Found out where I'm going for my organic matter

[VincenzioVonHook]

The ground under this looks like mud cake. I'm going to sweep down tonight like a rebel and steal their leaf litter and topsoil lol. Never seen anything so dark and uniform.

 

[Gro-n-again]

Looks like a park. They probably chemically fertilize and apply chemical herbicides annually. I'd buy a bag of topsoil and the home center.

For what it's worth.... my lawn soil analysis shows very little organic matter in the soil. It's a fine crumbly clay soil.

 

[Wattzzup]

I’m close to that park. I will meet you down there!

 

[VincenzioVonHook]

Looks like a park. They probably chemically fertilize and apply chemical herbicides annually. I'd buy a bag of topsoil and the home center.

For what it's worth.... my lawn soil analysis shows very little organic matter in the soil. It's a fine crumbly clay soil.

Never thought of that lol. Was just interested in how dark and uniform the top soil was.

 

[PadawanWarrior]

The ground under this looks like mud cake. I'm going to sweep down tonight like a rebel and steal their leaf litter and topsoil lol. Never seen anything so dark and uniform.View attachment 5063235

You're probably gonna feel pretty dumb though when you tell the cops you just came to steal leaves.

 

[VincenzioVonHook]

I’m close to that park. I will meet you down there!

Bring a flagon while your at it.

 

[VincenzioVonHook]

You're probably gonna feel pretty dumb though when you tell the cops you just came to steal leaves.

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I'm pretty sure they've got bigger things to deal with haha. It was more a joke than anything. We have heavy red clay around mine so this looks gold.

 

[VincenzioVonHook]

Looks like a park. They probably chemically fertilize and apply chemical herbicides annually. I'd buy a bag of topsoil and the home center.

For what it's worth.... my lawn soil analysis shows very little organic matter in the soil. It's a fine crumbly clay soil.

I've got enough here luckily. Was just amazed at how dark the soil was. Around mine is heavy red clay so the contrast blew my mind.

 

[Wattzzup]

Bring a flagon while your at it.

Not gonna lie I had to look that one up

 

[GrassBurner]

Head down to the lake one night and fill some containers with silt (the top layer of "mud") It's about as dark and uniform as it gets

 

[mudballs]

just scrape the leaves aside and take the top 4" of topsoil
ask me how i know

 

[VincenzioVonHook]

just scrape the leaves aside and take the top 4" of topsoil
ask me how i know

I see we have another masked marauder

 

[VincenzioVonHook]

Looks like a park. They probably chemically fertilize and apply chemical herbicides annually. I'd buy a bag of topsoil and the home center.

For what it's worth.... my lawn soil analysis shows very little organic matter in the soil. It's a fine crumbly clay soil.

From what I've heard actual soil samples usually contains around 5% organic matter, 45% minerals, 25% air and 25% water.

The mineral content is what makes soil so vastly different to potting mixes which have next to no minerals from the bag, and the vast majority is organic material.

I'd love to have a soil lab. I'd be the weirdo walking around with a kit taking sausages of soil to test.

 

[PadawanWarrior]

The ground under this looks like mud cake. I'm going to sweep down tonight like a rebel and steal their leaf litter and topsoil lol. Never seen anything so dark and uniform.View attachment 5063235

 

[VincenzioVonHook]

Imagine releasing that movie today. All hell would break loose in the current volatile climate.

 

[PadawanWarrior]

Imagine releasing that movie today. All hell would break loose in the current volatile climate.

I know, and that's sad.

 

[DCcan]

Worry about dog parasites, like ringworms, if it's open to pets.
Just go with "soil analysis for community safety project" for the cops, that doesn't sound as weird as they expect.

 

[mudballs]

I see we have another masked marauder

You dont get ur stripes till you do it. Im not patching you in till i see it done.

 

[VincenzioVonHook]

Worry about dog parasites, like ringworms, if it's open to pets.
Just go with "soil analysis for community safety project" for the cops, that doesn't sound as weird as they expect.

Good too see people are forward thinking. I'm definately not...I'm just like "ooooh mud cake"

 

[mudballs]

I mean the organics aspect, not the criminal aspect. Trillions of trees pick another spot, and its better than great soil. Grassburner hit a hot button too...that muck by waterbodies is an amendment of a quality you cant Amazon if you tried, mixed in smallish quantities