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| Hi, I'm getting into self-watering bucket gardening (This design in particular:: http://www.globalbuckets.org/).
I am trying to come up with a cheap soil mix that will be able to wick water vertically. I have lots of good compost and lots of hardwood mulch and cedar mulch. I haven't heard much about amending soil with mulch and was wondering what others think about doing a blend of compost and mulch as my potting mix to grow tomatoes, squash, strawberries, and more. |
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| can you show a picture of your mulch so we can see the size of it. |
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- Posted by dickiefickle 5B DousmanWi. (My Page) on Thu, Jul 21, 11 at 5:44
| Cedar mulch and hard woods are a no no, they tie up too much nitrogen. Compost is too water retentive ,keeping it too wet causes root rot. You can use compost but only as a minor part of the mix. I am sure some gardeners can offer up their proven formulas for grow mix. |
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