Re: Re: CULT: Soil conditioners

Donald, and all of you with a truck that live near Dallas, you are welcome to come and drive around my neighborhood this winter after the leaves have fallen.   All of my dumb neighbors bag theirs and put them out for the city to pick up.   Every year the gardening section of the newspaper extols the virtues of leaf mulch, but I guess no one is interested.   These leaves are especially helpful here because they are mostly oak, which adds much needed acid to our alkaline soil.  
                                                      Pat in Dallas
  
----- Original Message -----
From: Donald Eaves
Sent: Saturday, August 24, 2002 9:40 AM
To: iris-talk@yahoogroups.com
Subject: Re: [iris-talk] Re: CULT: Soil conditioners
  
Neil,

>Manure is good, but cow manure on clay soils can create serious
>problems.

Why?  How?

>Sheep and horse manure is better,

Again, why?

Cow manure is always more available than the others.  I use it (a lot).  I
have used sheep manure and couldn't tell any difference.  My favorite was
homegrown chicken litter, but overusing it can sure burn.  I'll dump
anything organic in my clay.  It takes years of reapplying before it begins
to loosen and become friable but needs to be well.  I mix it half by volume
and the next season I'm back to clay that has little or no evidence of
anything organic having been added.  It seems to just consume organic
material.  I'd sure like to have access to composted horse manure since it
is lighter with more of a straw texture than the others and see how it does.

Donald Eaves
donald@eastland.net
Texas Zone 7b, USA



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