Re: CULT: SIB: gypsum in new beardless bed
- Subject: Re: [sibrob] CULT: SIB: gypsum in new beardless bed
- From: Ellen Gallagher e*@yahoo.com
- Date: Thu, 14 Jul 2005 21:47:22 -0700 (PDT)
Hi Laurie,
I think the sphagnum peat moss and the aged composted horse
manure sound good for you new bed. Are you speaking of pine
shavings like wood shavings? They take a long time to break down
(according to Andrew Gallager :-) and not add much, if anything,
to your soil. Pine needles would make a great mulch, however.
I have never used alfalfa feeling (almost certainly wrongly)
that it would draw critters to the garden. I know alfalfa 'tea'
is not the same concoction as alfalfa pellets (rabbit food). :-)
I remember your problem with deer,etc. Here, I worry more about
moose and black bear in the garden.
I feel that Siberians grow so well here that I am reluctant to
change or add anything to the beds except what I have been doing
for years.
Ellen
--- Laurie Frazer <laurief@paulbunyan.net> wrote:
>
> On Jul 14, 2005, at 3:30 PM, wmcdougherty@cs.com wrote:
>
> > I would add liberal amounts of acidic peat moss and some
> alfalfa
> > pellets to your new beardless bed.
>
> Thank you, Bill, for this response and thank you, Ellen, for
> the
> lengthy and very informative private email. You have
> convinced me to
> nix the gypsum and replace it with sphagnum peat moss and
> alfalfa.
>
> Now how about well aged and composted horse manure/pine
> shavings? I'm
> assuming that would make a wonderful amendment for the
> beardless, as
> well. Am I correct in that assumption? I've got TONS of it
> I'd love
> to put to good use!
>
> Laurie
>
> ---------------
> laurief@paulbunyan.net
> http://www.geocities.com/lfandjg
> http://www.angelfire.com/mn3/shadowood/irisintro.html
> USDA zone 3b, AHS zone 4 - northern Minnesota
> normal annual precipitation 26-27"
> slightly acid, potassium deficient, clay soil
>
>
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