Re: sawdust
- Subject: Re: sawdust
- From: C* I*
- Date: Thu, 16 May 2002 13:17:29 -0400
I won't worry about nitrogen levels, I am only using it as an edging
to make mowing easier!
Cheryl
>One of my clients dumped sawfust on a bed..I was horrifed because of what I
>had read about notrogen...but that bed of plants is doing great, the soil
>has become more fluffy, and all in all it seems to have been a big success!
>
>Skyler
>
>-----
>> 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.
--
Cheryl Isaak
Londonderry, NH
AHS Region 4, USDA Zone 4B/5A
growing, stitching and reading in NH
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