Re: HIST: CAT: Rebloom-soil condition
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- Subject: Re: [iris-talk] HIST: CAT: Rebloom-soil condition
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- Date: Sat, 11 Mar 2000 18:01:14 -0000
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From: "William Stone" <wstone@volcano.net>
Jeff; For the benefit of discussion, If I loosen my soil and let air in,
then watered, would this not combine some of the air nitrogen with the soil.
Sorry if this sounds stupid but I feel it is worth a thought. Bill
Stone's Iris Garden
Volcano,CA 95689 US
Here in N. California the sun peaked out this afternoon.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Jeff and Carolyn Walters" <jcwalters@bridgernet.com>
To: <iris-talk@onelist.com>
Sent: Saturday, March 11, 2000 2:02 AM
Subject: Re: [iris-talk] HIST: CAT: Rebloom
> From: "Jeff and Carolyn Walters" <jcwalters@bridgernet.com>
>
> > From: "William Stone" <wstone@volcano.net>
> >
> > Anner; I believe it is said that the air contains Nitrogen and by
> stirring
> > the soil we might mix it and whatever back in.
>
> Bill,
>
> Yes, air is about 75% Nitrogen, but gaseous Nitrogen is unavailable to
> plants unless, like legumes, they have established symbiotic relationships
> with soil bacteria that will "fix" it (convert the Nitrogen to soluble
> form) for them. Lightning will also do this and if your thunderstorms are
> accompanied by rain (much of the time ours are not), you will receive a
> truly fertilizing rain.
>
> Jeff Walters in northern Utah (USDA Zone 4/5, Sunset Zone 2)
> jcwalters@bridgernet.com
>
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