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Re: Milorganite
Lisa Flaum wrote:
>
> Has anyone on the list used this fertilizer? We are in the process of of
> planting, from scratch, a garden in an acre of clay soil lawn. Some day
> there may be enough compost to meet the demand, but not now. I would like
> to give our young woodies a good start.
> Thanks
> Lisa
>
Have used this for years. I even use it to lace the compost heap when we
don't have any green material or manure to add to leaves and wood
chippings. If you use a lot there is some odor for the first hard rain
or watering or two, but it goes away.
Almost all research sources dealing with woodies (trees AND shrubs) now
recommend backfilling your planting hole with the native clay and
putting all amendments on top of the soil in the form of mulch. Amended
holes become "flower pots" that the root are loath to leave for the
unamended native clay. Establishment doesn't occur properly and there
will be a good chance the plant will not thrive, at best, and choke
itself out, at worst.
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