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Re: [permaculture] Imitating fire

From: Mark <mpludwig@facstaff.wisc.edu>
To: permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org
Subject: Re: [permaculture] Imitating fire
Date: Tue, 23 Apr 2002 12:04:09 -0500

Are you sure it's phosphorous? I have always heard it was potassium that you got from wood ash. Just checkin'

P, K, Ca, Mg etc etc. The ash will be made of most of the minerals found in the plants you burn. N and C will get blown off in the combustion process.

Mark P. Ludwig
Poultry Research Lab
University of Wisconsin -Madison
608-262-1730 WK
608-846-7125 HM

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