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Posted by compostworm5 9 (tarfoot05@yahoo.com) on Tue, Nov 17, 09 at 21:58
| Hey everyone, my name is Chris and I'm usually found in the tropical fruit forum. My question is, is muck safe to put around my fruit trees? I have mango, black sapote, lychee, persimmon, dragon, carambola, avacado, jaboticaba, fig, guava... and I can keep going. I know in some countries growers will use the muck off the bottom of nearby rivers to naturally fert. their trees. The muck I can get my hands on, is around a natural(untouched) lake, with low spots of rich black muck. The muck is mixed with lake water, pine and cypress trees. Would this muck be ok for home use and to help the mychorrizae applications I apply. None of these plants grow in the zone I live in so I try to give them the best shot. Any other organic ideas would be great. Thanks for your advice |
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| The muck I can get my hands on, is around a natural(untouched) lake, with low spots of rich black muck. How about making some compost, and leave the untouched, natural lake untouched? |
RE: muck alternative?
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| The muck would be a great growing medium, but only if it is well drained and dried out. Any plant put into undrained muck will die from root rot. For years, around here, many of the river bottoms were used as farms after pumps and dams were installed to dry that soil out. |
RE: muck alternative?
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| I am experimenting with lake muck from my 50 year old manmade retention pond-lake of about 3/4 acre. The drought has left me with areas of muck exposed for me to dig out and wheelbarrow to my garden. I dig out the row I want to improve and move all dirt out of the row to about 3 feet depth.....put in a foot of raw muck (smells like poop)...then i cover the muck with the 3 feet of garden soil.So far the first row i planted has withstood 3 freezes one hard with my seedlings growing like mad and i put in onion sets that are growing like mad.I have been able to maintain lettuces,cabbages,and many other veggi's including corn in January in Palmetto,Florida. |
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