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Article #888Re: Remineralizing the Soil
From: Gordon Couger
Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2005 08:33
Date: Tue, 04 Jan 2005 08:33
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Chuck wrote: > "Janis Jabar" <janis172003@yahoo.com> wrote in message > news:66fe393b.0411290457.52c07c2b@posting.google.com... > >>http://www.borderlands.com/journal/sub.htm >> >>Remineralizing the Soil > > > CLIP > > > If you stop and think about it, remineralizing the soil is a fallacy. If a > crop has been grown for several years without proper fertilization then it > would be a necessity to refertilize (remineralize) the soil. But on > forested land or grasslands where no real removal is occuring, > remineralization is not needed, matter cannot be destroyed, only converted, > so they will replenish themselves. In tropical areas most of the nutrients > are contained in the vegetation. Only if a plant dies does a new growth > occur. > > If wind or other types of erosion are occuring then remineralization does > not come first revegetation does. Think about it. > > Chuck > Chuck, I can show you some soils so high in mineral they won't grow most crops. And the mineral is not salt. Most of these guys that quote web pages have never raised a weed let alone tried to grow a crop. Gordon Couger Stillwater, OK www.TakeThisOUTcouger.com/gcouger
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