psychadelibud
Well-Known Member
Hey guys, I finally got out today on one of my favorite plots and got to fill my
holes up. To my suprise I used much much more soil than I expected to use.
Last year I dug 2ft wide and 1ft to 2ft deep and this year I dug 3ft wide and 3ft
deep and while I was digging the holes earlier in the year I hauled all excess
soil over a bluff in buckets. I did however keep the top few inches of the soil to
mix with my amended soil. My soil mix was fafard, (much finer and better quality than promix in my expirience but very similar), mushroom compost, vegetable compost, worm compost, lime, perlite and alot of polymer crystals.
I ran out of soil halfway through fillin my holes and I was pissed. I still have enough soil left over to finish this plot. But I have a few more plots also that I just cant afford to put that much money into. Does anyone have any expirience on ammending native soil? I was thinking, perlite, worm compost, my own homemade compost from bin, cow manure and lime? Also maybe scraping the top layers of soil throughout the forest and throwing in bags and mixing in as well, like the top soil, leaves, etc. Does this sound okay? And by doing this will it affect my usual yield? Pretty much i'll be using everything except the soiless mix cause thats what costs out the ass.
Another question, how much dolomite lime (looks like small gravel chunks I got from the farm supply store) should I use per 3ft by 3ft hole? Ive been using about a small handfull. And how much perlite? I bought severl bags of miracle grow perlite and it seems to work well. Thank you all so much for taking the time to read this and help me in advance!
holes up. To my suprise I used much much more soil than I expected to use.
Last year I dug 2ft wide and 1ft to 2ft deep and this year I dug 3ft wide and 3ft
deep and while I was digging the holes earlier in the year I hauled all excess
soil over a bluff in buckets. I did however keep the top few inches of the soil to
mix with my amended soil. My soil mix was fafard, (much finer and better quality than promix in my expirience but very similar), mushroom compost, vegetable compost, worm compost, lime, perlite and alot of polymer crystals.
I ran out of soil halfway through fillin my holes and I was pissed. I still have enough soil left over to finish this plot. But I have a few more plots also that I just cant afford to put that much money into. Does anyone have any expirience on ammending native soil? I was thinking, perlite, worm compost, my own homemade compost from bin, cow manure and lime? Also maybe scraping the top layers of soil throughout the forest and throwing in bags and mixing in as well, like the top soil, leaves, etc. Does this sound okay? And by doing this will it affect my usual yield? Pretty much i'll be using everything except the soiless mix cause thats what costs out the ass.
Another question, how much dolomite lime (looks like small gravel chunks I got from the farm supply store) should I use per 3ft by 3ft hole? Ive been using about a small handfull. And how much perlite? I bought severl bags of miracle grow perlite and it seems to work well. Thank you all so much for taking the time to read this and help me in advance!
