On 29 Jul 2003 13:05:24 GMT, (Bpyboy) wrote:

Hi guys,
I have a couple of days off here, and was going to put in another plot, and
help my brother in law who just bought a home put a garden and some beds in
there.

I was wondering, is it possible to OVER-DO the organics?

I don't think so. I'm growing stuff in 100% spent-mushroom
soil, in pots - 100% organics. Everything grows wonderfully
in it, except carrots - too much nitrogen for carrots. The
roots all forked. But everything else I've grown in it has
done very very well.


We have access to
some fresh horse bedding, cattle bedding from a local auction place, a lot of
free stuff from the landfill (all the wood chips and grass and leaf clippings
they pick up in the fall).
I was thinking that we might just till as much of all of it as possible into
the soil. Then let it "rest" for a couple months (or maybe until next season).

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What do you think, just go ahead and bomb the garden plot with a ton of
organics, let it rest, then plant it? that's how top soil forms in nature.

Sounds pretty much ideal to me.

How long does it take for the breakdown to re-release nitrogen?

Don't know, sorry.

Pat