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  • From: "Bill Shoemaker" <wshoemak AT inil.com>
  • To: "market farming" <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
  • Subject: Re: soil improvement
  • Date: Wed, 24 Jan 2001 09:05:28 -0600

I don't think using the soil from a pond would be too different than farming river-bottom land, which is considered premium soil in Illinois. Usually it's topsoil and organic matter that have eroded through rain and surface water movement.
 
Bill Shoemaker
Sr Research Specialist, Food Crops
Univ of Illinois - St Charles Hort Research Center
 
 
 
-----Original Message-----
From: Marie Kamphefner <kampy AT grm.net>
To: market farming <market-farming AT franklin.oit.unc.edu>
Date: Monday, January 22, 2001 7:53 PM
Subject: Re: soil improvement

Hi Joan,

Personally, I think the idea of using the pond dirt is a good one.  I would think the nutrients contained in that would be great.  However, I am no scientist or soil expert.  We have had excellent results using pond water for irrigation.

The truckloads of compost sound interesting.  Where would you get them and what do they cost?  What are they made of?

Marie in Missouri





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