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Billy wrote:
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inchy wrote:
'Billy[_5_ Wrote:
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It's gotta be BSE
( What part of healthy didn't you understand?
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Kids eating dirty mushrooms... Yeah, dead healthy!
Maybe you should try some, to make sure they are all right. We might
save the soil yet ))
The point is inchy is that you are trying to fix something you don't
understand. Much of the soil on this planet has been killed or damaged
by thoughtless people who were just reading the application instructions
and had no idea about the consequences of their actions.
Mushrooms and fungi breakdown dead material (otherwise we'ed be up to
our armpits in the stuff) into products that are nutrients to other
plants. Work with the mushrooms.
Your best advice came from Pat Kiewicz. "If you are only mowing every
two weeks, you very likely aren't mowing
often enough and are mowing it too short when you finally do mow,
stressing the turf and opening it up to weeds. You have to let the turf
set the mowing schedule, if you want it to looks its best.
Mow at your mower's highest setting and mow often enough that the new
growth you remove is 1/3 or less of the set height. So if your set
height
is 3 inches (not an unreasonable height for cool season grasses in the
summer) your clippings should be no longer than 1 inch. And, ideally,
the clippings are left on the grass.
And be sure to keep those mowing blades sharp.
The straight line difference between my lawn and my neighbor's lawn
isn't due to the difference in watering or fertilizing. My sprinklers
(hardly
used this year) and broadcast spreader just are't that accurate. It's
all
down to mowing. I mow tall, as often as needed (sometimes twice a
week) and he mows short, every couple of weeks.
Yes, I do a lot of mowing, but it's pretty good exercise--I substitute
it for
one of my normal work-outs. And I use a smallish cordless electric
mower, so it's a lot of walking back and forth. "
So you can work with nature for the health of the planet or you can be
dependent on fossil fuels in the form of biocides and make Monsanto
happy.
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Billy
Bush and Pelosi Behind Bars
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