help with translation 'MTS'

[Mitchel]

I found a piece of text and need some help to understand the abbreviation 'MTS'.

quote;
"DSM also takes 4-8 weeks before flooding, so no time is really lost waiting, since you wait for the MTS a few weeks anyway.
Plant roots also add much more O2 to the soil than MTS alone might. This means the bacterial zonation and colonies are more stable and higher densities."

What means the abbreviation 'MTS'

tia Mitch

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

What means the abbreviation 'MTS'

Because of the context, I'm assuming it is <"Malaysian Trumpet Snail">* (Melanoides tuberculata), <"they are hardy"> and they burrow.

..... Plant roots also add much more O2 to the soil than MTS alone might. This means the bacterial zonation and colonies are more stable and higher densities."

Where is the quote from? I'd be interested in reading the rest of the text, it looks <"quite interesting">.*

* Not "Malaysian Trumpet Snail", but <"Mineralized Top Soil">, see the title of the original "Planted Tank" article. <"BAKING mineralized soil?">.

cheers Darrel

 

[Mitchel]

Hi all,

Because of the context, I'm assuming it is <"Malaysian Trumpet Snail"> (Melanoides tuberculata), <"they are hardy"> and they burrow.

Where is the quote from? I'd be interested in reading the rest of the text, it looks <"quite interesting">.

cheers Darrel

Here you are:

BAKING mineralized soil?

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

Here you are:

That would make sense. Tom Barr (@plantbrain) from a long time ago. We have some similar threads <"Soil substrate, nutrient dosing, and CO2?">.

cheers Darrel

 

[John q]

What means the abbreviation 'MTS'

Because of the context, I'm assuming it is <"Malaysian Trumpet Snail"> (Melanoides tuberculata),

Could also be referencing "Mineralized Top Soil".

Mineralized top soil

Hello people I'm also a member on an American based forum, I've been having a little nose around a bit on there and have noticed the use of MTS as they say, not to be confused with Malaysian trumpet snail! I'm sure people know of it already, but I'm intrigued as to why I've never come across a...

www.ukaps.org

 

[dw1305]

Hi all,

Could also be referencing "Mineralized Top Soil".

Thanks @John q, you are right, that is exactly what it is "MTS = Mineralized Top Soil". I should have changed that (in my first post) after @Mitchel posted the original Tom Barr reference.

It is referenced in some of @plantbrain's UKAPS threads, including the one you linked (and that I contributed to) in 2012. I've got no excuse, other than premature senility.

The baking process causes the thermal decomposition of the organic matter, which is then easier to decompose by soil microbes, converting the organically bound carbon (C) to CO2 and leaving behind the mineral fraction of the soil.

cheers Darrel

 

[yme]

I miss the reference: "multiple tank syndrome"

Yme