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RE: [compost_tea] Re: moss



Soil sulfur will kill the beneficial microorganisms...

Paulette

-----Original Message-----
From:	elprune [SMTP:elprune@yahoo.com]
Sent:	Tuesday, June 10, 2003 10:31 AM
To:	compost_tea@yahoogroups.com
Subject:	[compost_tea] Re: moss

Add soil sulphur to get the soil Ph down to 5.5 - 6.5. May take 
months to achieve but it's a long term solution.

--- In compost_tea@yahoogroups.com, "growest2002" <g.w.thomson@s...> 
wrote:
> Laura-be interested if anyone can answer that one.
> 
> My lawn has a great % of moss, in spite of pH 6.8, lots of sun--the 
> usual things that are supposed to discourage it...
> 
> Available iron is one recurring theme...but how can I get more 
> available iron?  Some of my rhodos also indicate low available 
iron, 
> in spite of red colour in the sandy soil that also indicates plenty 
of 
> iron, just not becoming available.  I've heard that most soils have 
> plenty of iron, but availability is often low.
> 
> Is this maybe one of the jobs of fungi...maybe mycorrhizae 
> even...extraction of iron that's bound up chemically so the plant 
can 
> use it?  Way more questions than answers, as usual...
> 
> Glen
> 
> --- In compost_tea@yahoogroups.com, laura_s@v... wrote:
> > 
> > hey Turf listmembers,
> > 
> >  we have a client with a bad moss problem in turf. So far the 
> solution has
> > been to dig it out but repeated reseeding ends ultimately in more 
> moss.
> > Will a bacterial AACT help here ? 
> > 
> >  
> > Laura Sabourin
> > EcoVit Ecologically Sound Horticultural Products
> > Tea-riffic Aerobic Compost Tea and Acadian Seaplant Products
> > RR # 1 
> > St Catharines, Ontario L2R 6P7
> > http://www.ecovit.ca
> > http://www.compost-tea.ca



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