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southern Cali growers - how are you preparing for the heavy rains ?


trioderob

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this winter has a very good chance of producing exceptional rain totals .

are you going to do anything different with the palms this winter ?

 

for me the focus will be cover crops that will drive roots deep into the ground and will break up the soil.

I am talking about growing lots O winter rye - not rye grass

 

and ground hog radish

so in other words I will try to soak up that rain and produce biomass - dudes

 

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I just wish I had a 10,000 gallon catchment tank to store the water in.

Kim Cyr

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and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
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Pray, build and fire and pray for more rain.

Bob, that's an interesting thought, but if it dries again, I don't see radishes, etc., as a source of fluid. If it dries, they'll hoard the water, use it up, dry out and die.

Or, maybe I'm wrong. If you do it, it's worth watching.

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Seriously my preparations are more concerned with making sure gutters are clean, drains from my upper lot are clear, windows and roof are watertight.  The neighbor's vines that drop debris from the fence have been whacked back to avoid clogging drains.  The garage is on an unpaved alley which turns to mud with the slightest precipitation, so the plan is to order a truckload of crushed granite to dump behind my house.  Even so, it will be a mucky drive from the street to the crushed granite.

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Between the beach and the bays, Point Loma, San Diego, California USA
and on a 300 year-old lava flow, Pahoa, Hawaii, 1/4 mile from the 2018 flow
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Pray, build and fire and pray for more rain.

Bob, that's an interesting thought, but if it dries again, I don't see radishes, etc., as a source of fluid. If it dries, they'll hoard the water, use it up, dry out and die.

the whole process is extremely beneficial

Or, maybe I'm wrong. If you do it, it's worth watching.

thats exaclty what I want them to do

they grow fast in the rain - then they break up the top soil - they then die deposing organics under the soil and leaving pathways for air. this is not me guessing here  - this is proven out already

 

 

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Seriously my preparations are more concerned with making sure gutters are clean, drains from my upper lot are clear, windows and roof are watertight.  The neighbor's vines that drop debris from the fence have been whacked back to avoid clogging drains.  The garage is on an unpaved alley which turns to mud with the slightest precipitation, so the plan is to order a truckload of crushed granite to dump behind my house.  Even so, it will be a mucky drive from the street to the crushed granite.

Eww.

Yeah, had a backyard like that in the last big El Nino in 1998. A sea of mud; couldn't get the truck up the slope if was so slippery.

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