@string said:
There is a big difference in the West vs. the Southeast as noted.
The SE is a very biologically active place. Years ago, someone here got bent out of shape because I said I tossed orange and banana peels in the swamp while paddling. I still do.
What really irritates me are the refrigerators and tires. And plastic diapers.
True. Here stumps rot away in 3-4 years. In Yellowstone we camped in 2015 in areas that still had dead timber standing from a fire that killed 'em in 1989.
Soil in the PNW is also very biologically active. I can’t remember its title, but a book I read cited a study in which scientists counted the organisms found in ONE CUBIC INCH of soil from the forest. They were astounded to find that the counts ran into 7 digits!
Totally understand where you are coming from on this. That kind of behavior is intolerable!
@ String wrote:
My Dad grew championship roses . His preferred fertilizer was fish remains.
I may have to scavenge for fish remains for a similar reason. Three years ago I planted some hollies and the damn things won’t grow. They’re alive but not thriving. Store-bought fertilizer doesn’t seem to be helping.