Re: USDA wordson the soil's glue

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• Subject: Re: [CHAT] USDA wordson the soil's glue
• From: "James R. Fisher" g*@well.com
• Date: Sat, 08 Feb 2003 20:08:12 -0500
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Kitty Morrissy wrote:

Jim,
I can understand from the articles how this knowledge will affect farming. Do you think there will be an impact - years down the line - on home
gardeners? Like instead of applying Humic Acid, I might be purchasing a
gallon of glomalin?

Kitty

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I hope that's a rhetorical question :-).Do you actually apply
'humic acid' rather than dig in compost, etc ?
-jrf
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Subject: [CHAT] USDA wordson the soil's glue

Quoth the ARS/USDA:

Glomalin is soil's organic "glue":
An ARS scientist has more proof she has found a key ingredient

responsible for

the well-known benefits of soil organic matter.

http://www.ars.usda.gov/is/pr/2003/030205.htm

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Jim Fisher
Vienna, Virginia USA
38.9 N 77.2 W
USDA Zone 7
Max. 105 F [40 C], Min. 0 F [-18 C]

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