Natural Sequence Farming

Actually, I find some of the chapter on "Allelopathy" a bit confusing....
Seems that plants such as kikuyu, tomatoes, wheat - that I would've consiered to be edible - are also susceptible to allelopathy via hydrology?
Something appears a little contradictory here....
Has anyone got a grip on this yet?

Hi Julian and ColinJEly Re-reading "Beyond the Brink", under "Allelopathy", (pg 139) PA notes: "....: the more edible the plant, the less susceptible they are to the allelopathic effect.............the less edible the plant the more vulnerable they are." And...... "Accordingly, there is not a single...

Thankyou very much Stringybark for your reply. Do you have an idea of what species of seed would be most appropriate for sowing over the disc chopped patch...oats, peas, lucerne maybe....for further mulching when mature? Perhaps an organic fertilising spray of Seasol (it's not a terribly big patch),...

Does anyone have any experience of successfully dealing with African Love Grass (ALG)? We live on 400 acres in the Bega Valley, agisted to sheep, tho right now we are low stocked due to drought, and after recent large rain event, are looking to restock as possible. African Love Grass is getting an u...