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  • From: "Lawrence F. London, Jr." <venaurafarm@bellsouth.net>
  • To: permaculture <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: [permaculture] Fwd: Re: [SANET-MG] What determines the rate at which
  • Date: Wed, 29 Dec 2010 00:43:45 -0500

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Subject: Re: [SANET-MG] What determines the rate at which
Date: Tue, 28 Dec 2010 20:08:42 -0500
From: Elaine Ingham <soilfoodweb@AOL.COM>
To: SANET-MG@LISTS.IFAS.UFL.EDU

Jim noted..... "whether there is enough that becomes available in adequate amounts, at the right time and in the right balance is a different question."

What is it that determines whether the nutrients tied up in plant not-available forms, in the middle of a rock, or grain of sand, while become available to the plant at the right time, in the right place, and in the right balance?

Those critters I keep talking about........ bacteria, fungi, protozoa, nematodes, microarthropods, and earthworms and..... all the rest of those guys.

If people have no clue what organisms are present, and whether there are enough protozoa and beneficial nematodes to do the job of releasing nutrients from the bacteria and fungi, then those folks are basically doomed to poor fertility, and to falling back on use of inorganic additions to their soil. And that approach fails because nutrients will be lost through leaching, or through volatilization.

Build soil structure, hold nutrients in bacteria and fungi, release them in plant available forms in the root zone and loss of nutrients from the soil is insignificant.


Elaine R. Ingham
President, Soil Foodweb Inc.





  • [permaculture] Fwd: Re: [SANET-MG] What determines the rate at which, Lawrence F. London, Jr., 12/29/2010

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