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Compost/ Sort of...

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Hey everyone! This is sort of a compost question: Last year on my veggie beds I used cocoa hull mulch. As it got towards the fall I added another layer of Pine Bark mulch. Also over the winter a lot of leaves made their way to my beds and settled their as well. As I was poking around in the beds today I noticed quite a bit of the cocoa hulls and leaves had started to decompose and the soil is really black. Here is the dilemma though:

By the basis of composting you let it set a year because it is too "hot" to put directly in the beds. So should I remove the cocoa hulls and leaves to my compost pile or leave them on the bed and turn over into the soil come sowing time. 

I use these particular beds for lettuce, chard, and other leafy greens.

TIA!
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JessicaM (Zone 5- Central Michigan)



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