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Re: [nafex] Re: freshwater algae for compost, mulch etc
- From: Thomas Olenio <tolenio@sentex.net>
- To: nafex@yahoogroups.com
- Subject: Re: [nafex] Re: freshwater algae for compost, mulch etc
- Date: Tue, 17 Apr 2001 16:30:53 -0400 (EDT)
Hi,
If you have an ornamental pond with fish, the water from the pond is great
for watering. The ammonia produced by the fish breakdown to
nitrite/nitrates through bacterial action.
Follow up by searching for "aquarium cycle" in any of the search engines.
tom
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Thomas Olenio
Ontario, Hardiness Zone 6a
On Tue, 17 Apr 2001, Christopher Mauchline wrote:
> Scott,
> Are you just watering from a pond w/ algae in it or are you using
> the "muck" from the bottom of a pond or is this a commercial product
> you're using?
>
> I know that the "muck" is good fertilizer, but whether it is the
> right thing for your fruit trees I don't know. I use the muck from
> an ornamental pond on rhubarb, which is a heavy feeder.
>
> Chris Mauchline
> SE PA, zone 6
>
> --- In nafex@y..., "sbrenman@n..." <sbrenman@n...> wrote:
> > I;ve been using some pand algae around fruit trees, but have no
> idea what
> > kind of benefit it has, just assume that it must be beneficial to
> some
> > degree. Is there any hard data or long term experience with non-
> marine
> > algaes?
> >
> > Scott
> >
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[nafex] freshwater algae for compost, mulch etc,
sbrenman@netzero.net, 04/15/2001
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[nafex] Re: freshwater algae for compost, mulch etc,
Christopher Mauchline, 04/17/2001
- Re: [nafex] Re: freshwater algae for compost, mulch etc, Thomas Olenio, 04/17/2001
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[nafex] Re: freshwater algae for compost, mulch etc,
Christopher Mauchline, 04/17/2001
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