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Old 04-07-2015, 05:40 AM posted to rec.gardens.edible
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Default Nitrogen 101?
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If anyone knows more about this, I'd appreciate hearing.


most compost is not particularly high in nitrogen.
over the longer term it is a very slow release
fertilizer, but mostly it is just for soil improvement
(to add organic matter, to improve water holding,
to help heavy soils break apart easier improving
water infiltration, etc).

inspect it visually before bringing it in. some
composting places don't remove trash from their
system and then it all gets ground up and sent
back out as little pieces of trash. looks rather
horrible in the gardens after a while...



songbird
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