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Expanded Shale for Houston Gumbo soil
I know this is austin.gardening but:
1. I thought this would be interesting to know for members of this ng to know for future reference of someone trapsin' through. 2. Has anyone ever heard of this? (Nitro-phos website is not up) 3. Does anyone know about Shale in general and how it might help the soil? EARTH-KIND PROJECT NETS SURPRISE SOLUTION FOR HOUSTON'S GUMBO SOILS! = Caldwell Pink, an antique rose, was one of the winners in a new Texas = program called EarthKind Roses, instituted by Texas A&M to identify the = toughest landscape roses for Southern climates that would perform without = chemicals and with very little maintenance. Other winners were =98Livin'= = Easy, The Fairy,Sea Foam, Pearle Or, Marie Daly and Belinda's Dream. = = During these trials, a wide variety of roses were tortured beyond belief and = the winners were awarded the EarthKind title. Learn about their = experimentation conditions (worse than even lazy gardeners inflict!) at = http://aggie-horticulture.tamu.edu/earthkindrose or by requesting a free = EarthKind packet from: Dr. Steve George, Texas A&M Research and Extension = Center,17360 Coit Road, Dallas, TX 75252 = The EarthKind Rose experiments also resulted in what looks like a great new = product for Houston gardeners and others who have to cope with gumbo soil: = expanded shale. Steve is extremely high on this naturally occurring mineral = rock dug up around Dallas and heated until it becomes porous inside. = Remember how they used to tell us to work gypsum into the soil? Most experts = now agree that was not a very effective additive. But this one seems to = really do the job. It is just starting to be marketed and is only carried by = a few large Houston nurseries (specifically Cornelius) at this time. = But any = nursery can order some from you as it distributed by Nitro-Phos, a local = company. You will also get information on expanded shale in the EarthKind = Rose packet mentioned above. = This is only for gumbo or clay soils; it is not a benefit to sandy soils = which are already porous enough. -- BBS. -- = J. Kolenovsky, A+, Network +, MCP =F4=BF=F4 - http://www.celestialhabitats.com =F4=BF=F4 - http://www.hal-pc.org/~garden/reference.html |
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