Re: Soil Cookin'
- To: Multiple recipients of list <i*@rt66.com>
- Subject: Re: Soil Cookin'
- From: g*@rogerswave.ca
- Date: Mon, 26 Aug 1996 09:27:31 -0400 (EDT)
On Mon, 26 Aug 1996, Christopher Hollinshead wrote:
> Irisborer@aol.com wrote:
>
> > >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
>
> Chris advises: In the July 1996 issue of the Canadian Iris
> Society Newsletter, page 9, (which I believe you have a copy of)
> there is an article on Soil Sterilization which may be helpful to
> you. -- Christopher Hollinshead Mississauga, Ontario Canada
> zone6b AIS Region 16 Director, Canadian Iris Society Newsletter
> Editor, Canadian Iris Society e-mail: cris@netcom.ca
>
>
OK I got it. The person that wrote the article (Dorothy Elston
CIS member from Kingston Ontario, Canada) said to make sure
the soil was soaking wet and to leave the clear plastic on for 4-6
weeks. If your soil is not in sun all day the longer the better.
She also said that only the weed seeds near the surface would have
been killed and the ones further down would still germinate. I
think this also applies to microorganisms.
--
Diana Louis dlouis@dynamicro.on.ca
Zone 4/5 Ontario Canada
