What percentage of compost should I have in my soil?
I bought a soil with organic compost already in it. It says 6.4 ph and 15 percent per 100 grams is organic compost. I was planning on adding some of my own compost to the soil, but isn’t 15 % enough already??
Thanks
I would get your plants started with the soil you purchased, and then fertilize in a few weeks with your own compost. While it may seem that you can add tons of compost, you want to be careful not to burn your plants. Even worm castings, which are quite stable compared to other types of compost, need to be used in moderation, especially in the beginning of your gardening efforts. As you move forward and learn about what your plants respond positively to, you can amend your approach.
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I started to compost and have some from last year. I would like to organically fertilize, how is it done?
I don’t know much about fertilizing and have had poor luck with commercial fertilizers. Does putting compost around a plant or mixing compost into the soil, organically fertilizing? How do I know how much compost to add?
Compost is one of nature’s best mulches and soil amendments, and you can use it instead of commercial fertilizers. Best of all, compost is cheap. You can make it without spending a cent. Using compost improves soil structure, texture, and aeration and increases the soil’s water-holding capacity. Compost loosens clay soils and helps sandy soils retain water. Adding compost improves soil fertility and stimulates healthy root development in plants. The organic matter provided in compost provides food for microorganisms, which keeps the soil in a healthy, balanced condition. Nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus will be produced naturally by the feeding of microorganisms, so few if any soil amendments will need to be added.
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How long does compost in flower beds attract flies and smell bad?
We had compost put down on our flower beds. Now we have a lot of annoying flies, and the smell’s not so great. When do they go away?
Suggestions on how to make the flies go away or estimates on when they’ll eventually go away (if left alone) would be much appreciated. The smell by the way is not so bad (more earthy than rotten); the flies are more annoying.
Sounds like either your compost was too wet or there was steer manure put into that compost. Good compost smells earthy, not rotten so I gather the compost wasn’t quite ready yet.
The flies will go away when the compost dries, in a few more days, unless you get rain and the stuff rejuvenates.
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How can i acidify my compost naturally without adding ericaceous compost?
I just want to know if i can add a few things here and there to tubs and compost to increase the acidity of the compost for things like gentians etc without having to use ericaceous compost. I know lots of ericaceous compost is largely made up of peat and i’d rather garden in the most environmentally friendly way possible. Any help would be much appreciated! thanks.
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Can I start a compost bin without having to use the actual compost?
I live in a rental property so we aren’t allowed to grow a veggie garden, but I’d like to start a compost bin to get rid of left over vegetables and fruit etc. Can I make a compost bin without having to actually use the compost on my garden?
Yes of course you can. But do you have a place to put a composter that won’t kill the lawn and upset your landlord?
And what will you do with the compost once you have it? Do you have a friend who can use it in their own garden?
Or maybe you can use it in planters or if you have a flower bed in front of the house?
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I am producing VERMICOMPOST by using cow dung in INDIA. Is there any buyers? i have worms (red wigglers) also.
And ,Is there any Regular buyers for Organic vegetables and fruits?
you might have more luck if you knocked on some doors… maybe local farmers… just a thought
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What is the best compost for conifers? those little evergreen plants.?
I have been told the best compost is the John innes ericaceous compost because its loam based and lime free. Another gardener said it can be any ericaceous compost which is lime free, but what is ok to use for conifers, pronounced con-if-ers and because they are all year round trees i want a compost which will be very compatible with them, bit confused. Thanks!
Any acidic, lime-free compost is good. If you have compost made from pine needles or oak leaves, it will work very well.
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Hypoaspis Miles in compost?
Here are two pictures I’ve taken.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5175/5570…
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5019/5570…
They are very tiny, as you can see from the picture. Brown bodies with 2 long antennas and move pretty fast. I found out that Hypoaspis Miles are very good insects to have and prey on pests such as fungus gnats. I have very few gnats in my vermicompost by the way so I don’t know what they’re actually eating. They seem to be just on the sides of the bin. I keep my compost in my garage, so lighting isn’t the best. I don’t see crowds of them, just enough to have me notice them. I found them after I put in wet cardboard. I don’t see any on the cardboards though.
Are they Hypoaspis Miles? Or some other bug that looks like it? There are a lot in my compost..so I want to know if I should be afraid of them or not.
Sorry. Here are links to the two pictures.
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5019/5570363887_440067b730_b.jpg
http://farm6.static.flickr.com/5175/5570363855_869666243f_b.jpg
They may be, but hypoaspis is a BIG genus and many look nearly identical, so it’s impossible to determine here. I know I have a colony of some weird arthropod like this in my compost heap, but they are harmless and do not seem to bite or affect anything badly.
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