Re: bursting punica
- To: Mediterannean Plants List
- Subject: Re: bursting punica
- From: T* &* M* R*
- Date: Sun, 18 Jun 2000 09:53:10 +1200
- References: <3949E413.2D57@cgac.es>
iberbier@cgac.es wrote:
>
> Thanks Moira and others. Out they come today... I hate to see plants
> slowly dying, anyway. If possible I would like to replant in the Autumn
> in the same spot. Is there any way of treating the soil to kill off
> whatever pathogens/spores/bugs may be left?
>
Damian
Whenever I am replanting on a site where I have removed a sick plant I
try to dig out at least a bucketful of the soil and replace it with
fresh and hopefully clean soil or with a mixture of soil and mature
compost. Good live compost very often contains organisms which will
help deal with soil pathogens.
I know of no method of sterilizing soil in situ which does not involve
some nasty chemical.
Moira
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Tony & Moira Ryan <theryans@xtra.co.nz>
Wainuiomata, New Zealand. (on the "Ring of Fire" in the SW Pacific).
Lat. 41:16S Long. 174:58E. Climate: Mediterranean/Temperate
