Subject: [NAFEX] paper mulch's affect on gas exchange
Date: Wed, 18 Feb 2009 17:48:00 -0500
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, however
[NAFEX] paper mulch's affect on gas exchange,
Alan Haigh, 02/18/2009