RE: [compost_tea] Re: Dried Compost - Does it Go Dormant?
Thank you all for the feedback.
To Kirk's question, this is sort of a broad community project where these "=
seed bombs" would be made up before hand and distributed to and by many peo=
ple in many places sometime in the future. The compost being dry is either =
1. a necessity since the seeds may germinate before the "bomb" is used, 2.=
a likely result of being made up beforehand and sitting in distribution un=
til used, or 3. unfortunately because of the heat and lack of rain in Texas=
, dry can be a starting state for some finished compost these days.
I'm actually in Tennessee and my sister is in Texas is helping organize thi=
s effort in the Bastrop area so I'm passing all the feedback on to her. Tha=
nks again for all your thoughts.
Jimmy
To: compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com
From: kirkleon_at_spiritone.com
Date: Wed, 21 Sep 2011 13:23:31 -0700
Subject: [compost_tea] Re: Dried Compost - Does it Go Dormant?
Jimmy,
I don't understand why the compost would have to be dry. Seems to me
putting a moist compost down, with seeds, is better than dry. Seeds need
moisture to germinate, the soil is likely parched, and the sun will dry it =
out
pretty quick if that's actually needed. Rain would be great.
Agree with Steve that you can trust the land to come back, too. I can
imagine quite a few folks there who can't wait that long to get back in
production, though. Knowing something about the Tejas fires and drought, I =
wish
them the best.
Kirk
Received on Wed Sep 21 2011 - 18:10:43 EDT
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