Sustainable Practices for Vegetable Production in the South
Dr. Mary Peet, NCSU
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Farm enterprise budget for living mulch system on blueberries

System: Cost*
Living mulch
Seeding (Seed + planting)
Fertilizer 40
Option 1: Chicken manure, 12T/acre 200
Option 2: 0.5T NPK (13-13-13)/year + 5 50 lb N applications/acre 200
Mowing 4 times/year 60
Total 300
Conventional
Weed control 80
Fertilizer 140
Total 220

*Cost: Per acre cost of establishing the living mulch in one acre of blueberries where only 65 percent is living mulch.

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