Industrial 'soot' is not always organic in origin and can contain poisonous
chemicals which is why people are quite rightly wary of soot from an unknown
source. Why do certain posters get so het up and abusive? Why do you think I
am an "organist" - I never mastered the piano. The group would be more
enjoyable if we could concentrate on what I assume is a common interest.

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