The compost would have helped decompose the thatch which is sign of needing
agricultural lime.
Heavy stocking for short periods will also reduce thatch.
Reactive phosphate reduces thatch. Acid fertilisers increase it.
On 27/1/06 02:30, "gene schriefer" <sheepfarm@charter.net>
wrote:
> I've noticed that fields where I spread composted bedding pack material
this
> fall, there is zero thatch. Other areas where I applied commercial
> fertilizer, there is a thin layer of thatch. There's a very definitive
> line. Ideas why there is there a difference, simply because of more OM in
> the compost?
>
>
>
> Gene Schriefer
> Shepherd
> Dodgeville, Wisconsin USA
> Commercial Texel-x and Charollais-x Sheep
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