Re: Composted manure versus composted leaves and ideal organic levels.
- Subject: Re: Composted manure versus composted leaves and ideal organic levels.
- From: G*@t-online.de ("Martin Reiß")
- Date: 19 Oct 2003 14:49 GMT
- List-archive: <http://www.hort.net/lists/pumpkins/> (Web Archive)
Marv,
That's a good question and a very nice topic for discussion. I hope we will get lots of input here. Responses from some of the "Heavy Hitters" on this list (e.g. Eaton, Pukos, Papez, Needham, Zunino, Kennedy,.....) would be greatly appreciated!
Thanks,
Martin
<Lubadub@aol.com> schrieb:
> In a message dated 10/19/2003 4:02:22 AM Eastern Standard Time,
> pumpkins-owner@hort.net writes:
> should I go with the lower quality (lower quality is cheaper
> too).
> If you are putting composted manure in your garden, I would go with the best
> you can find. The more nutrients the better. The question of exactly how much
> organic matter should be in your garden is not really clear in my mind. I see
> people putting tons of manure in their garden each year and I see others just
> planting a cover crop and then tilling it in. They both get respectable
> pumpkins. Too much organic matter can be a problem as can too little. In the woods
> of PA there is 5 to 6% organic matter in the soil. Farther to the south there
> is 3% as it breaks down more rapidly in the higher temperatures. The benifits
> of manure and compost are well known. The question is, "How much organic matter
> is enough?" I rememeber hearing from one grower that he put loads and loads
> of manure into his garden. Nothing grew. When he took the temperature of his
> garden he realized that he had created a large compost pile as the temperature
> was around 110 degrees. I would be interested in hearing what people out there
> believe is an upper limit for organic matter and whether it depends on where
> it comes from...compost pile using leaves, using cow manure etc.
>
> Marv in Altoona
>
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