... content in the highlydecayed woody substrate. The high water storage capacity of dead wood in combination with a high amount of released,available N by bacteria would be able to explain the high ... shoots, androots of the seedlings were separated using a scalpel, and the threeparts were pooled for each pot to obtain adequate plant material foranalysis. Total root length and the number of ... 47,58].Thus, with increasing extractable (Ca + Mg)/K ratio in min-eral soils, acquisition of K by seedlings decreased (Tab. VII).Our data revealed that the acid dead wood had high amounts of extractable...