Re: CULT: Organic Matter
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- Subject: Re: CULT: Organic Matter
- From: E* G* <e*@moose.ncia.net>
- Date: Thu, 22 May 1997 07:45:08 -0600 (MDT)
John Montgomery wrote:
> We keep hearing warnings to never put anything in a compost
>pile which has any disease symptoms when in fact a good compost pile is
>a sterilizing system. You can put a lily bulb with a bad case of fusarium
>rot in a compost pile and dig it out later to find no sign of the rot.
Finally, someone has said this which is the one of the primary
reasons for 'making' compost. I just have to assume that some of
us don't turn our piles of remains often enough or use them before
they are ready to be worked into the soil.
>Too often we set out to garden as though we were at war with nature when we
>should be on the same team. The answer to nearly everything is in the soil
>and how you treat it. Get away from the idea of feeding a plant. Improve
>your soil and let it feed the plant.
This is marvelous to read on this list....it bore repeating. -)
>Sometimes it may be wise to simply not try to grow a certain plant. We used
>to live on the coast in a maritime climate and the amount of fungicides
>applied to hybrid tea roses in a climate like that is mind boggling. In my
>opinion they are simply the wrong plant to grow there. It is always our
>nature to try to push back boundaries but it is also wise to know when
>defeat is staring us in the face. Some environments grow good cacti and
>others grow good ferns.
I can't grow hybrid tea roses here so but that didn't deter
me from buying one last summer to try again but it is dead
anyway. -(
Fern grower,
Ellen
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Ellen Gallagher \ e_galla@moose.ncia.net \ Lancaster, New Hampshire,USA
USDA Zone 3a \ Northern White Mountains\ AIS Region 1 {New England}
