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Re: Compost/ Sort of...

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Thanks Smitty. This is what I figured but I just wanted to check with the pros..LOL. 
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JessicaM (Zone 5- Central Michigan)


On Mon, 6 Mar 2000 14:45:43    gardensmith wrote:
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>JessicaM (Zone 5- Central Michigan) WROTE:
>
>>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. 
>>  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.
>> 
>
>Smitty replied
>Hello,
>LOL  this is only true if you are actually creating a compost pile.
>It sounds to me like you are only mulching and allowing nature to take
>it's course.
>Many of us that garden use a mulch as a means of building soil and
>holding moister within it.
>So your answer is no. You need not remove the mulch  and further more you
>may wish to add to the existing mulch once you have planted this area
>again. This is sort of a No-till method. Push aside the bigger pieces of
>the mulch that exists and plant your vegetables and then as they grow
>draw the mulch back up around them and add more as the need arises. Heck
>isn't this exactly how nature has been gardening for thousands and
>thousands of years. does anyone tend the fields and forests?  (c:
>
>Smitty in Southeastern Connecticut zone 6
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