compost
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- Subject: compost
- From: M* &* L* D*
- Date: Mon, 9 Oct 2000 19:33:55 -0700
A couple of thoughts about compost:
Seems to me that adding compost to the soil is more important for plants
that are not true medit.-type plants. Compost seems to help especially for
plants adapted to wetter climates in contrast to true medit. plants. True
medit. plants seem to grow quite well without compost (although they might
grow slightly better with compost?).
For areas with medit. climates with hot or warm summers, it's difficult to
accumulate organic matter in the soil. The heat allows microorganisms to
break down the organic matter somewhat quickly, so organic matter tends to
disappear. I think this is in contrast to temperate climates and medit.
climates with cool (or cold) summers (such as the central coast and San
Francisco Bay Area in California).
Any comments?
--Mark
Mark Doster
central San Joaquin Valley, California
USDA zone 9; Sunset zone 9
