Re: Oxygenation of soil.
Thanks for the input Frank,
The nitrogen thing was kind of the way we were leaning.
We decided that we could turn the oxygen down low enough to run one tank for
three days and still give us enough leeway to run three tanks a week.
We're going for it!!
we'll see what it does for a month and compare the other plant's
Thanks again.
Harold.
----- Original Message -----
From: Pumpkinguys
To: pumpkins@hort.net
Sent: Tuesday, April 29, 2003 10:37 AM
Subject: RE: Oxygenation of soil.
Oxygen would likely help the microbial activity in the soil. It is one of
the reason why compost should be turned periodically to allow aerobic
bateria to thrive.
Nitrogen in the form available from a gas company is an inert gas, that is,
it won't react with anything. It may actually do the opposite of
oxygenating the soil because you will be displacing oxygen with nitrogen.
The useful form of nitrogen in agriculture is usually ammonia gas or liquid
(which is what farmers use on corn crops) or granular nitrogen compounds in
fertilizers. These forms of nitrogen are ions that happen to have nitrogen
in them. Nitrogen gas is the molecule N(2), which is inert.
Frank P.
Madison, WI
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