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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: Abilene, TX zone 7
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I have yet to get most of my beds prepped and will plant out this weekend. I had originally planned to do it two or three weeks earlier, but weather didn't allow me to do that.
My beds are 50 sq. feet. I have a cover crop of hairy vetch that I will cut and lay down cover it with compost and some corn meal, shredded leaves and shredded tree trimmings on top. I will amend each planting hole. I use no till and didn't fertilize after last year. My question is this, I was going to also layer in copious amounts of coffee grounds either between the leaves and soil, or between the leaves and tree trimmings. At this late stage, should I even put in coffee grounds? I am worried about excess nitrogen and getting big green leafy plants with no tomatoes. Or will the breakdown and release of nutrients be slow enough to feed but not over feed? |
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