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  • From: mIEKAL aND <qazingulaza@gmail.com>
  • To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [NAFEX] paper mulch's affect on gas exchange
  • Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 16:53:24 -0600

Years ago when I kept lovebirds I would put all my scrap office paper in their cage & in a couple minutes it would be shredded. Additionally they would add some high quality fertilizer t the mix. Made wonderful mulch that broke down easily.

~mIEKAL


On Feb 18, 2009, at 4:48 PM, Alan Haigh wrote:

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,




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