composting?

augiedog55 · January 22, 2012

I have a small bed on the south side of the house I tried to grow tomatoes in last yr. With the blistering heat and the spider mites I pretty much lost.. Its an old i guess you would call raised bed. I put railroad tie about 20 yrs ago out there so it one tie high. Its approx 2ft wide and 8 ft long.Since the season ended I've been throwning anything I could find to mix in the with soil. I've put 30 gal. of 2 yrold horse manure, 10 gal of rabbit manure, a bag of cotton boal compost and a bag of mushroom compost ou there.. Needless to say i'm about 10 inches above the rail road tie...lmao. i'll have to fix that this spring with some 2x10's
so here in the big question. since winter i've been throwing all kitchen scrapes in the there. Coffee grounds, banana peals, orange rines , eggs shells ect. Since it winter here in Mo it does really break down it just freeze dries.. ( Banana peals look like leather). So when it warms up at what point to I stop put the stuff from the kitchen out there so mother nature can break this stuff down and I can put 3 tomatoes in there come mid may?

January 22, 2012	#1
augiedog55 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2011 Location: oak grove mo Posts: 406	composting? I have a small bed on the south side of the house I tried to grow tomatoes in last yr. With the blistering heat and the spider mites I pretty much lost.. Its an old i guess you would call raised bed. I put railroad tie about 20 yrs ago out there so it one tie high. Its approx 2ft wide and 8 ft long.Since the season ended I've been throwning anything I could find to mix in the with soil. I've put 30 gal. of 2 yrold horse manure, 10 gal of rabbit manure, a bag of cotton boal compost and a bag of mushroom compost ou there.. Needless to say i'm about 10 inches above the rail road tie...lmao. i'll have to fix that this spring with some 2x10's so here in the big question. since winter i've been throwing all kitchen scrapes in the there. Coffee grounds, banana peals, orange rines , eggs shells ect. Since it winter here in Mo it does really break down it just freeze dries.. ( Banana peals look like leather). So when it warms up at what point to I stop put the stuff from the kitchen out there so mother nature can break this stuff down and I can put 3 tomatoes in there come mid may?