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3/4 pound carrot in Pointe Claire Clay! (wuz Re: Soil Amendments)

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Hi Square Footers!

This year I took advantage of some scrap 2 x 10s that a neighbor was
discarding, and build myself a Mel-style raised bed for the kids to garden
in (kids and raised beds are a natural combo, like pets and raised
beds...tells 'em both where *not* to walk)

We took a mix of 1/3 clay soil, 1/3 peat moss and 1/3 wormy compost, and
placed it on top of four inches of improved clay garden soil. Everything
from radishes to cucumbers to carrots grew excellently well and one Kurota
carrot weighed in at 3/4 of a pound.

So there is one success story using only compost and peat moss mixed into
the (very heavy, but fertile) clay...

I'd like to have a photo for you, but the subject was eaten before
photographers arrived on the scene...:-) (It was delicious)

Frank Teuton
Pointe Claire
Island of Montreal
Zone 5
Where the Montreal Melon may be making a comeback...
>
>Mary / Julianne
>
>This subject should prompt much response, because there are advocates
>from A to Z. Mel intended that his super mix be applied on top of your
>existing soil, after first digging the existing soil to help drainage.
>That is the ideal, and most costly way, to go.
>
>I was gardening quite successfully before I started using the SQFT
>method, just using the dirt that God gave me, without adding anything. I
>now compost, and that is all that I add to my existing soil using the
>SQFT method. So much depends on the type and condition of the existing
>soil you are blessed (or cursed) with. There is no "one size fits all"
>answer to the soil question.
>
>If plants grew well in your soil before SQFT, they will continue to grow
>using it. I suggest that you use the best soil that you can afford. But
>you don't have to be rich to make use of the SQFT method.
>
>oldjohn@juno.com
>John Orwick
>El Monte, CA [20 miles east of Los Angeles]

>


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