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Re: Compost/ Sort of...

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Actually they are rather expensive but worth it to me. Some members of other lists don't like it but to each their own, right? I think it retains moisture great, breaks down to make wonderful compost in a fair amount of time and is a must for a fragrant garden. I also used it on a bed that had sweet alyssum, heliotrope and some other fragrant flowers. The sweet smell was delicous!
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JessicaM (Zone 5- Central Michigan)


On Mon, 6 Mar 2000 18:46:49    jallan6977 wrote:
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>> >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.
>
>   It sounds like cocoa hulls might be a good inexpensive mulch.  
>Where can I get some for how much?  Normally I just use grass 
>clippings.  About 15 bushels a week of them what doesn't go in the 
>compost heap.  BTW Last year I had about 150cu ft of them. 
>Not counting what had settled down or what had gone in the garden.
>
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