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Here’s an idea which cuts the mustard!
Wednesday, October 10, 2012
TAKING an holistic approach to vine health is one way to weather the hazards of grapevine-killing disease “black foot”.

Gisborne’s Riversun Nursery plant mustard is a way of combating the problem as scientific research has validated the importance of green crops and high organic matter levels in soils.

Every third year, a crop of oats is grown at the nursery in the springtime and then incorporated into the soil in autumn. A crop of mustard is grown during autumn-winter and is then incorporated into early spring.

Riversun managing director Geoff Thorpe is pictured amongst mustard plants at one of the field sites in Gisborne.
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