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Johnny wrote:

I have several raised gardens and will be planting soon. My question
is, should i till the fertilizer into the soil so that it impregnates
the entire 11 inch depth of the soil or is it best to layer the
fertilizer on the surface and mix it with just the top layer of soil
and allow it to gradually work its way down into the lower soil as
the garden is being watered.
Thanks,
Johnny

I presume this is a vegetable garden. I trust we are talking manure here
(manure, bonemeal, and wood ashes or some other combination of NO3, PO4,
and K). Manure builds soil. Chemical fertilizers at best don't help and
at worst kill soils. Conventenal wisdom would have you till it in and
then side dress with it later in the season. A heck of a lot easier is
lasagna gardening (Google it), which is no dig gardening and doesn't
disturb the worms hallways (aeration) or the fungi's mycorhiza
(conversion of organic material to a form usable by plants).

My choice to your problem would be fertilizer and then 2 - 3 inches of
mulch.
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