Re: Improving the Soil
- To: s*@MAELSTROM.STJOHNS.EDU
- Subject: Re: [SG] Improving the Soil
- From: R* H*
- Date: Sat, 20 Jan 2001 09:20:11 EST
In a message dated 1/19/01 16:32:39 Eastern Standard Time,
madelin@PACIFIC.NET writes:
<...then filling them with planting mix. Then you can put the mulch on top.
I've been told that mulch is food for the soil, not for the plants, and is
best put on the
surface. The only reason to incorporate it into the soil is to loosen clay
soils the first time.>>
Good morning, Madelin:
Plants/bulbs need there roots to acclimate to there new "home," if you will.
It is my understanding that by putting a planting mix into a hole without
digging it in with potentially cause the roots not to penetrate the
surrounding clay soil. Hence, the plants/bulbs roots will only grow so far
and then begin to encircle their planting site.
Rich Horowitz
Stoughton MA
z5
