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Re: [nafex] Mulching acid loving plants
Yes, Mollison agrees with you on this one.
DH
In a message dated 01/27/01 1:29:27 PM, jhecksel@voyager.net writes:
<< Hello all:
And you thought we were done with this thread 8-)
I had a passing thought regarding the mulching of acid loving plants.
Much ink is spilled over the availability of various elements as a
function of pH. There is a fairly narrow band of pH that has decent
solubility for most micro-nutrients and phosphorous. The implicit
assumption is that the entire rootzone (rootball?) will be homogenous
with regard to pH. I think this is both simplistic and undesirable.
Having a rootball stratified with respect to pH virtually guarentees
that ALL elements will be highly available to the plant somewhere in the
rootball.
OK, back to our regularly scheduled programs.
-Joe Hecksel
Eaton Rapids, Michigan >>
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