RE:: Should I grow in pure compost?
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- Subject: RE:: Should I grow in pure compost?
- From: B* J* S*
- Date: Sun, 14 Nov 1999 09:37:59 -0500
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I have found that growing or setting plants in pure compost or pure manures
has some adverse effects. First, without some sort of soil base you
sometimes loose the moisture holding capabilities; hte soil acts like a
binder for the compost or manures. Second, without soil structure the
minerals are lost and some micro-nutrients.
A few years I grew some plants is a very heavy load of horse manure with
20% soil. I had too many moisture swings, drastic changes in soil
temperatue. The same year I grew in about a 50/50 40/60 mix; with the
soils the plants did much better.
I have learned to till the compost / manures deep into the soil. I am
trying some NEW Compost this year....adding it to my soil now. The
Compost is a mixture of City sludge from a treatment plant, wood shavings,
and garden compost mix. It has been aged, generated its heat, and is
ready to use. It does a slight smell, smells like Blood Meal.
Bill Sadowski, Ohio
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