[compost_tea] Re: moss

From: elprune <elprune_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Tue, 10 Jun 2003 17:30:53 -0000

Add soil sulphur to get the soil Ph down to 5.5 - 6.5. May take
months to achieve but it's a long term solution.

--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, "growest2002" <g.w.thomson_at_s...>
wrote:
> Laura-be interested if anyone can answer that one.
>
> My lawn has a great % of moss, in spite of pH 6.8, lots of sun--the
> usual things that are supposed to discourage it...
>
> Available iron is one recurring theme...but how can I get more
> available iron? Some of my rhodos also indicate low available
iron,
> in spite of red colour in the sandy soil that also indicates plenty
of
> iron, just not becoming available. I've heard that most soils have
> plenty of iron, but availability is often low.
>
> Is this maybe one of the jobs of fungi...maybe mycorrhizae
> even...extraction of iron that's bound up chemically so the plant
can
> use it? Way more questions than answers, as usual...
>
> Glen
>
> --- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, laura_s_at_v... wrote:
> >
> > hey Turf listmembers,
> >
> > we have a client with a bad moss problem in turf. So far the
> solution has
> > been to dig it out but repeated reseeding ends ultimately in more
> moss.
> > Will a bacterial AACT help here ?
> >
> >
> > Laura Sabourin
> > EcoVit Ecologically Sound Horticultural Products
> > Tea-riffic Aerobic Compost Tea and Acadian Seaplant Products
> > RR # 1
> > St Catharines, Ontario L2R 6P7
> > http://www.ecovit.ca
> > http://www.compost-tea.ca


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