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To: Carry_Okie
Pound per pound animal matter is unquestionably richer than vegetable matter. But when you compare how many pounds per acre per year the land receives of animal matter to pounds per year of vegetable matter there isn't even much point in counting the animal matter.

BS would essentially be vegetable matter for that matter.

100 posted on 06/02/2012 7:46:09 PM PDT by TigersEye (Life is about choices. Your choices. Make good ones.)
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To: TigersEye
BS would essentially be vegetable matter for that matter.

Ever heard of "nitrogen fixing bacteria"? That's what is in BS that isn't in decaying vegetable matter.

I'll tell you honestly: You have demonstrated no more than a high-school level of understanding about soil biology, and no idea of grass physiology as regards soil formation.

In grasslands, decomposing litter will cause the grass to lose support from forbs, because the allelopathic toxins they release will suppress forb germination. It will also choke the emergence of new leaves in the rainy season. It takes about five years, but eventually the perennial grasses go decadent and die, doing far less in the way of root production for decomposition than they would if they had been grazed or burned. Moreover, without the herbivore intestinal microflora, that decaying detritus won't do squat for soil. In predator mediated systems, that's what happens, and it can lead to desertification in brittle environments.

So far, your posting shows no interest in fact. I've offered photographic evidence of factorial experiments as support. I looked at your FR page, and lo and behold it shows that you've been a banned account. It's little wonder.

102 posted on 06/02/2012 8:04:32 PM PDT by Carry_Okie (The Slave Party Switcheroo, Hillary! in 2012. It could happen.)
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