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Onawa,Iowa

If they can extract and refine marijuana leaves and flowering tops into a more purer form why can't they
do the same with mustard seed ? In a liquid base the
mustard could be applied anytime of the year and keep
the soil born pathogens at bay once and for all.
You Scientist's out there chime in please. I know that
the mustard is basically dead after the first frost and then it gets tilled into the soil promptly and the mustard gas does its thing in the soil profile.

3/25/2016 3:37:38 AM

Glosta

its not the mustard itself its the chemical it releases upon decomposition. Mustard produces glucosinolates, which breakdown as the plant decomposes into allyl-isothiocyanate. The gluconsinolates begin to release very quickly after being killed. The faster you get it till into the ground the more you get into the soil other wise they are lost to the air through volatization. trapping them in the soil with plastic is key also.

Mustard seed meal and rapeseed meal have been used in bio fumigation as well. I spoke with Dr. Michael Cohen of Sonoma State University about this very scenario. He has done lots of research into soil bioremediation and bio fumigation using brassica crops and meals. he has a bunch of research papers listed here.....

http://www.bashanfoundation.org/michael/michaelpub.html

mustard meal isn't cheap and there aren't many suppliers. so there is another factor.

3/25/2016 5:55:49 PM