A garden is only as good as the ground that it's planted in. Discussion forum for the many ways to improve the soil where we plant our gardens.
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May 19, 2010 | #1 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2010
Location: NorCal
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Composted Manure and Mushrooms
Super hard to grow okra here, but a local farmer gave me a soil recipe and a design for a germinating box that he uses. He starts his seeds in simple plastic cups. So I used some clear plastic cups and:
8-quarts Gardner & Bloome Seed Starter 6-quarts Coconut Coir 4-quarts Gardner & Bloome Farmyard Blend 2-quarts Earthworm Castings 1-quart Screened Sand Now I have tiny little mushrooms that you can see in the soil through the clear cups. I am assuming it is from the Farmyard Blend. Is this bad? What should I do? |
May 19, 2010 | #2 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Jan 2007
Location: PNW
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Ignore it. The fungi do not use up nutrients that the plant
needs or do them any harm. Edit: That is what I would do in the same situation, anyway.
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May 20, 2010 | #3 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: May 2010
Location: NorCal
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Good news. I havenever used manures in my indoor transplant mix until this year usually all my plants are in the ground by now, but it is still cold and raining.
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