"Billy" <wildbilly@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote in message
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> In article <c8Odnf2nQMpCKLjVnZ2dnUVZ_qjinZ2d@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
>,
> "kzin" <kzin99@[EMAIL PROTECTED]
> wrote:
>
>> Hello,
>>
>> I'm seeing fair numbers of mushrooms crop up in my flower boxes and
>> ceramic
>> pots.
>> Small heads on very thin stalks.
>> Other than getting all over the plants they don't seem to be doing any
>> harm.
>>
>>
>> The soil is a generic potting mix that i added about 33% perlite and a
>> smattering of organic fertilizer to.
>>
>> Should I be concerned about this? I thought that they may indicate
over
>> watering but the soil is just moist, not soggy and it's all well
drained.
>>
>> Is there some way to prevent this from happening?
>>
>> thanks
>> ml
>
> If it's not fuzzy looking stuff growing on your plants, don't sweat it.
> fungi are saprophytes, turning the organic material in your potting soil
> into food for your plants.
>
> Food for autotrophs, YES.
> Define ---> definition -->
> food --> noun
> any nutritious substance that people or animals eat or drink,
> or that "PLANTS" absorb, in order to maintain life and growth.
>
> Sorry about that. We have a compulsive poster that plants can't eat
FOOD.
> Probably something about table etiquette.
>
> Anyway, your plants are now enjoying a symbiotic relation****p and are
> being cared for by their new little friends.
> --
>
> Billy
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9KVTfcAyYGg&ref=patrick.net
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l0aEo59c7zU&feature=related
Maybe you should feed the tree real good and put it in a closet. I see
you
are fighting to claim the person that wrote that definition understood
trees. Again you show your ignorance of photosynthesis.
Food is a substance that provides and energy source, mostly. Nutrient is
a
substance that provides an energy source, elements, and other substances
essential for life, in types and amounts that can provide a healthy life.
Fertilizer is a substance that provides elements, as salts mostly, or in
bonded forms, that require microorganisms to alter to forms that can be
absorbed by plants. Trees do not get food from the soil. They
manufacture
their own food. Why lie to people and mislead them? You get your joys
that
way? Trees cannot absorb a nutrient or food. They do absorb essential
elements. There are 17 essential elements - 14 From The Soil. Carbon,
Hydrogen, Oxygen, Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Potassium, Calcium, Sulfur,
Magnesium, Manganese, Iron, Copper, Boron, Molybdenum, Chlorine, Zinc,
Nickel [Sodium, Cobalt, Selinium?]. They are elements. Elements are
single
atoms or groups of atoms of similar type. They are not food or are they
nutrients. A list of elements can be found here:
http://www.webelements.com/
I suggest these articles for a better understanding of tree chemistry.
http://www.treedictionary.com/DICT2003/****go/CHEM.html
http://www.treedictionary.com/DICT2003/****go/RHIZO.html
The person that wrote those and the definitions I use understood trees
more
than most people. Especially Webster who wrote a dictionary.
--
Sincerely,
John A. Keslick, Jr.
Consulting Tree Biologist
http://home.ccil.org/~treeman
and www.treedictionary.com
Beware of so-called tree experts who do not understand tree biology.
Storms, fires, floods, earthquakes, and volcanic eruptions keep reminding
us
that we are not the boss.
Some people will buy products they do not understand and not buy books
that
will give them understanding.
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