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  • From: Alex McGregor <waldenfarm AT sprintmail.com>
  • To: market farming <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: Green manure and mulch, was Re: Horse manure/sawdust
  • Date: Tue, 01 Feb 2000 13:30:00 -0500


Sojourner wrote:

>
> I THINK you're agreeing with me? Under these circumstances the microbes
> are utilizing nitrogen from the air, and not from the soil. So they're
> not "tying up" SOIL nitrogen, which is what most people worry about.
> And since our atmosphere is, what, 70%? Nitrogen, they're not really
> outcompeting plant life for airborne Nitrogen, either.
>
> Then, as the little soil buggers die off and their tiny little bodies
> rot, extra nitrogen that would otherwise have remained unfixed
> (free-floating in the atmosphere) is added to the soil.

Definitely agreeing with you about the difference between incorporating
sawdust into the
soil and adding it to the surface as mulch. Just thought I'd add a bit of
explanation.
Thanks for your info.

Alex





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