Re: sawdust
- Subject: Re: sawdust
- From: B*
- Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 10:09:47 -0500
Blee811@aol.com wrote:
>
> I have read that sawdust will suck nitrogen out of the soil as it decomposes,
> so you wouldn't want to mulch plants with it--they'd starve. After it
> decomposes, though, it is supposed to return that nitrogen to the soil.
Hi Bill
From all I have ever read or heard on this subject you just add a
little more nitrogen to the plants to replace what is being used by the
sawdust.
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