"Naga Jolokia" wrote in message
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Hi all,

Is it alright to use compost straight without mixing it with soil or other
additives?

yes, provided as other people have said it is from a food grade growing
source, it will work fine as a growing medium.

Whether it is the best thing to use. Well, what is the perfect soil anyhow.

If you make a raised lasanga garden you can pack it with partially composted
or even uncomposted material provided you have a few inchs of soil or fine
compost on top as a planting bed.

If that is what you have to use, use it. If you choose to mix some soil into
it, that'll work as well.

As a new gardener I fretted for some months as to whether the raised bed I
had filled with composted horse poop would be any good for growing.
Eventually in spring the crops came up and said to me 'relax son, we'll grow
ok here'.

Rob