Between rows=compost material?
I have a fairly small garden, between my rows and around them I left the grass intact. On my tomato plants, I have 3 ft rows with a plant on each end. They are all doing fairly well, just curious if putting my compost material in between the plants(not too close) would help anything. Seems to me that it could only help. Of course, I'm not very experienced so I brought this idea to yall to hear from people who have more expertise. Thanks!
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If your compost material is still composting it will use up all the nitrogen in the soil and your plants will suffer. I tried that one year with 1 year old compost and all of my plants turned yellow from lack of nitrogen. I watered my plants with ammonium nitrate water and they were fine in about 2 weeks, nice and green again.
ack, I added some unfinished compost at the bottom of one of my raised beds..should I be worried? I used a ton of very fine organic gardening soil on top...but I am worried that this compost will suck the nitrogen from my plants! Is there any way I can pre-empt this potential problem organically? All my plants seem to be doing well so far...growing nicely and very green. They have been in the ground for a few weeks.
Thanks!
James
Thanks!
James
It sounds like you haven't damaged them if they're growing nicely and are well greened-up.
Sometimes there are sad reports of new gardeners putting LOTS of fresh, UNcomposted mature and perhaps wood chips into the ground and then planting seeds in that mix.
But it definitely does NOT sound like your situation. Perhaps by the time the roots "find" the previously unfinished compost, the situation will have righted itself.
Cynthia H.
Sunset Zone 17, USDA Zone 9
Sometimes there are sad reports of new gardeners putting LOTS of fresh, UNcomposted mature and perhaps wood chips into the ground and then planting seeds in that mix.
But it definitely does NOT sound like your situation. Perhaps by the time the roots "find" the previously unfinished compost, the situation will have righted itself.
Cynthia H.
Sunset Zone 17, USDA Zone 9