Re: open soils

From: dave evans (T442119@RUTADMIN.RUTGERS.EDU)
Date: Mon Jul 28 1997 - 14:40:00 PDT

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Date:    Mon, 28 Jul 97 17:40 EDT
From: dave evans                           <T442119@RUTADMIN.RUTGERS.EDU>
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Subject: Re: open soils

> From: charles <charles@DORSAI.ORG>
>
> well, an a question has finally come to the surface....
> everything i have read here says that the medium should be open
> yet whenever i have seen or gone to a bog, the soil is tight.
> i am confused....
> charles

Good point! The thing is, most of the time it's sandy and while it
the soil is heavy, water can flow through it and keep the roots
supplied with fresh water (the roots don't go deep, often). A pot
doesn't come close to emulating a bog and the mix has to be more
open, since harmful bacteria and fungus find pots with any kind of
very wet soil even more attractive than the more naturally compact
bog soil.

Dave Evans

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