Slow growth

chancethegardener · October 12, 2011

I have been observing slow growth with some vegetables this fall. Radishes don't develop roots, lettuce and Swiss chard grow very slowly. What I did different than last season: before, I was using organic garden soil that has some peat moss in it, for fall I added a good amount of peat moss to each bed. The content of the beds is given below:
- Peat moss
- Compost (composted cow manure, earthworm castings, mushroom compost)
- Vermiculite
- Azomite (this was already in the beds)
I also watered the beds with Great White mycorrhizae.

Do you think peat moss drastically changed pH in a way that some of my vegetables don't like it? Any ideas regarding the slow growth?

October 12, 2011	#1
chancethegardener Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jan 2011 Location: WV Posts: 604	Slow growth I have been observing slow growth with some vegetables this fall. Radishes don't develop roots, lettuce and Swiss chard grow very slowly. What I did different than last season: before, I was using organic garden soil that has some peat moss in it, for fall I added a good amount of peat moss to each bed. The content of the beds is given below: - Peat moss - Compost (composted cow manure, earthworm castings, mushroom compost) - Vermiculite - Azomite (this was already in the beds) I also watered the beds with Great White mycorrhizae. Do you think peat moss drastically changed pH in a way that some of my vegetables don't like it? Any ideas regarding the slow growth?