[APWG] What caused surprise results in Poppy Project?--Still none of the guesses got it so far.

[Addsum-Tony Frates]

Craig - something to do with soil chemistry?

Tony


P.S.  And thanks for keeping this important conversation going.   
Clearly your methods have led to some very important successes and  
certainly shouldn't be simply ignored (and especially when the  
alternatives are what exactly?); and you were obviously most certainly  
aware of some of the negatives surrounding using pots in this fashion;  
quite clearly they can also be useful as well within those known  
limitations.





Quoting craig at astreet.com:

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> Dear Robert and All,
> Thanks for your latest guess, but the mulch
> content was the same in both pots. However, what made the
> difference between the two pots, is a major key to the success or failure
> of getting natives established, especially here in the arid West.
>
> And the difference in the two pots is a common problem which
> helps create infestations of weeds covering tens of millions of acres here
> in California and the Great Basin. The acres here in the West
> currently covered with cheatgrass, star thistle, or medusa head grass will
> be covered for eons, and you will not be able to get any native
> established in their place, until you correct what killed the seedlings in
> the first pot.
> Any more guesses?
> Sincerely, Craig
> Dremann (650) 325-7333
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