Claim · model-written summary
Initial mulch nutrient content predicted soil nutrient availability and relative plant-growth benefit.
- Taxon
- agricultural mustard (Sinapis alba L.)
Sinapis albat0 - Treatment
- organic mulchese0
- Outcome
- relative benefits to plant growthe0
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Verbatim
e0“initial nutrient content of the organic mulches proved to be a useful indicator of their impact on available nutrient levels in the soil and of their relative benefits to plant growth”
t0“agricultural mustard (Sinapis alba L.)”
Title
EVALUATION OF ORGANIC LANDSCAPE MULCHES: COMPOSITION AND NUTRIENT RELEASE CHARACTERISTICS
J. S. Pickering; A. Shepherd Arboricultural Journal 2000. doi:10.1080/03071375.2000.9747271
Other claims from this paper (7)
- Association Initial mulch pH poorly predicted subsequent soil pH.
- Intervention effect Organic mulches had no significant or slight positive effects on soil pH after 12 months.
- Intervention effect Horse manure increased soil nutrients and supported the highest mustard yields.
- Intervention effect garden compost increased soil nutrients and supported the highest mustard yields.
- Intervention effect cocoa shell mulches increased soil nutrients and supported the highest mustard yields.
- Intervention effect Wood and bark mulches showed no evidence of mustard growth suppression after twelve months.
- Intervention effect No mulch significantly changed soil organic matter content.