?url_ver=Z39.88-2004&rft_val_fmt=info%3Aofi%2Ffmt%3Akev%3Amtx%3Adc&rft.title=Assessing+quality+of+plant+raising+media+for+organic+systems&rft.creator=Little%2C+Tony&rft.creator=Morris%2C+Cath&rft.creator=Clarke%2C+Aldwyn&rft.subject=+Technology+transfer&rft.subject=+Greenhouses+and+coverings&rft.subject=+Composting+and+manuring&rft.description=Good+quality+transplants+are+vital+to+growers+for+a+number+of+reasons.+Their+ability+to+better+tolerate+pest%2C+disease+and+weed+problems+and+their+capacity+to+make+better+use+of+newly+incorporated+green+manures+(compared+to+direct+drilling)+make+them+all+the+more+so+in+organic+systems.+The+availability+of+high+quality+growing+media+is+essential+to+producing+healthy+vigorous+plants%2C+but+the+organic+standards+restrict+the+choice+of+products+available+and+many+growers+do+not+feel+they+have+sufficient+information+to+base+their+choices.+OCW%2C+with+support+from+Farming+Connect%2C+coordinated+a+project+to+assess+the+certified+products+and+looked+at+a+green+waste+based+product+under+development+to+help+address+this+problem.+%0D%0AGrowers+were+supplied+with+samples+of+certified+products+(details+provided+in+the+table+below)+and+were+asked+to+test+them+on+range+of+crops.+In+order+to+support+this+work%2C+scientifically+robust+trials+were+carried+out+by+a+plant+raising+specialist+on+cabbage+leek+and+lettuce.&rft.date=2007-07&rft.type=Report&rft.type=NonPeerReviewed&rft.format=application%2Fpdf&rft.identifier=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F10821%2F1%2Fcompost_report_Jul_07.pdf&rft.identifier=Little%2C+Tony%3B+Morris%2C+Cath+and+Clarke%2C+Aldwyn+(2007)+Assessing+quality+of+plant+raising+media+for+organic+systems.&rft.relation=http%3A%2F%2Forgprints.org%2F10821%2F