13-09-2004, 06:25 PM
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In article ,
(simy1) wrote:
Katra wrote in message
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In article ,
Gerry wrote:
Does anyone know of a green manure cover crop such as vetch that is
suitable for a tropical climate? I am looking for something that
would work in the rice fields of Thailand. Thanks.
Aren't rice fields flooded? So you would need a water plant?
What about cress? And that could be a secondary money crop as well.
K.
I don't eat the watercress off the creek at the end of my backyard,
and I live in suburban Ann Arbor. Cress from a tropical rice field?
liver fluke galore (or worse).
Well... Liver fluke comes from eating raw fish. :-)
I don't think you can get it from eating the cover crop?
I know that horses can get it from eating the eggs, but I think it needs
an intermediate host for humans. The life cycle is rather complex.
The greens would just need a thorough cleaning.
I doubt that it'd be exported anyway.
K.
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