On 4/7/12 9:30 AM, SurfGirl wrote:
Hi gardeners, i'm wondering if the pine bark may consider a slow
absorption fertilizer or at least just a fertilizer.

The reason why i'm asking this is 'cause I use to take some pine bark
form the pines in my neighborhood and add it to the potting earth
(substratum) and I assume it provides some nutrients making the
substratum fertile for my pott vegetables.

Thanks for replying and I'm sorry about my not-so-good english.

There are few nutrients in pine or other bark. Bark that is broken into
small chips can improve the structure of soil, but it actually removes
nutrients while decomposing. Those nutrients are then returned only
after the bark has become compost.

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David E. Ross
Climate: California Mediterranean, see
http://www.rossde.com/garden/climate.html
Gardening diary at http://www.rossde.com/garden/diary