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08-10-2007, 09:09 PM
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lawn winterize
Billy wrote:
trader4 wrote: Jim wrote: Harry K wrote: Jim wrote: symplastless wrote: To winterize or not to winterize lawn snip this is precious, simply precious Yeah. I have seen that several times over the years and there is so much truth to it. I see that the annual 'what to use to bag leaves' threads have started over alt.home.repair. Even after they have been told the simple way is to mow/mulch em, they still go on about buying fancy equipment to vacuum them up. Harry K http://www.milkyspore.com/ I've been trying to move my customers towards organic methods. triple shred, putting leaves through the shredder three times produces some dense mulch. with the new and deeper understanding acquired recently for how many of the selective herbicides and insecticides as well as improper or incorrect applications of nitrogen actually have a great negative impact on the environment as well as the ground water, I've decided it is now time to make some changes concerning how the suburbanites acquire and obtain the lawns they desire. in short, if the chemical bonds with the soil at the molecular particle level then that chemical is removed from my list of what is acceptable to use. the list is getting short. Jim- What difference does it make if any particular chemical bonds with the soil at the molecular level as opposed to just going straight on to the ground water or into lakes, streams via runoff? I'm not even aware that chemicals are made to molecularly bond to soil to begin with. The ions from chemical fertilizer salts, can be slowed down considerably as they pass through your soil, by clay. Good garden soil is about 20% - 30% clay. Problem is that these fertilizer salts can harm/kill the micro flora and fauna in soil. A healthy, diversified population of micro-organisms will give you a healthy lawn if you feed them with compost. There is more to it but that is the gist. organic! |
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