"Martin" wrote in message
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On Sat, 27 Nov 2004 20:38:16 +0000 (UTC), "Franz Heymann"
wrote:


"Bruce" wrote in message
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Old gardeners used to add it direct to the soil. I believe that
it
has a
reasonably high nitrogen content and it darkens the soil so
helping
it to
absorb heat. It has fallen out of favour because it is no longer
safe to
assume that it has a 100% organic origin, which would include
coal.

That last sentence is ambiguous and both the possible
interpretations
are flawed.

What wood go you know which is not of organic origin?
What coal do you know which is not of organic origin?

One could add which fossil hydrocarbons used to make pesticides are
not organic in origin.

Indeed. Tortuous are the ways of those willing to follow the paths of
faddism.
I wonder if the organists are aware that plants cannot absorb much by
way of organic molecules, and that the organic manures they apply to
the soil cannot be absorbed until they have been ripped apart into
inorganic fragments

Franz