I am not trying to call anybody out on anything. If I said my foot was
connected to my nose I would hope you would do me the same favor and tell me
my foot is connected to my ankle. It was not an attack it was just simply
saying that a element is not a nutrient for a tree. Again composted would
mean that at least the wood chips would be symplastless. When we chip up a
branch with a webwork of parenchyma cells (symplast) it smears the
protoplasm all over the place. The micros that attract defenseless cells is
attracted to the protoplasm. So to say that the material is composted would
at least mean it was symplastless. Also the longer you compost the wood
chips the less likely you are to get artillery (sic?) fungus. Sorry that
you took it as an attract. I am not calling anybody out. Do you accept my
apologies?
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Sincerely,
John A. Keslick, Jr.
Consulting Arborist
http://home.ccil.org/~treeman
and
www.treedictionary.com
Beware of so-called tree experts who do not understand tree biology.
Storms, fires, floods, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions keep reminding us
that we are not the boss.
"Eigenvector" wrote in message
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"symplastless" wrote in message
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Composted means the symplast has died and the wood has begun to break
down.
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Sincerely,
John A. Keslick, Jr.
You appeared not to have read closely enough. What does **comosted**
mean - that is what you wrote. I'm fairly certain I know what composted
means. Since you felt obligated to call me out on a technicality, I felt
obliged to do the same.
"Eigenvector" wrote in message
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"symplastless" wrote in message
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Calcium is an element not a nutrient. Comosted wood and nurse logs add
calcium, the element.
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Sincerely,
John A. Keslick, Jr.
Consulting Arborist
http://home.ccil.org/~treeman
I'll have to remember that, although you'll also have to explain what
comosted means - since you chose to get technical. Might as well go all
out and learn all I can.
"Eigenvector" wrote in message
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Any reason why joint compound can't be worked into the soil to add in
nutrients, like calcium, or as a way to control the ph of the soil? I
have about 3 lbs of the stuff from a previous drywall project and
didn't want to toss it out, when I could toss it on the compost pile
or toss it in the dirt to break down.