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  • From: Allan Balliett <igg AT igg.com>
  • To: Market Farming <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Wood Chip Mulch
  • Date: Wed, 2 Jun 2004 10:47:43 -0400

Wood mulch is notorious for having
very high C/N ratios and contributing to N loss in the soil.

Isn't it still a question of how much would is exposed to the soil? The actual surface are of wood to soil is so much less with a mulch that it is if it were incorporated into the top 6 inches of the soil as an organic input. Am I off base here? is it the biology in that top fraction of the soil that means 'everything' to the plant? Myself, I can't really see how the wood on the surface will bring inbalance to the root zone, several inches lower.

Not arguing. Just thinking outloud -Allan




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