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Re: crops that drain the soil?
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Posted by James2 on October 06, 2005 at 09:41:32 from (12.2.142.7):
In Reply to: Re: crops that drain the soil? posted by John (C-IL) on October 06, 2005 at 09:09:57:
John, what is organic matter? The organic chemistry I took, labeled all substances which are carbon based, as organic compounds or more simply, "organic material". Aren't plants carbon based, and what then would the plant debris have to be? Agreed plant debris is not yet humus, but it is certainly organic matter as would be any carbon based material. In fact, you could add oil to the ground and increase organic material content, but the end result would certainly not be too good. Granted, the nutrient retaining capability is maximized when the plant debris becomes humus, but even before it reaches this state it still does a great amount of good.
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