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Re New Garden Plot Advice
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"JoeSpareBedroom" wrote: "Scott Hildenbrand" wrote in message ... I've got a new plot which I'm going to work out for a vegetable garden this spring. Size: 34' X 50' - 1700 SF It's currently lawn sod which I will be killing off by mowing it to ground level and tarping it with black plastic for a month+. Once it's ready I'm wanting to add at least 3" of material to it. I'd figured it out to at least 15 cubic yards of material needed. What I'd like to do is 70% amendment soil, 10% peat, 15% manure and the rest would be the leaf matter I collected this fall. Wanting to know what you all think of this, or if I should go about it in a different manner. Or if you think I should add anything else to prep it for first season growth before it gets seasoned in. Thanks in advance! Like Val said, use clear plastic. And, wherever you said "I should", change to "the hired teenager should". You should watch him/her very carefully while sipping a beer. Upon further investigation, I think I'll go with clear plastic mulch too. I found the two references below, where they actually did the experiments. Everything else that I found was anecdotal and was in favor of red. http://www.public.iastate.edu/~taber...pt%2000/redmul ch.pdf http://lubbock.tamu.edu/horticulture...sticMulchTypeo nTomatoGrowthandYield_2004_.pdf -- Billy Bush, Cheney & Pelosi, Behind Bars http://rachelcorriefoundation.org/site/ http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Movemen...George_W._Bush |
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