Re: [compost_tea] pasture experiment

From: <soilfoodweb_at_aol.com>
Date: Mon, 02 Aug 2004 01:58:40 -0400
Hi Mike -

You wrote:
"but am still curious about "fixing" our pastures - Adding C= T to "improve" our pastures, What would that look like - just gra= ss and legume?  

You would still have the perennials, but would tend to lose the annual weed= y species, those things that are early successional plants. 

So, no, you would not lose the following, that you asked about:
By improving the soil would we be losing deep rooting annual and perennial = herbs (preparing, as I understand it, NE soil to return to forest)

You would tend to lose the blackeyed susan, dandeloin, yarrow, madder, beds= traw, plantain, possibly the parsnip, and gain the more productive grass sp= ecies, and the more perennial herbs.  I don't know what they would be,= exactly, in your part of New England.  You would need to ask a plant = ecologist.

If I missed some thing from earlier this week, please repeat the question.&= nbsp; I've been nose-to-grind stone working on the next writing project, an= d getting ready to head to Australia. 

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Received on Mon Aug 02 2004 - 09:27:23 EDT

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