Re: Milk as an additive
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: Milk as an additive
- From: H* E* P*
- Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1999 02:12:23 -0800
- References:
pumpkins@mallorn.com wrote:
>
> Mike will add some micro nutrients and stimulate microbial activity. Alone it
> would not help a lot, but would be a part of a bigger program to stimulate
> Microbial activity that is hurt by chlorinated water and chemicals.
The milk would be food for sugar eating bacteria. I can't think of any
reason their multiplication would be useful. Soil needs bacteria, but
the free living nitrogen fixers, Thiobacillus, etc.
My remark that I poured some soured milk on greenhouse soil was not
intended as a recommendation. I just hated to throw it away and the
nitrogen starved plants did green up a bit.
--
Harold Eddleman Ph.D. Microbiologist.
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