Healthy soil and sustainable growing

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

Maybe someone else will have to "dig" into that question ... I just use the
bonemeal I got from the 2/3 off clearance when the big Rowlands nurseries
went out of business in Abq. Now on the greensand I got a surprise. When I
picked up 40 lb bags at our local greenhouse supply they told me it came
from TX, not NJ as I expected. It has a more brownish color than the NJ
greensand. Anyone know the difference?

paul tradingpost@lobo.net

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On 2/5/2007 at 7:35 AM Gloria Baikauskas wrote:

>Yes, but that super phosphate fertilizer is not the same thing as what is
>sold as soft rock phosphate....which is a substitute for bonemeal.....in
>question because of the way animals are raised and their bones harvested
>for the bonemeal.  <Mad Cow disease, etc>  The soft rock phosphate talked
>about in the previous post will be gone before too much longer.  
>   
>  Interestingly there are two kinds of this stuff.....the soft rock
>phosphate.  There is the one produced in New Jersey.....and the one
>produced in Florida.   The one in New Jersey is not recommended for use in
>organic gardens.  The one produced in Florida is.
>   
>  The triple super phosphate....and the plain old phosphate sold before
>it.....do damage the soil as Beck's article stated.  It is just that this
>stuff we are now talking about is not the same.  The chemical makeup is
>different.  I have seen the difference before, but it has been too long
>now for me to remember.  Maybe you can do the research on it, Paul.  
>   
>  Gloria
>
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