GardenBanter.co.uk - View Single Post - Add Topsoil Or Mix Manure/Compost With Existing Soil?

Una · 04-08-2010, 04:06 AM posted to rec.gardens

brooklyn1 wrote:
It's not a question of "either or", compost and manure will continue
to compost until all that's left in less than two years is dust... on
a slope a few good rains and it will be gone...

(Una) wrote:
To the extent this is true, it is true also for topsoil. Your point?

brooklyn1 wrote:
Top soil does not continue to decay at anywhere near the rate of
compost.

The organic fraction does. The inorganic fraction also settles and is
even more subject to erosion than the organic fraction.

Una