Re: juniper problem?

it decomposes over time! I only add new mulch around new plantings and remulch the entire bed every 3-4 years depending on what I am using for mulch! I am hoping to mulch all my beds (exclusive of the paths) with horse bedding with all the goodies still in place!

Cheryl
2 - 4 lbs per sq ft..............how does this convert to inches deep? Also, I have never understood how you keep adding layers to existing plantings..............seems like eventually you smother the plants......
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Doug Green wrote:

. But someone told me because I had juniper shrubs (since gone) planted there for years -- that they have depleted the soil.

Would this be my problem.............and how do i correct it? Do not want to dig up the bed -- added a thin layer of compost this last spring to it.


Add a *thick* layer of compost. :-)) Every! year. Not mushroom compost (too much salt) but regular compost at 2-4 pounds/square foot is what the old-timers recommended.

He says having just come in for lunch from starting to dig and renovate one of his own garden beds. There is no shortcut to great soil and great herbaceous perennial plants - you either do the digging in a short time or you allow Mother Nature to do it for you over a longer time. Either way, you get to add lots of organic matter.

Doug

Doug Green
Author of the award winning "Gardening Wisdom"
See gardening articles at http://www.simplegiftsfarm.com

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Cheryl Isaak
Londonderry, NH
AHS Region 4, USDA Zone 4B/5A
growing, stitching and reading in NH

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