porous soil, p.s.
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- From: J* G* <j*@TERMINUS.COM>
- Date: Wed, 7 May 1997 12:39:01 -0700
Forgot to say in my last post that while I love the ease of working in the stuff, I have *never* been able to manage keeping tomato plants evenly moist in Mel's ideal soil. My plants do poorly, I get blossom end rot, and then the creeping black death hits'em. So this year I finally gave up and put them in worm compost-filled 5-gallon white buckets (I have literally several hundred of them in our garage eaves, I'm an archaeologist and use them for hauling dirt.) And hooray, the 'maters are doing soooooo well! It's a joy! I water them once a week, mulch with cut grass from the lawn, and fertilize with - gasp - tomato spiles. We'll see what happens when the fruit sets... Joyce *************************************************************************** To unsubscribe, send to: listserv@umslvma.umsl.edu the body message: unsubscribe sqft See http://www.umsl.edu/~silvest/garden/sqft.html for archive, FAQ and more.
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