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- From: Harvey Ussery <huboxwood@earthlink.net>
- To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] No-till manure application
- Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2006 11:54:55 +0000
As I understand it, finished compost makes excellent mulch, possibly the
best mulch. If it were me I'd thoroughly compost any manure before
applying it as a soil cover. By that point the nitrogen should be bound up
in compounds by biological and chemical processes in composting. . . ~paul
Good finished compost as a *mulch*? I'm still thinking *drying* here, but in this case not so much resulting in volatilization of nitrogen (as you said, should have been bound during composting), but the death of millions of wee beasties screaming 'eeek-eeek!' as the compost becomes too dry to support them. Maybe compost laid down with a heavy mulch (of straw, leaves, something like that) on top to prevent drying?
~Harvey
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[Livingontheland] No-till manure application,
Harvey Ussery, 09/01/2006
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Re: [Livingontheland] No-till manure application,
TradingPostPaul, 09/02/2006
- Re: [Livingontheland] No-till manure application, mtncats, 09/02/2006
- Re: [Livingontheland] No-till manure application, mtncats, 09/03/2006
- Re: [Livingontheland] No-till manure application, Laura McKenzie, 09/02/2006
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Re: [Livingontheland] No-till manure application,
Claudia & Linda, 09/05/2006
- [Livingontheland] No-till small-scale grain growing?, J Bailey, 09/05/2006
- <Possible follow-up(s)>
- Re: [Livingontheland] No-till manure application, Steve Diver, 09/02/2006
- Re: [Livingontheland] No-till manure application, Steve Diver, 09/02/2006
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Re: [Livingontheland] No-till manure application,
Harvey Ussery, 09/03/2006
- Re: [Livingontheland] No-till manure application, TradingPostPaul, 09/03/2006
- Re: [Livingontheland] No-till manure application, Harvey Ussery, 09/03/2006
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Re: [Livingontheland] No-till manure application,
Harvey Ussery, 09/03/2006
- Re: [Livingontheland] No-till manure application, Norma Sutton, 09/03/2006
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Re: [Livingontheland] No-till manure application,
Steve Diver, 09/04/2006
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[Livingontheland] Introduction and Thanks,
Sheila Baker, 09/04/2006
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Re: [Livingontheland] Introduction and Thanks,
yarrow, 09/04/2006
- Re: [Livingontheland] Introduction and Thanks, Sheila Baker, 09/05/2006
- Re: [Livingontheland] Introduction and Thanks, TradingPostPaul, 09/05/2006
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Re: [Livingontheland] Introduction and Thanks,
yarrow, 09/04/2006
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[Livingontheland] Introduction and Thanks,
Sheila Baker, 09/04/2006
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Re: [Livingontheland] No-till manure application,
TradingPostPaul, 09/02/2006
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