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RE: [permaculture] casuarina/ironwood

From: John Schinnerer <eco_living@yahoo.com>
To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: RE: [permaculture] casuarina/ironwood
Date: Tue, 12 Mar 2002 22:41:13 -0800 (PST)

Aloha,

> The needles are also very high
> in silica

Would that make them a good mulch/compost/food for bamboo, which wants
silica (if I understand correctly)?

> and make a great anti-fungal spray when rotted-down in
> water.

Dry, or green, or does it matter?

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