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[compost_tea] Re: moss



If you add too much it will. 

On the other hand if you use peat, compost etc. you'll have to use a 
heck of alot of it and it's not a long term solution.
 
--- In compost_tea@yahoogroups.com, George and Paulette Mouchet 
<geomouchet@Q...> wrote:
> Soil sulfur will kill the beneficial microorganisms...
> 
> Paulette
> 
> -----Original Message-----
> From:	elprune [SMTP:elprune@y...]
> 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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