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[compost_tea] Re: Forest Soil & Wheat, Molassees



--- In compost_tea@yahoogroups.com, "Kirk Leonard" <kirk@o...> wrote:
> Using forest or woodland soils or duff for inoculation or 
cultivation of
> fungal composts seems valuable since fungal organisms seem rare in 
new
> soils and composts.  This doesn't need to lead to destroying forest 
floors
> if we cultivate them in fresh composts well.  I'm with Mike H and 
Frank on
> this.
> 
> I'm not in favor of digging up forest soils, but it sure seems like 
we could
> cultivate them appropriately and gently.  Forest soil inoculants and
> leafy materials left to rot with some duffy additions seem 
promising for
> fungal resources, composts or mulches, especially with grape and 
berry leaf
> wastes where I live (maybe pumice, maybe not?) and other, older 
crop wastes?
> 
> CT will not increase soil OM, "Bgunzy."  That's not a question.  
Soil OM is
> only built with composts, mulches or green manures, cover crops, 
probably
> not grasses.  ACT enhances soil OM and helps prevent foliar 
diseases.
> 
> I agree with Frank on fungal sourcing: "What other sources for 
locally
> adapted foodweb populations, including the vital fungal species, 
should we
> use? Is importing everything from Alaska really the answer?"  Local 
composts
> and forest floors seem more promising.
> 
> Mikes (so many!) and Dennis... you guys seem to be thinking of 
wheat as a
> cover between saleable crops.  Ya, it's a good cover crop many 
places and a
> good soil carbon source but wheat always makes good foods, too.  I 
know
> wheat market prices are down, but are they down so far the wheat 
grain
> itself doesn't count?  Or seed oats?  If it's "organic" - meaning 
grown with
> no
> inorganic fertilizers or "-cides"- why wouldn't it be worth more 
today?
> 
> 


<><<<<><<><><><<<>The ADM's and ConAgra's of the WORLD like it cheap. 
They must make bundles milling flour and selling bread when raw 
material costs $.05 per pound.. I feed it to chickens. And pasture 
the wheatgrass spring and fall. Dennis



Clipped by Dennis


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