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["tanis cuff" <tanistanis@hotmail.com>]

Agree :  Weed-free mulch !  But it sure did seem to encourage the growth 
nettles-- they invaded pond weed mulched soil faster than anything else I've 
seen.  And a few years later I still see improved growth on Giant Foxtail-- 
beautiful dark green & healthy.

Tanis Cuff (s. WI)


> From: "Lon J. Rombough" <lonrom@hevanet.com>
> Reply-To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> To: <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
> Subject: Re: [NAFEX] duck weed
> Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2002 05:25:11 -0700
>
> Oddly enough, my son just used a layer of duckweed as mulch in the garden.
> He did it as an experiment, but it seems to be working well.  If nothing
> else, it's a mulch with no weed seeds.  He put down a couple of inches of
> it.
> -Lon Rombough
> Grapes, writing, consulting, more, plus word on my grape book at
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>
> > From: "del stubbs" <pinewoodel@hotmail.com>
> > Reply-To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> > Date: Fri, 09 Aug 2002 04:10:30 +0000
> > To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
> > Subject: [NAFEX] duck weed
> >
> > A couple weks ago I piled up a good stack of duckweed from our pond.  
> Upon
> > returning had hoped to find it happily composting in the 80F temp,  but  
> it
> > was cold. We have several acres of pond covered 2" thick with the rich 
> stuff
> > , looks like a great source for nitrogen or at least good compost 
> material,
> > but I haven't hit its note yet. Anyone worked with it?
> > Just returned from north of Saskatoon Sask.,  where a frost finished off
> > many folks' gardens,  Del
> >
> > Del Stubbs  www.pinewoodforge.com  ag zone2/3
> >
> >
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