Garden Compost Uses

[lieuz]

I recently started composting and use it for the garden and also sharing the compost with family. Could any of the compost be applied to bonsai? I'm not trying to skimp, I use espoma for my trees and have seen great results. I am genuinely curious.

 

[Dav4]

I recently started composting and use it for the garden and also sharing the compost with family. Could any of the compost be applied to bonsai? I'm not trying to skimp, I use espoma for my trees and have seen great results. I am genuinely curious.

The only thing I'd consider doing is making a compost tea out of it...the solid organic material, either applied to or mixed into the soil, will clog it up and ruin the drainage.

 

[sorce]

And, it only makes for A better environment for fertilizer.

You still gotta fertilize, it will work better.

That's another......

California Echo!

Sorce

 

[lieuz]

And, it only makes for A better environment for fertilizer.

You still gotta fertilize, it will work better.

That's another......

California Echo!

Sorce

I'm actually really new to composting and it takes a super long time to actually get cured compost.

 

[sorce]

Pocket Mulching? Lol.

Sorce

 

[GrimLore]

I'm actually really new to composting and it takes a super long time to actually get cured compost.

At our old house I had an outdoor composter that I placed in full sun. I found that tossing in several gallons of water a day with the sun "cooked" it all down fast and most Summer days you could see the steam generated. Never used it in a potted plant for a wide variety of reasons but it was great for the general garden which was very heavy clay.

Grimmy

 

[Dav4]

I'm actually really new to composting and it takes a super long time to actually get cured compost.

Composting is great...I've been doing it since I bought my first house 17 years ago. This time of year, I've got more maple and oak leaves then I care to have. Most of them get dumped into a pile that gets gradually added to another pile mixed with my kitchen waste. The rest get mulched by my mower, dumped in a pile and soaked with water. A week later, the inside temp has got to be pushing 140 F. Turn the piles ever 6 weeks or so to speed up the process...have fun.

 

[sorce]

I read Buckthorn leaves are high in nitrogen. ........

I can't wait to brew s-tea in my own yard.

Red wigglers. Waste.
A spigot at the bottom.

Sorce