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  • From: yarrow@sfo.com
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [permaculture] N-starvation and mulch
  • Date: Thu, 25 Oct 2007 10:28:19 -0700

Antonio,
Same reason (the composting tip is wrong). If compost is not "finished" (not fully composted), it may have some of the same characteristics as mulch. Nothing that is laid on the surface will cause N-starvation.


At 6:22 AM -0400 10/25/07, sinergyinaction@netscape.net wrote
why (apparently) mulch materials don't cause N-starvation for plants in contrast to just laying other types of organic matter just on top of the soil?
Just wondering about this after reading some composting tips, where they say that unfinished compost should not be laid on top of the soil, because it can provoke N-starvation. So why mulch (like straw for instance) doesn't




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