Thread: Adding Compost To Mulched Flower Beds
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Old 06-02-2003, 04:19 PM
simy1
 
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Default Adding Compost To Mulched Flower Beds
(Fleemo) wrote in message . com...
If you've placed a thick layer of bark mulch over your flower beds,
how do you go about amending the soil with compost come Springtime?
Do you scrape aside the mulch, work the soil, then return the mulch?
Or do you work the mulch into the soil itself, then apply a fresh
layer?

If you have sandy soil, it does not matter. If you have clay soil,
then you ought to consider mulching with leaves, so that the worms can
work the soil for you. There are a lot less worms under woodchips than
under leaves. Just the same, they help and you should find better soil
under that bark. I would just topdress. I don't think it is a great
idea to work wood products into a bed.
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