RE: ramial wood?

Then it must be a typo on the site - 7 cm diameter is a whopping big twig!
Interesting term, though.


-----Original Message-----
From: Kitty Morrissy
To: gardenchat@hort.net
Sent: 1/3/2003 10:03 AM
Subject: RE: [CHAT] ramial wood?

Libby,
I don't mean anything by ramial wood; I just clipped that from the site
that was mentioned in the previous post.  That one's been cut from here
so
I'll have to look for it a little later.  If you still have it, check it
out.  I did cuz I didn't understand the term and figured others might
not
either.
Kitty


> [Original Message]
> From: Libby Valentine <LVALENTINE@WORKINGCONCEPTS.COM>
> To: gardenchat@hort.net <gardenchat@hort.net>
> Date: 1/3/2003 7:57:21 AM
> Subject: RE: [CHAT] ramial wood?
>
> Hi Kitty,
> Clarification question on ramial wood (new term to me) - do you mean 7
cm
or
> 7 mm diameter?  Or maybe circumference not diameter?  7 cm diameter is
> somewhat under 3 inches and doesn't seem like a twig to me.  When I
was
> little we had tons of tiny twigs on and in the soil in the woods in
northern
> MI - if you could find a spot between the roots the soil was great.
>
> Thanks,
> Libby
> Maryland zone 6
>  
>
> >For others:
> >  "Ramial wood" refers to twigs having less than 7 cm in diameter.
They
> >contain soluble or little-polymerized lignin, the base for soil
> aggregates
> >and highly reactive humus. These small-size branches are not used as
> >firewood, even in the poorest tropical countries.
> >
> >Kitty

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