permaculture

[yarrow@sfo.com]

Antonio,
Same reason (the composting tip is wrong). If compost is not 
"finished" (not fully composted), it may have some of the same 
characteristics as mulch. Nothing that is laid on the surface will 
cause N-starvation.


At 6:22 AM -0400 10/25/07, sinergyinaction@netscape.net wrote
> why (apparently) mulch materials don't cause N-starvation for plants 
> in contrast to just laying other types of organic matter just on top 
> of the soil?
> Just wondering about this after reading some composting tips, where 
> they say that unfinished compost should not be laid on top of the 
> soil, because it can provoke N-starvation. So why mulch (like straw 
> for instance) doesn't