Re: Soil
Hello Diann,
I believe you asked this question before.... I did not reply for I am not
there to walk around your garden with you. don't know hat you are using for
compost (that word covers a multitude of sins) what plants you are mentioning that
still have green stems... what other plants are in your garden. Lots of variables
here.
From the whatever it is worth department... I do all of my planting (well,
almost all) in the fall, spread compost and mulch generally get the garden ready
for next spring. If I have a light compost to enrich the garden, I would not cover
a stand of my Trilliums with 3 inches of compost. Would not bother me to lay that
much over a Cimicifuga that gets 6 feet tall.
As usual there is no one single answer to all in gardening.. mostly a matter
of judgement where you stand.
I say go for it, but proceed with caution. Do, but don't over-do.
Gene Bush Southern Indiana Zone 6a Munchkin Nursery
around the woods - around the world
genebush@otherside.com http://www.munchkinnursery.com
----- Original Message -----
From: Diann Barbee Thoma <diannthoma@EARTHLINK.NET>
Subject: Re: [SG] Soil
> Thanks, Gene! And my last question on this topic: when spreading compost at
> this time of the year, do you have to be careful to keep it away from plant
> stems as with mulch during the growing period? (I would assume if compost
> were spread very early in the spring before things start coming up, there
> would be no worry about this at all.)
>
> Diann
