Re: [tomato] Compost
fatcat (Tomato@GlobalGarden.com)
Sun, 07 Mar 1999 22:52:25 GMT
On Sun, 07 Mar 1999 10:19:29 -0600, you wrote:
>Paul,
>
>Thanks for all the information regarding soils, compost, and no-till
>planting. You mentioned that you maintained a compost "heap". I am
>trying to get started with a compost heap or bin. I found a web site
>http://www.gov.nb.ca/environm/comucate/compost/magic.htm which has
>information and instructions on how to build compost an maintain the
>pile. Do varmints ever try to get in your compost material, because of
>the selected kitchen scraps?
>
>Have you tried the kitty litter in prior years to have seen results of
>the addition of that ingredient to the compost, or is this the first
>year to experiment with kitty litter as an ingredient? Are there any
>other experiments you have done in maintaining your compost heap, that
>you found successful, and would care to share with "beginners" in the
>task of building a compost heap?
>
>This year, I am going to experiment with Mycorrhiza in newly delivered
>topsoil that is deficient in phosphorus, but pretty much O.K. on other
>ingredients (that is according to the soil test done on the topsoil
>delivered from the same source, last May). I added the recommended
>amounts of phosphorus in the topsoil that was delivered last May, so
>that soil will likely not be a good spot to experiment with Mycorrhiza.
>
>In newly constructed raised beds, away from the main garden, I am going
>to experiment with the Mycorrhiza in the new topsoil. I will add
>nothing to the new topsoil, which I am assuming is also deficient in
>phosphorus. That way, Mycorrhiza should be able to "do its thing". I
>would like to add compost to both soils: the main garden, treated with
>chemical fertilizer last May, and the new tandem truck load of topsoil
>which will not be treated with any additional chemical fertilizer.
>
>Thanks for any advice you can give.
>Marguerite Ruch
>
>
>
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Thank you
Lee