tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153778458693683617.post8443117572619105821..comments2024-03-18T07:07:43.247-05:00Comments on Gardenaut: Monoculture no more: German vineyards love weedsJeremiah McNicholshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11586987877676673757noreply@blogger.comBlogger1125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-9153778458693683617.post-65846491564895949072008-08-04T13:14:00.000-05:002008-08-04T13:14:00.000-05:00I'll be interested to hear about your experience. ...I'll be interested to hear about your experience. I've been planting a row of flowers attractive to beneficial insects within my garden since I read the fascinating book "Noah's Garden," which deals with what's lost in monoculture. But I've failed to find that perfect balance. In my very small plot, letting the wildflowers grow tall often means shading the peas in the morning, and I'm simply trading one plant stressor for another. I'd expect grapes to have the same problem, so I'd love to hear more details about the mix they found, or about the mix you're experimenting with. I've had better luck mixing such flowers with my plum trees, where they're in less direct competition. They upper and lower canopies seem to cycle through aphid booms, lending each other ladybugs as the problem explodes a few feet away.RugbugRedfernhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07577451365223871241noreply@blogger.com