Less is more, organic agriculture!

February 19, 2013

Dar,

I planted in raised beds because my native soil was so rocky and poor it couldn't grow good Bermuda grass. Over the years, I have dug into my raised beds and down into the native soil to see of the soil beneath the raised beds has changed much. It has. I don't understand the process, but somehow the humus has progressed about three inches into the native soil.

I've seen healthy tomato plants grow from seed in the cracks between concrete slabs. I've had volunteer plants grow around my garden in spots where they received no additional water and no additional nutrients and they performed well. They do have an amazing root system but I don't think transplants have the deep tap root that volunteer plants possess.

Ted

February 19, 2013	#15
tedln Guest Posts: n/a	Dar, I planted in raised beds because my native soil was so rocky and poor it couldn't grow good Bermuda grass. Over the years, I have dug into my raised beds and down into the native soil to see of the soil beneath the raised beds has changed much. It has. I don't understand the process, but somehow the humus has progressed about three inches into the native soil. I've seen healthy tomato plants grow from seed in the cracks between concrete slabs. I've had volunteer plants grow around my garden in spots where they received no additional water and no additional nutrients and they performed well. They do have an amazing root system but I don't think transplants have the deep tap root that volunteer plants possess. Ted