Re: soil make-up
- To: pumpkins@mallorn.com
- Subject: Re: soil make-up
- From: b*@pacific.net (Vickie Brock)
- Date: Wed, 28 Jan 1998 09:17:56 -0300
>With a title like this I am sure a few jokes will come my way but I have
>a serious ( well not that serious) question to ask here. My patch is
>about 1300 sq. ft. The soil is 12 inches of composted leaves plus manure
>and thats it. Would there be any sensible reason to till some of the
>soil that lies beneath this sea of organic material up into the bed? I
>see Marv Meisner and Chris Anderson talking about the proportion of
>organic material in their soils but how does one view soil that is l00%
>organic. Are there key elements that I am missing here with strictly
>organic matter?
>
> Joe Mills
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Joe,
If it were me, I would till it all together..There has been many a grower
that tried planting just in compost with very below average
results.....brock
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