” clovere5
- Outcome
- weed controle3
- Direction
- ineffectivee5
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Verbatim
e0“A 2-yearfield study in Lexington, Ky., evaluated the use of mulches in two organic production systems for bell peppers”
e3“Compost mulch, continuous cultivation, and wood chip mulch provided excellent weed control in 2004”
e5“corn gluten and “living mulch” clover were ineffective”
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