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  • From: Alan Haigh <alandhaigh@gmail.com>
  • To: nafex@lists.ibiblio.org
  • Subject: [NAFEX] paper mulch's affect on gas exchange
  • Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:48:00 -0500

I find organic mulch to be helpful in creating aeration, thanks in large part to the acitivity of earthworms as they orgy out on the feast.  Occassionaly, anecdotally, I have had a problem with paper under the mulch.  Wet paper is not going to allow the max free exchange of gasses until the worms have swiss cheesed it.  I have seen plants become chlorotic in wet situations where I broke up the paper a bit and plants greened up.  Not scientific, but good enough for me.
Haven't encoutered this for several years, however



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