Re: [compost_tea] too much N
Sorry didn't add the proper qualifier, if the sawdust
is used as mulch on top of the soil. As mulch does it
tie up nitrogen at the root zone?????
--- butch ragland <wilddog_202_at_yahoo.com> wrote:
> My understanding is that sawdust ties up very little
> N
> in the root zone. This is question?
> --- Jeff Lowenfels <jeff_at_gardener.com> wrote:
> > John,
> >
> > Traditional gardening advice is that if the CN
> > ratio is above 15:1 the
> > nitrogen becomes unavailable to plants. So under
> > this notion, you would
> > want to add lots and lots of carbon to the soil.
> > How? Sawdust?......
> >
> >
> > My problem with this is that the nitrogen will get
> > locked up in the
> > microbiology and sooner or later that will be
> > released. May be Elaine
> > could explain what goes on better than I can! In
> > fact, I AM SURE she
> > can!
> >
> > Cheers,
> >
> > jeff
> > www.alaskahumus.com
> > (50 pounds makes an awful lot of tea!)
> >
> >
> > Plant a Row in your garden to feed the hungry.
> Join
> > Plant A Row for the
> > Hungry. Ask me how. www.gwaa.org/Par/index.html
> >
> >
>
> Butch Ragland
> Conflict is as addictive as
> cocaine, alcohol, cigarettes,etc
> I'm sorry to report that
> cooperation is not
>
>
>
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