On Fri, 29 Oct 2004 14:54:45 GMT, "Pam - gardengal"
wrote:


some organic fertilizers to begin with!!!!

All soils have some degree of biological diversity regardless of composition
unless they have beeen sterilized through chemical dumping. Regardless of
the current state of the soils, desert and or xeriscape plants are NOT
helped by adding amendments or fertilizers - less indigenous ornamentals,
perhaps. And regardless where one is located and what soils you are working
with, it is not favored horticultural practice to fertilize any newly
planted material.

Once more....and this comes form 20 years of experience and 6 years
of biological testing.... MOST CONSTRUCTED SOILS USED IN DESERT SW
DEVELOPMENTS ARE NOT TOPSOILS AND ARE MINED! Find me a silt pit with
biology and I'll shut up!