Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>]

Let's not forget plants that pull up minerals from the subsoil.

paul, tradingpost@riseup.net
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On 6/22/2006 at 12:34 PM Ryan Albinger wrote:

>Yes and no.  Missing minerals will not just come out of nowhere, but
>biolgical functions can free up minerals from the total pot to be
>exchangable and plant available forms.  Get your biology in line with
>balanced minerals and you'll have yourself great growing conditions.
>Ryan
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>> [Original Message]
>> From: Greg Bell <gregbell@znet.com>
>>
>> will all the other things (including macro and micro nutrients) just
>work 
>> out if the soil's healthy enough in terms of organic matter and
>microbial 
>> activity?
>>
>> ~gb
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