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  • From: hector black <hblack@twlakes.net>
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  • Subject: Re: Nitrogen Fertilizer (was [NAFEX] Re: nafex digest, Vol 1 #98 - 5 msgs)
  • Date: Mon, 05 Aug 2002 20:48:38 -0700

Hey Chris, I heard that also and was very interested, but couldn't seem to
get if from their web site. Thganks for the link! Hecctor zone 6
middle TN


----- Original Message -----
From: <Mauch1@aol.com>
To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Monday, August 05, 2002 1:29 PM
Subject: Nitrogen Fertilizer (was [NAFEX] Re: nafex digest, Vol 1 #98 - 5
msgs)


> >>
> If I have proved anything, I have proved that our bulldozed, worn out
> acidic upland clay is really as bad as the soil survey says it is. I've
> also proved that the same soil can even grow perfect cabbages given enough
> organic matter and lime over 7 years. Since I have trees that have limped
> along this long without chemical fertilizers (my husband is adamant about
> it, and my son has warned me about the use of fertilizer factories as a
way
> to get rid of toxic wastes), I am working on improving soil tilth around
> them by throwing tree trimmings and cornstalks around them.
> >>
>
> Heard an interesting report on NPR recently. Nitrogen
> fertilizer is estimated to support 2 billion of the
> world's population. And some experts believe that China
> opened up when it did because it needed Nitrogen plants
> (supposedly they were recycling every bit of organic
> matter they could and could not raise enough food to
> support their population). They ordered 13 Nitrogen
> factories not long after they opened up. They are now
> a food exporter.
>
> On the other hand, Nitrogen (and Nitrogen fertilizer)
> is one of the major causes of pollution in the world,
> there is now an excess of Nitrogen almost everywhere (of course except
specifically where in the soil we want it :-(
>
>
http://www.npr.org/programs/morning/features/2002/jul/fritzhaber/index.html
>
> Personally, I try to use as little non-organic fertilizer as
> possible, but I also recognize that I don't can't generate
> enough compost in a year to improve my soil as much as I'd like to.
>
> Chris Mauchline
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