Re: soil make-up
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: soil make-up
- From: P* <P*@aol.com>
- Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 23:09:38 EST
In a message dated 98-01-28 10:45:51 EST, you write:
<< Subj: soil make-up
Date: 98-01-28 10:45:51 EST
From: MillsJ@doaks.org (Mills, Joe)
Sender: owner-pumpkins@mallorn.com
Reply-to: pumpkins@mallorn.com
To: pumpkins@mallorn.com ('pumpkins@mallorn.com.')
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,
I grow my pumpkins in pure coarse sand that is constantly kept moist with a
constant feed solution. No weeds!!! I love it. I am considering putting in
some weed free organic matter.....so we are on opposite sides of the
spectrum. I have no organic matter and you have no mineral fraction and the
pumpkins still grow....what a country! Maybe somewhere in between is good.
pumkinguy@aol.com
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