On Fri, 15 Apr 2011 17:30:07 +0100, "Charlie Pridham"
wrote:


"Mike Lyle" wrote in message
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On Fri, 15 Apr 2011 14:02:00 +0100, "Charlie Pridham"
wrote:
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Blood fish and bone sprinkled around and watered through is what we do
over
our shreddings, may accelerate the rotting down of the bark a bit but
probably not much as there is already plenty of nitrogen available to it
in
the air around

Hang about! This is interesting. Do the things that rot your bark
mulch fix atmospheric nitrogen so significantly?

--
Mike.

Try putting Bark mulch in an open plastic bag with drainage and leave it on
the patio, it will still rot down.

Undoubtedly, eventually. ...Oh, I see. You mean, of course, that the
soluble nutrients get washed down too quickly for them to have much
more effect on a surface mulch than atmospheric N2. Damn! I wondered
if you had some extra-potent nitrogen-fixing micro-organisms working
for you, or at least some special technique! Yet another lesson in
reading for yours truly.

--
Mike.



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Mike.