Re: CULT: Adding sand as soil amendment
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] CULT: Adding sand as soil amendment
- From: J* J*
- Date: Thu, 04 Jan 2001 10:12:28 -0800
- References: <001a01c07741$5f8f99c0$0101a8c0@hppav>
wendy Dunafon wrote:
>
> Also using bark to add organic matter to soil can turn the soil into clay, Dad says nature know best and nature does not bury trees in the ground it allows them to rot on top to add to the soil or burns them.
I guess I am missing something here. Adding bark on top of soil would
seem to me like letting (part of) a tree rot on top of the soil. No
gardener I ever talked to ever said that adding organic matter was
anything but good for soil. I sure would appreciate some more
explanation about how this works.
Thanks
John | "There be dragons here"
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