Re[1]: Dragon Tales - The Final Chapter
- Subject: Re[1]: Dragon Tales - The Final Chapter
- From: A* J*
- Date: Thu, 21 Mar 2002 18:44:27 -0600
- List-archive: <http://www.hort.net/lists/pumpkins/> (Web Archive)
- Posted-date: Fri, 22 Mar 2002 01:44:25 +0100 (MET)
> -------Original message-------
> From "Cliff Warren" <cliffrwarren@hotmail.com>
> Date 22/03/2002 01:20:40
>
> >Is soil PH necessarily changed by moderate to heavy additions of well
> >composted steer manure? If so, is there a time component to this change
> >(i.e., initial change that tapers off vs. permanent change)?
>
>
Yo Cliff,
As manures and vegetation rot down they form carbolic acid in the
soil..which lowers the PH everso slightly. This is why we add lime to the soil to bring it
back up again. Both the lime and the acid will wash out in time..depending on your soil
type...some soils lose acids faster than others and other soils it's the other way round.
Just one of those things...look at peat bogs...full of rotted matter...1,000's of years old
and still so acid that only heathers grow there.
Alun
> As I understand it, decaying matter causes a slight lowering
> of the pH. I don't know permanent this is, once the decaying
> ends.
>
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