My Secret Recipe For AMAZING compost

bluefinstudios in #hive-140635 • 5 months ago

To Get The BEST Vegetables, You NEED the BEST SOIL!
Great vegetable harvest need great soil. AND, I do NOT leave my soil health to chance. I actively FEED my soil.

FEED THE SOIL, NOT YOUR PLANTS
I make my OWN compost, as buying bagged or even cheaper BULK Compost is still obscenely expensive, AND by making it, I am taking care of my old plants, my scraps from the kitchen, and making sure I have HEALTHY soil.

I've been making compost for a few years now, and I have perfected the best way to make it. Similar to making Lasagna, you need a great recipe, and the right ingredients. Follow along to see how I add my greens and browns, what type of layering and more, for rich, healthy compost for use in my garden Fabric Grow Bags

My Gardens are in New England zone 7a/7b.
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I plant almost ALL my vegetables in Fabric Grow Bags
Planting in grow bags, means I control what soil and fertilizers go into my gardens. I use a mix of 1/3 my own compost, 1/3 resued soil from last year's bags, and 1/3 Sphagnum Peat Moss from Canada. Peat Moss from Canada is a sustainable product. The Peat harvested in the UK is coming from OLD world Peat Bogs, and Strip mined, without a plan for replacing it.

Are you growing in your own soil? How do you keep it healthy and fresh for your gardens? Let me know below, in the comments.

My gardens are in Zone 7a/7b New England.

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5 months ago in #hive-140635 by bluefinstudios

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kaminchan 5 months ago

I really have to learn to do this myself too!

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pixresteemer 5 months ago

!BEER

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grindan 5 months ago

My compost sometimes becomes stagnant despite ensuring that only organic material is included... Any tips?

Cheers, and nice to see ya on PYPT 🤗

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bluefinstudios 5 months ago

biggest tips someone gave me:

Add more Nitrogen (coffee grounds, green grass clippings, etc)
and keep it moist (water once a week during the spring n summer)

When you say, only organic material is included, what are you adding for carbon? shredded paper? dead, brown leaves? tiny sticks/twigs?

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steven-patrick 5 months ago

Great looking soil. We aren't into a routine yet with our soil. We started our raised bed a couple years ago so brought in some top soil to get it started. Filled them hugelkultur style. We added some Moo Doo compost this year to enhance the soil. Need to get a good composting routine started. We started composting at our home in Cali before we moved but haven't picked it back up.

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bluefinstudios 5 months ago

I have a few beds on Cape that are HUgelkulture method!

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felixxx 5 months ago

I watched the whole video.

...I don't have time for that method. I just throw everything into huge piles.

Eventually, it breaks down.
It takes years, but I got space for it...
Rarely does this get hot enough, so I have a lot of active seeds in there, still.

Also, I don't grow in pots, as that would mean more work for me.
I just try to ammend the soil that's already here.

As for commercial compost:
People are willing to pay good money (especially commercial organic growers) for consistent compost.
Everything will rot eventually, but to make similar compost every year is not an easy task, at all. It's what pros need, though.

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bluefinstudios 5 months ago

sounds good. eventually everything breaks down.
I have to get rid of old plants, leaves, and grass clippings, so Might as well make something out of it. By keeping it compact, that gives it a chance to neat up enough to kill weeds n seeds

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fenngen 5 months ago

Good stuff, if the money system was to collapse, good compost would be one of the most valuable resources to have

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bluefinstudios 5 months ago

clean water and seeds, too

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fenngen 5 months ago

True!

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new.things 5 months ago

!LUV the Brown30 to green1 information. I did not know. We have just been throwing everything in a compost bin many greens. I need to get out in the garden and sort a few system out
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bluefinstudios 5 months ago

well, 30:1 based on weight, which works out to about 50:50 by volume.

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cmplxty 5 months ago

Love composting! I am definitely going to get one going when we get a house, I had a really good pile going where we live now but some miserable old coots complained about it and I decided to not listen to their bullshit. I still throw all my seeds and things out into the woods though to let it recycle! :D

I go the faster route.. but I know it’s likely not the best. We do get the organic shellfish and other ingredient compost bags from Maine, those work really well for the garden! I’m actually going to get the pots going this year, and the bags here sound like a pretty good plan.

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