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what to do with 5-1-1 after growing season

njitgrad
10 years ago

I'm all prepped for my first year trying the 5-1-1 mix. I filled a medium size trash can with pine fines, another with peat moss, and the last with perlite. Now all I have to do is mix them proportionally when I need to make a new container, add the lime and CRF and that's all.

However, I never thought of what to do with the 5-1-1 mix after the season is over. I'm going to have a LOT of it. Is this something I can spread on my lawn or will the pine fines not have broken down enough? I don't exactly have a woodsy area of my property where I can dump it.

What do you do with your 5-1-1? I have read posts where people re-use it by adding in more pine fines and lime. But adding the correct amount of lime at that point would require a degree in chemistry, would it not?

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