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["SISU!" <erthnsky AT bellsouth.net>]

Bill Jones wrote:
  Is it
> that difficult for YOU to find a patch of deciduous leaf litter?  

Nope.  I live in a deciduous oak-hickory forest (only about 25% pine, 
I'm guessing) so I have leaf litter in abundance.  It's the pine needles 
I have to really work for.

> I once heard an anecdote from a fellow who was growing tomatoes using a 
> mulch of cypress.  It turned out he had solid chalk in Spain.  It's 
> interesting to hear that nightshades, of all things, thrive in 
> well-limed softwood materials, but I always wondered if his success 
> continued, and which other plants could be grown that way.  It's a great 
> research project for anyone with the time, but I'm usually growing them 
> the best way I know how, rather than experimenting with the unknown.

I don't know.  I always add lime to the hole when I plant tomatoes and 
peppers.  They love it.

B

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