Re: Soil Cookin'
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: Soil Cookin'
- From: g*@rogerswave.ca
- Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 07:20:47 -0400 (EDT)
On Sun, 25 Aug 1996 Irisborer@aol.com wrote:
> >
> >I suspect the "toxin" is a microorganism of some sort and
> >solarization would work if the soil were spread out thin enough and
> >maybe turned over a couple of times during the cooking (with the
> >sun). Don't know how long this would take. Get good cooking if you
> >put the soil on the driveway if the driveway is ashfalt. Need to
> >put plastic under it too (any color will do for that.).
> >
> >
>
> Holy COW, Diana... this sounds an awful lot like WORK!
>
> Kathyguest - who was looking for an easy way out - magic bullet-like
>
>
Actually when i had a chance to think about it, i realized that the
'cooking' will be a lot more effective if the soil is wet so doing
it up on the driveway is canned for now. My driveway is on an upper
level and the backyard where my irises grow is the bottom of a
former marsh and is unammended clay unless I put stuff in it.
However all my irises grow in there some of them in imported
topsoil. But wouldn't it be easy enough if you just put whatever
plastic you want on the soil and a couple of bricks to hold it down
and let it sit until you can get back to it.
--
Diana Louis
Zone 4/5 Ontario Canada
