RE: soil make-up
- To: "'pumpkins@mallorn.com'" <pumpkins@mallorn.com>
- Subject: RE: soil make-up
- From: "* J* <M*@doaks.org>
- Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 11:56:04 -0500
What do you think the factors are here?
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>From: brocfarm@pacific.net[SMTP:brocfarm@pacific.net]
>Sent: Wednesday, January 28, 1998 10:17 AM
>To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
>Subject: Re: soil make-up
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>>With a title like this I am sure a few jokes will come my way but I have
>>a serious ( well not that serious) question to ask here. My patch is
>>about 1300 sq. ft. The soil is 12 inches of composted leaves plus manure
>>and thats it. Would there be any sensible reason to till some of the
>>soil that lies beneath this sea of organic material up into the bed? I
>>see Marv Meisner and Chris Anderson talking about the proportion of
>>organic material in their soils but how does one view soil that is l00%
>>organic. Are there key elements that I am missing here with strictly
>>organic matter?
>>
>> Joe Mills
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>Joe,
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>If it were me, I would till it all together..There has been many a grower
>that tried planting just in compost with very below average
>results.....brock
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