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For my new raised beds, I am having a load of topsoil/compost (50/50
mix) delivered on Monday. Any suggestions on "conditioning" this soil prior to planting? Should I wait some length of time or just dive straight in? Thanks, Mark |
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If it has 50% compost, why would you need to condition it further?
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Might want to add sand to it. Compost I have used straight has kept water
from soaking in. It just stood on top until it finally soaked in. It also keeps roots wet on plants more than when mixed with sand. Maybe your soil will eliminate the problem, but it didn't for me. Dwayne "Marley1372" wrote in message ... If it has 50% compost, why would you need to condition it further? Toad |
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On Fri, 7 Mar 2003 21:37:36 -0700, "Dwayne" wrote:
Might want to add sand to it. Compost I have used straight has kept water from soaking in. It just stood on top until it finally soaked in. It also keeps roots wet on plants more than when mixed with sand. Maybe your soil will eliminate the problem, but it didn't for me. Dwayne Surprised to read this, as compost is generally so "loose" that it needs soil added to give plants a foothold. So water would soak in even faster than in all-dirt. Was it your home-made compost, or store compost, or? "Marley1372" wrote in message ... If it has 50% compost, why would you need to condition it further? Toad -- Polar |
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It was some that the City had composted. They pick up grass clippings
during the summer on one day and garbage another. Then they compost all the plant remains they pick up. You drive up with your pick up and they dump as much in with a front end loader. There is no cost for it, so I figured it was pretty good until I mixed it too heavy. The water finally soaked in, but now it stays wet for a long time and I think I have lose some of my plants from having wet feet. Any ideas? Dwayne "Polar" wrote in message ... On Fri, 7 Mar 2003 21:37:36 -0700, "Dwayne" wrote: Might want to add sand to it. Compost I have used straight has kept water from soaking in. It just stood on top until it finally soaked in. It also keeps roots wet on plants more than when mixed with sand. Maybe your soil will eliminate the problem, but it didn't for me. Dwayne Surprised to read this, as compost is generally so "loose" that it needs soil added to give plants a foothold. So water would soak in even faster than in all-dirt. Was it your home-made compost, or store compost, or? "Marley1372" wrote in message ... If it has 50% compost, why would you need to condition it further? Toad -- Polar |
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On Sun, 9 Mar 2003 07:33:18 -0700, "Dwayne" wrote:
It was some that the City had composted. They pick up grass clippings during the summer on one day and garbage another. Then they compost all the plant remains they pick up. You drive up with your pick up and they dump as much in with a front end loader. There is no cost for it, so I figured it was pretty good until I mixed it too heavy. The water finally soaked in, but now it stays wet for a long time and I think I have lose some of my plants from having wet feet. Any ideas? Dwayne If anyone had been using "weed and feed" on their lawn, you probably lost them to the broad leaf weed killer. "Polar" wrote in message .. . On Fri, 7 Mar 2003 21:37:36 -0700, "Dwayne" wrote: Might want to add sand to it. Compost I have used straight has kept water from soaking in. It just stood on top until it finally soaked in. It also keeps roots wet on plants more than when mixed with sand. Maybe your soil will eliminate the problem, but it didn't for me. Dwayne Surprised to read this, as compost is generally so "loose" that it needs soil added to give plants a foothold. So water would soak in even faster than in all-dirt. Was it your home-made compost, or store compost, or? "Marley1372" wrote in message ... If it has 50% compost, why would you need to condition it further? Toad -- Polar |
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I didnt lose them. The problem was that when I watered them after adding
the compost, the water took an awful long time to soak in, and then it keep the roots wet for several weeks with out watering. I was answering Polar's response to my earlier post. Thanks. Dwayne "James Mayer" wrote in message ... On Sun, 9 Mar 2003 07:33:18 -0700, "Dwayne" wrote: It was some that the City had composted. They pick up grass clippings during the summer on one day and garbage another. Then they compost all the plant remains they pick up. You drive up with your pick up and they dump as much in with a front end loader. There is no cost for it, so I figured it was pretty good until I mixed it too heavy. The water finally soaked in, but now it stays wet for a long time and I think I have lose some of my plants from having wet feet. Any ideas? Dwayne If anyone had been using "weed and feed" on their lawn, you probably lost them to the broad leaf weed killer. "Polar" wrote in message .. . On Fri, 7 Mar 2003 21:37:36 -0700, "Dwayne" wrote: Might want to add sand to it. Compost I have used straight has kept water from soaking in. It just stood on top until it finally soaked in. It also keeps roots wet on plants more than when mixed with sand. Maybe your soil will eliminate the problem, but it didn't for me. Dwayne Surprised to read this, as compost is generally so "loose" that it needs soil added to give plants a foothold. So water would soak in even faster than in all-dirt. Was it your home-made compost, or store compost, or? "Marley1372" wrote in message ... If it has 50% compost, why would you need to condition it further? Toad -- Polar |
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