Re(2): no-till gardening
theryans@xtra.co.nz writes:
>Just one small point. I have seen it pointed out recently that shallow
>soils are the norm in forests, even with good rainfall, because so much
>of the carbon the trees make is added to their structure, limiting the
>bulk of material available for recycling. Conversely in grasslands where
>much of the top hamper is shed yearly, deep soils can develop as this
>decays - provided of course thee is sufficient moisture.
>
>Moira
Also, in rain forests only the first few inches of soil is full of
nutrients, since there is so much rain, the lower layers are basically
leached clean of their nutrients (probably why a lot of rainforest trees
will actually send roots into the layer of rotting plant matter that gets
caught on their branches).
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