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- From: Charles Paradise <machelp@attglobal.net>
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- Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Planting medium
- Date: Sat, 20 May 2006 09:03:46 -0500
A great commercial industry site is:
http://www.peatmoss.com/
perhaps Tom or someone can take a long look at all the info there and report back to the rest of us, I have to go fight the flood waters here in Massachusetts just now.
Charlie Paradise
Thomas Olenio wrote:
Charlie, The peat is current years growth? Did they mention if sludge is used in producing the currents year growth? I see lots of sludge used in SW Ontario. Tom On Fri, 19 May 2006 13:03:14 -0400, Charles Paradise <machelp@attglobal.net> wrote:Yesterday I called Premier, makers of Pro-Mix consumer mix but also of a professional line including such as peat-bark mix which are meant to containerize hardwoods for 2 years or more. I mentioned the allegations about sludge and they pointed out that their stuff in made in canada, they tried to send dried manure over the border into usa and couldn't even do it due to there are still one or two regulations that may actually protect the puhblic health. Much more than this they said their professional mixes are made from peat from current year's growth, not mined. Regarding my extremely vulnerable alder seedling, they said most all mixes contained at least some lime for ph adjustment and wetting agent and sometimes fertilizers and not to expose my seedling to any of these. If you are growing in medium, just get a greenhouse supply house in your area to drop off professional mixes and pay their charge - then you'll be safe from mystery ingredients. Charlie Paradise we are being flooded in MassachusettsHi Tanis, If you are environmentally concern about your space, you have to be very careful these days with bagged potting soil as some of it contains compost made from sewage sludge. For some reason, it is allowed the use of the word ORGANIC which leads people to think that it is organic in the sense that has become a label of quality and inoccuity._______________________________________________ nafex mailing list nafex@lists.ibiblio.org Reproduction of list messages or archives is not allowed. This includes distribution on other email lists or reproduction on web sites. Permission to reproduce is NEVER granted, so don't claim you have permission! **YOU MUST BE SUBSCRIBED TO POST!** Posts from email addresses that are not subscribed are discarded. No exceptions. ---- To subscribe or unsubscribe, go to the bottom of this page (also can be used to change other email options): http://lists.ibiblio.org/mailman/listinfo/nafex File attachments are NOT stripped by this list. TAKE STEPS TO PROTECT YOURSELF FROM COMPUTER VIRUSES! Please do not send binary files. Use plain text ONLY in emails! NAFEX web site: http://www.nafex.org/
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[NAFEX] Delicate seedling planting medium
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[NAFEX] Delicate seedling planting medium,
Charles Paradise, 05/15/2006
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Re: [NAFEX] Planting medium,
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Re: [NAFEX] Planting medium,
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Re: [NAFEX] Planting medium,
Charles Paradise, 05/19/2006
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Re: [NAFEX] Planting medium,
Thomas Olenio, 05/20/2006
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Re: [NAFEX] Planting medium,
Thomas Olenio, 05/20/2006
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Re: [NAFEX] Planting medium,
Charles Paradise, 05/19/2006
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Re: [NAFEX] Delicate seedling planting medium,
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Re: [NAFEX] Delicate seedling planting medium,
tanis cuff, 05/15/2006
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[NAFEX] Delicate seedling planting medium,
Charles Paradise, 05/15/2006
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