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Tue, May 27, 14 at 12:23
| Copying my post from the soil forum... I have an area in my backyard which slopes down - about 4 feet down over 7 feet. I have filled it up with grass clippings and fall leaves and straw bales over the last 3-4 years. So now there is about 2 feet of grass clippings, leaves and straw there. I also dump old used potting mix, weeds and other organic matter in there. I would like to plant some squash plants - zucchini, yellow squash, pumpkins there. Here is what I was thinking of doing - I have some large tubs from which I can remove the bottoms and sink them in the leaves/grass clippings mix. And then fill the tubs with potting mix and plant the squash in these tubs. I was wondering what I could use to fill the tubs - miracle grow potting mix? That would be the most expensive. Any other ideas? I have seen Black Kow claiming that you could plant veggies directly into the compost bags. May be I could fill the tubs with it? Underneath the grass clippings is all clay. And I would like to avoid having to dig all the way down to mix it all - hence the idea of planting in tubs sunk in and filled with potting mix, surrounded by the decomposing grass and other organic matter. |
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- Posted by johns.coastal.patio USDA 10b, Sunset 24 (My Page) on Tue, May 27, 14 at 12:27
| Since you are doing an open bottom, I'd think any "garden soil" would be fine. MiracleGro makes that (was 4 bags for $10 at Home Depot a couple days ago), but probably anything is fine. Potting soil would probably work too, but would be a less perfect match, in my humble opinion. |
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