I was offered some free bags of cotton burr and bags of mushroom compost
a friend got them for her yard but now she is moving and doesnt want to haul them
Has anyone ever used these types and are they ok to put in the garden?
Can you tell it's raining outside? I'm stuck inside and can't go out to play in the dirt.
The mushroom compost I use for too many things to begin listing them out. It's great stuff.
OK, the cotton burr can be mixed with hardwood chips to create an excellent moisture retentive mulch for around young saplings that need a competition-free zone. Love it! Love it! Love it! But, it's not readily available around here like it is in other areas. It used to be sold at a garden center that closed down and I have very little left so I am squandering it so that if I need it for a special potting mix, I've got some without having to pay high shipping costs for mail order. It can also be worked directly into soil. Great for humus poor soils. I'd love to be able to find someplace locally that sold it because I've got an area here that used to have an above ground blow up type round swimming pool. The pool is long gone but the exposed base of sand that we went down about 12" is still there. That area is a weed attractor right now and I've not had time to deal with it. If I could get my hands on some of that cotton burr in quantity, it would all go into the sand pit so I could get something going over there other than weeds. Should be good for amending heavy clay soils too.
Wish I had a neighbor moving that I could get hand me downs from like mushroom compost and cotton burr.
The mushroom compost I use for too many things to begin listing them out. It's great stuff.
OK, the cotton burr can be mixed with hardwood chips to create an excellent moisture retentive mulch for around young saplings that need a competition-free zone. Love it! Love it! Love it! But, it's not readily available around here like it is in other areas. It used to be sold at a garden center that closed down and I have very little left so I am squandering it so that if I need it for a special potting mix, I've got some without having to pay high shipping costs for mail order. It can also be worked directly into soil. Great for humus poor soils. I'd love to be able to find someplace locally that sold it because I've got an area here that used to have an above ground blow up type round swimming pool. The pool is long gone but the exposed base of sand that we went down about 12" is still there. That area is a weed attractor right now and I've not had time to deal with it. If I could get my hands on some of that cotton burr in quantity, it would all go into the sand pit so I could get something going over there other than weeds. Should be good for amending heavy clay soils too.
Wish I had a neighbor moving that I could get hand me downs from like mushroom compost and cotton burr.