Fusarium and DON no problem for organics?

[westernvicki]

Curious folk would do a soil test at the farm which had zero fuz, then do a soil test from the farm(s) most proximate to the test.

Given that organic does not treat seed, the weather is similar, the only factor of great difference is the soil.

[stonepicker]

They aren't stupid like the rest of us. They don't use fungicides. At least not engineered ones I stopped killing the soil years ago not organic but use organic natural products. Takes a few years but once you get there way better crops less bills.

I've been killing my soil for 40 years, crops are better and more consistant than ever. Hmm. Your sellin' fake news big wheel. Study a little soil science would you? #fakenewsfakenews#

[sumdumguy]

So if you google 'Fusarium", you will see that pulses are susceptible as well as cereals, and the many types of Fusarium spores overwinter in the crop residue, straw and ground. Tell me why, we have been growing lentils in earnest since 1980 and never saw Fusarium in lentils or cereals until the last few years. I know, too wet all summer.

[Braveheart]

Fusarium almost put an organic farming neighbour out of business. He switched to conventional just in time. Grass in the ditch is organic and gets fusarium.

Any organic crops I've seen around here had such a thick undergrowth of weeds they'd act like a canopy keeping fusarium spores from blasting up to the heads.

[the big wheel]

The more fungicide you put on the more you need next year. Proven fact on my farm, done my own trials.
Stone if what you're doing on your farm works good keep doing it. On my farm after 3 years way less inputs and healthier crops from day one onward.