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- From: "Errol Castens" <castens AT peoplepc.com>
- To: "Market Farming" <market-farming AT lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: Re: [Market-farming] Organic fertilzers...
- Date: Wed, 20 Apr 2005 07:53:05 -0500
This was several days ago, but I don't remember seeing a response. If there
was, I apologize.
Wendy from East TX wrote:
The legumes pull nutrients from deep soil, esp nitrogen
and then when you plow them in, they are
there for subsequent crops.
Errol responds:
This is true for minerals, but the nitrogen is pulled
from the air by legume-loving bacteria. They exist to some small extent in many
soils, but most seed companies also sell bacterial inoculants for beans, peas,
clovers, alfalfas, etc. The mineral components that deep-rooted plants can bring
to the surface are limited to what's already there; the nitrogen
fixation is not. The flip side of the nitrogen "gift," though, is that
nitrogen fertilizers (whether organic or chemical) begin dissipating back
into the atmosphere if left exposed for long.
Errol Castens
Oxford, Mississippi
Zone 7
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[Market-farming] Organic fertilzers...,
, 04/13/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] Organic fertilzers..., road's end farm, 04/13/2005
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RE: [Market-farming] Organic fertilzers...,
Mike Emers, 04/13/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] Organic fertilzers..., TxBeeFarmer, 04/14/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] Organic fertilzers..., Elaine Granata, 04/18/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] Organic fertilzers...,
MIDWESTSMITTY, 04/13/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] Organic fertilzers..., Nan Johnson, 04/13/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] Organic fertilzers..., Windsoap, 04/13/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] Organic fertilzers..., Alex McGregor, 04/14/2005
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Re: [Market-farming] Organic fertilzers...,
Windsoap, 04/14/2005
- Re: [Market-farming] Organic fertilzers..., Errol Castens, 04/20/2005
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