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- From: "TradingPostPaul" <tradingpost@riseup.net>
- To: livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org
- Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] No-till manure application
- Date: Sun, 03 Sep 2006 12:20:51 -0600
>From what I've heard, the problem some folks have with compost as mulch is,
it breaks down and disappears into the topsoil too quickly. Unless you have
desert or semi-arid conditions (as I do) the natural moisture will simply
add it to the soil over a season, and that's probably what you want. The
wee beasties should populate the moist interface between the compost mulch
and soil surface. Worms too.
paul tradingpost@lobo.net
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On 9/3/2006 at 11:54 AM Harvey Ussery wrote:
>> 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
>
>--
>Harvey in northern Va
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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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