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Re: Questions about Off-the-Shelf Soil

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When I first started preparing my soil I too had no real homemade compost. I
had talked to old oriental gardner who used to take care of gardens in the
neighborhood. He had suggested using "Leaf Mold". This is available at local
nurseries. Worked beautifully.

vasha rosenblum wrote:

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> >I've seen bags or organic and inorganic compost for sale at Home Depot.
> >Will this work as well as home-made compost
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> Definately NOT!  We used a combination of Home Depot topsoil, compost, peat
> moss, and perlite in raised beds at school and grew little or nothing that
> year.  After a soil test I found the blend to be very low in potassium.
> Muriate of potash really improved production the second year.  Of course by
> then, there was also some organic material mixed in.
>
> Vasha
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