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  • From: Don Bowen KI6DIU <don.bowen AT earthlink.net>
  • To: homestead AT lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: Re: [Homestead] Earth charity
  • Date: Thu, 31 Jan 2008 08:59:39 -0800

At 1/31/2008, you wrote:
It's a lovely idea and I wish it could be proved true. High-organic-
content soil is good for many reasons: erosion resistance,
microorganism health, drainage, oxygen pathways, and not least, plant
food production.

But the carbon in this dead zone is unavailable to plants except as water storage. The carbon and nitrogen are food for the microbes that break them down to make them available to growing plants.



Don Bowen Awl Knotted Up KI6DIU
http://www.braingarage.com




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