Re: Re: Zone 10/ saving plants

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• Subject: Re: Re: [CHAT] Zone 10/ saving plants
• From: &* T* <m*@hort.net>
• Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 01:58:50 -0500

> From: Kitty <kmrsy@comcast.net>
> Here's a stupid question.  If all this stuff is left in the ground
to
> rot.....
> Does it improve the soil?
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Not at all a stupid question... Yes, eventually, it would improve the
soil when it totally breaks down - any organic material will improve
soil.  But, for stuff like big Colocasia rhizomes and Canna tubers,
you first have a mucky mess...really icky.  If you ignore it and
leave the spot alone, by late summer it ought to have pretty well
disintegrated.  I tend to shovel it out and heave it on the compost
heap just so I can plant something where the rotted mess was.

Marge Talt, zone 7 Maryland
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