Re: [compost_tea] Re: Forest soil

From: <soilfoodweb_at_aol.com>
Date: Sun, 20 Jul 2003 17:13:48 -0400

O horizon is the organic horizon in soil. O for organic

The litter layer as it decomposes and forms humus is the O horizon. Once you get sand, silt or clay mixed in, then that's the A horizon.

Soil under healthy trees should contain the indigenous beneficial fungi, and they will grow up into the plant debris you place on the soil surface. If you mix the debris into the soil, then you get more bacteria than fungi. So, leave the plant material laying on the soil surface to develop more fungi.

Alaska humus is good to use to get a herd of beneficial fungi, since it is usually high in fungi. If you are trying to choose between local forest material, and AH, why not use them both, in order to maximize diversity? If you have no money to get things moving as fast as possible, then take lots of walks in the woods, and bring home handfuls of fungi that you find in the O horizon, and inoculate.

Time versus money, and how fast you want to reach your goal.....

Elaine Ingham
President, Soil Foodweb Inc.
SFI Corvallis, OR
SFI Port Jefferson, NY
SFI Lismore, NSW, Australia
SFI Hilversum, The Netherlands
SFI Cambridge, New Zealand
www.soilfoodweb.com

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