[compost_tea] Re: Forest Soil & Wheat, Molassees

From: dkemnitz2000 <dkemnitz2000_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Jul 2003 00:10:11 -0000

--- In compost_tea_at_yahoogroups.com, "Kirk Leonard" <kirk_at_o...> wrote:
> Using forest or woodland soils or duff for inoculation or
cultivation of
> fungal composts seems valuable since fungal organisms seem rare in
new
> soils and composts. This doesn't need to lead to destroying forest
floors
> if we cultivate them in fresh composts well. I'm with Mike H and
Frank on
> this.
>
> I'm not in favor of digging up forest soils, but it sure seems like
we could
> cultivate them appropriately and gently. Forest soil inoculants and
> leafy materials left to rot with some duffy additions seem
promising for
> fungal resources, composts or mulches, especially with grape and
berry leaf
> wastes where I live (maybe pumice, maybe not?) and other, older
crop wastes?
>
> CT will not increase soil OM, "Bgunzy." That's not a question.
Soil OM is
> only built with composts, mulches or green manures, cover crops,
probably
> not grasses. ACT enhances soil OM and helps prevent foliar
diseases.
>
> I agree with Frank on fungal sourcing: "What other sources for
locally
> adapted foodweb populations, including the vital fungal species,
should we
> use? Is importing everything from Alaska really the answer?" Local
composts
> and forest floors seem more promising.
>
> Mikes (so many!) and Dennis... you guys seem to be thinking of
wheat as a
> cover between saleable crops. Ya, it's a good cover crop many
places and a
> good soil carbon source but wheat always makes good foods, too. I
know
> wheat market prices are down, but are they down so far the wheat
grain
> itself doesn't count? Or seed oats? If it's "organic" - meaning
grown with
> no
> inorganic fertilizers or "-cides"- why wouldn't it be worth more
today?
>
>


<><<<<><<><><><<<>The ADM's and ConAgra's of the WORLD like it cheap.
They must make bundles milling flour and selling bread when raw
material costs $.05 per pound.. I feed it to chickens. And pasture
the wheatgrass spring and fall. Dennis



Clipped by Dennis


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