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Re: Milorganite

Mary, it is taught in all of the Master Gardener classes, but I don't
remember the original research that was sited.

-----Original Message-----
From: coneh@uswest.net <coneh@uswest.net>
To: woodyplants@mallorn.com <woodyplants@mallorn.com>
Date: Monday, April 06, 1998 12:13 PM
Subject: Re: Milorganite


>Mary ,
>what are some of your sources for this very interesting subject..
>I'm particularly interested in it as I suspect that has occured in my very
own
>yard($5.hole for a .50cent plant)only to have it decline several years down
the
>road.
>I would like to know more about this as I am just about to plant a
considereable
>amount of new shrubs etc.
>Many thanks.
>Connie
>
>
>> Almost all research sources dealing with woodies (trees AND shrubs) now
>> recommend backfilling your planting hole with the native clay and
>> putting all amendments on top of the soil in the form of mulch. Amended
>> holes become "flower pots" that the root are loath to leave for the
>> unamended native clay. Establishment doesn't occur properly and there
>> will be a good chance the plant will not thrive, at best, and choke
>> itself out, at worst.
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