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Different soil in the garden
"Billy" wrote in message ... In article , Nad R wrote: "DogDiesel" wrote: "Billy" wrote in message ... In article , Baz wrote: "DogDiesel" wrote in : Do any of you go as far as having different soil mixes for different plants in the garden. ? Diesel. Yes, For example people usually add manure/compost when planting potatoes, add lime for bressicas etc. Or have I got the question wrong? I often do. Baz http://fieldcrop.msu.edu/documents/E2893.pdf Adding manure directly before planting can increase risk of disease, such as common scab (Streptomyces scabie) in potato. Consider carefully manure effects and disease potential before incorporating manure in the spring. Composted manure will generally be much safer and reduce disease risk. -- - Billy Thanks Billy. What timing. I was just thinking of adding manure from Tractor supply. I was going to dump it in the snow. For Spring. If you put a lot of it in the composter bin. Will it make composting stop. Will it Burn it or something. Diesel. Manure from the stores are typically sterilized. If so, it can be used immediately in the garden. Most bags of compost/manure sold in stores are mostly sterilized animal manure. Plant compost is the GOLD that most gardeners want and is the best and not typically sold in stores, got to make your own. Look on the bag for NPK amount it is usually around .5 for each of the NPK values. However, fresh animal manures need time in the sun to dry before using in the compost piles or directly in the garden. Not a good thing to put down fresh animal manure 90 days before planting, 180 days before harvest. I would not put down fresh animal manure on wet ground or snow. Putting fresh animal manure on wet areas may cause liquifying of the manure and cause contamination of local well and water systems. But if your buying your compost at a store it is probably sterilized and safe to use as you wish. To be on the safe side follow Dan's (Nad's) advice, which I'm sure was meant to be "put down fresh animal manure 90 days before planting, 180 days before harvest." Cornell agrees as well http://www.gardening.cornell.edu/factsheets/orgmatter/index.html I was sure that I had a reference to using fresh fertilizer with plants (Fran and David apparently do), but I can't seem to find it. IIRC the trick was not to splash water, which would transport the pathogens, onto the edible parts of the plant in question. Such is my memory, but I would follow the above advice until such time as there is a more definitive answer. Fran (FarmI) and I had a chin wag about this once and she came up with http://books.google.com.au/books?id=...lpg=PA123&dq=N PK+%22fresh+manure%22&source=web&ots=40vqJHGGn4&si g=i3jd5aL_vv2kQE0cegX6u vfsoe8&hl=en&sa=X&oi=book_result&resnum=4&ct=resul t It says of fresh vs rotted/aged manure that: i) in the composting process, manure can lose up to half it's moisture content and thus concentrate nutrients ii) nitrogen in composted manure is fixed whereas in fresh, it's soluble iii) solubility of P and K is greater in composted manure and on P.125 it says that 'when manure is added directly to the soil, it generally releases highly soluble nitrates that behave similarly to chemical fertilisers, as well as ammonia, which can burn plant roots and interfere with seed germination.' Just so's you know, it is done both ways, but prudence must be used. Adding manure to a garden in the winter where there is a good chance of run-off, can lead to pollution of ground water, navigable waters, and wells. -- - Billy Awesome stuff. I appreciate the environmental input. However , Here. The water is if there were wells, is not drinkable. And the ground and river are highly contaminated by a steel plant, and farming runoff. I know for a fact I have some type of steel plant slag under my soil two feet down from a flood around1916. And theres kish from the plant that lands from the air . Although their blast furnaces have been off for about two years. Over a hundred plus years theres stuff in the soil. This is why I originally dug 18 inches out and filled in with horse manure 2 decades ago. So, Im going to stick with my compost , and get a bunch of peat and sand to mix in and use fish fertilizer again. There really isnt a problem. I was just thinking of doing a general soil boost . â?oWhen you give food to the poor, they call you a saint. When you ask why the poor have no food, they call you a communist.â? -Archbishop Helder Camara http://peace.mennolink.org/articles/...acegroups.html http://english.aljazeera.net/indepth...130964689.html 20111812130964689.html |
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