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- From: "Kevin email" <ktopek@houston.rr.com>
- To: "permaculture" <permaculture@lists.ibiblio.org>
- Subject: [permaculture] Sheet Mulch
- Date: Wed, 26 Mar 2003 18:33:01 -0600
Guess I need to have my say too. I have also opted for sheet mulching as my
primary method of fertilization. If it is thick and has received moisture in
the last 100 days, the soil interface zone is moist. There is no nitrogen
tie up (or bondage) if there is a humus layer between the carbonaceous mulch
and the soil proper. Moisture is necessary to get the humus developed from
the sheet mulch over several months if bare dirt is the original substrate.
Inoculate the sheet mulch with composting green waste or animal manures. I
use my chicken made compost/mulch or bunny poop. The extra bacteria are what
does the trick. It also encourages fungi and slime molds. Once there is a
healthy biological community established, water will be retained by all the
mucilaginous exudates. I think glomalin my be the largest water sink, but
this is only conjecture on my part. I hope I have not been too repetitive,
but remember: Mulch, moisten and inoculate, then wait.
Kevin
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Re: [permaculture] Re: Branches and small diameter wood
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Re: [permaculture] Re: Branches and small diameter wood,
Keith Johnson, 03/26/2003
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Re: [permaculture] Re: Branches and small diameter wood,
Claude Genest, 03/26/2003
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Re: [permaculture] Re: Branches and small diameter wood,
Keith Johnson, 03/26/2003
- Re: [permaculture] Re: Branches and small diameter wood, Claude Genest, 03/26/2003
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Re: [permaculture] Re: Branches and small diameter wood,
Keith Johnson, 03/26/2003
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Re: [permaculture] Re: Branches and small diameter wood,
Rick Valley, 03/27/2003
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RE: [permaculture] Re: Branches and small diameter wood,
jamie, 03/27/2003
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Re: [permaculture] Re: Branches and small diameter wood,
Rick Valley, 03/27/2003
- Re: [permaculture] Re: Branches and small diameter wood, Conrad Juraschka, 03/27/2003
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Re: [permaculture] Re: Branches and small diameter wood,
Rick Valley, 03/27/2003
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RE: [permaculture] Re: Branches and small diameter wood,
jamie, 03/27/2003
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Re: [permaculture] Re: Branches and small diameter wood,
Claude Genest, 03/26/2003
- Re: [permaculture] Re: Branches and small diameter wood, Loren Davidson, 03/26/2003
- Re: [permaculture] Re: Branches and small diameter wood, Felicity Wright, 03/26/2003
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[permaculture] Sheet Mulch,
Kevin email, 03/26/2003
- Re: [permaculture] Sheet Mulch, Lawrence F. London, Jr., 03/26/2003
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Re: [permaculture] Re: Branches and small diameter wood,
Keith Johnson, 03/26/2003
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