[NatureNS] Nitrogen mineralization

Date: Mon, 15 Sep 2008 09:30:58 -0300
From: Eleanor Lindsay <kelindsay@eastlink.ca>
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In my part of the province  (Seabright, St Margarets Bay)  I and 
everyone around me commented frequently this spring and summer about how 
noticeably extra-lush  both cultivated and wild vegetation around us has 
been this year................

Eleanor Lindsay

Henk Kwindt wrote:
> Hi Dave and All,
> Our garden has produced abundantly this summer, not only the leafy 
> parts but also the carrots , parsnips, tomatoes, beans etc.did very 
> well. So I can't conclude that there was more nitrogen released. 
> Fertilization was mainly provided by compost, similar to other years. 
> Weatherwise, this summer has been wetter than average.
> Cheers, Henk Kwindt, Cow Bay, NS.
>
>
> ----- Original Message ----- From: "David & Alison Webster" 
> <dwebster@glinx.com>
> To: <NatureNS@chebucto.ns.ca>
> Sent: Saturday, September 13, 2008 7:45 PM
> Subject: [NatureNS] Nitrogen mineralization
>
>
>> Dear All,            Sept 13, 2008
>>    I applied only trace amounts of nitrogen fertilizer to the garden 
>> this year, beside the carrot and beet seedlings so they could outgrow 
>> flea-beetle feeding, but everything has the appearence of high 
>> nitrogen so I think there has been an unusually high release of 
>> nitrogen by mineralization this summer.
>>
>>    I am wondering if anyone else has noticed this or if it has 
>> something to do with the state of my garden.
>>
>> Yt, DW, Kentville
>>
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