From danamex@mail.internet.com.mx Mon Mar 27 22:12:10 2000
Date: Mon, 27 Mar 2000 17:53:35 -0600
From: Ronald Nigh <danamex@mail.internet.com.mx>
To: sanet-mg@ces.ncsu.edu
Subject: Re: green manure (was "Modern Organics")

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Russ Bullock wrote:

>...If a plant is used as a green manure
>with a high C:N ratio, then less nitrogen will be available to plants in the
>following cropping season....
>

Well, it depends.  Under the right conditions addition of high C:N organic
matter can stimulate microbial N-fixation and result in more N being
available to the crops.

Though in general I agree with that and earlier posts of Bart and others on
the limited usefulness of microbial products for the soil.


Ronald Nigh
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