Recent content by emma69

Tinkering and pedantic admin actually changed my original title from " Is this statement established science" Thanks Jim, I am still thinking about your response.

Believed by most experts in the field is good enough for me Dr. If someone sees a deeper paradigm with the same patterns, fine, but all i am asking is this statement reasonably solid from the general consensus of contemporary science or is it specious nonsense or dogma ? I look forward to...

"Most vegetables, annuals and grasses prefer their nitrogen in the nitrate form and as such do better in alkaline inclined soils dominated by bacteria. Most trees, shrubs and perennials prefer their nitrogen in the ammonium form and as such do better in acid inclined soils dominated by fungi."

Hi Almeisan, you have gone off on the wrong track. Ph in fruit is Borek's fantasy, if read the other comments rather than making a knee jerk reaction you would know that . To clarify we are talking about soil pH, if you don't understand what that is, don't bother commenting.

Just to clarify Borek, I am talking about the ph of the soil sir, not the fruit ! Yes Cumberland fulvic and humic acids are at least an important part, but not sure its the major part, in all cases as soil can be quite variable. I wondering if the trees are more linked to fungal organisms in...

Hi, I am afraid it is you Borek that is missing the point and forcing me to digress. To continue with your analogy, you my friend are pursuing your argument in a world without "pink unicorns", when everyone else with a basic knowledge of horticulture sees 'pink unicorns" everyday and have moved...

Hi Borek, its not necessary for me to be more specific, my question is intentionally general. If you disagree with my statement (common fruit trees vs common vegetables pHs), go and get a basic knowledge of horticulture and get back to me. Questioning the premise of my question is a blind...

Thanks for your replies, but I think my question is a long way from being resolved. Re: Saskatoon - what do they taste like, never heard of them.

Hello guys, I have been wracking my little brain with this one. Why do fruit trees generally prefer a more acidic soil than vegetable plants. Veg plants like 6-7ph (except potatoes - why again !) Fruit around 5-6pH. Thanks in advance :)

Hello again guys, still on the flocculation thing. According to J.B. Page (ROLE OF PHYSICAL PROPERTIES OF CLAYS IN SOIL SCIENCE pp.168) most clays soils are "already flocculated" so adding lime is not going to make any difference. This is quite an old text does his position still stand ? and if...

Hello guys, I have another question for you that I am stressing myself over, I would value your insights. Thanks in advance. When you add lime (Calcium carbonate) to clay soil it flocculates it and improves the structure, how does this happen ?

Thanks for your replies but I am still struggling with this. When you add sand to clay, a different reaction takes place to what happened to when a sandy loam developed and you end up not getting this but something closer to concrete, which is undesirable for growing things. Whats the difference ?

Thanks for getting back to me, I am certain that i didn't misunderstand, however i will fish out a few examples shortly.

Hi, there appears to be a consensus in the literature that you can't change soil texture (not structure!). Many texts state this but they don't say why. If I have half a bucket of clay soil and mix in the correct proportion of sand, why isn't this a sandy loam ? I am having trouble with this...