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Compost and Soil

Do Indoor Plants Need Drainage?  How To Ensure Your Plant Maintains the Correct Moisture Levels
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Do Indoor Plants Need Drainage? How To Ensure Your Plant Maintains the Correct Moisture Levels

ByKeith Hardy November 6, 2022

Drainage is a control mechanism for maintaining moisture at the right levels of your growing medium to enable plants to thrive.  For plants to prosper they need the right level of moisture and thus adequate drainage…

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Compost vs Potting Soil: What Are the Differences and Which Should Use Use?
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Compost vs Potting Soil: What Are the Differences and Which Should Use Use?

ByKeith Hardy June 13, 2022

Potting soil is a sterilized material made up of both organic and inorganic matter. It has few nutrients with a sterilization process eradicating seeds, pathogens, and fungi, but also removing beneficial microorganisms. It contains a percentage…

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What Is Mushroom Compost? Is it an Over-Hyped or Valuable Soil amendment?
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What Is Mushroom Compost? Is it an Over-Hyped or Valuable Soil amendment?

ByKeith Hardy July 9, 2022

Mushroom compost sometimes referred to as mushroom soil, is a popular soil amendment widely used by gardeners. It is derived from the used soil from mushroom farms, which provides it with a unique combination of nutrients…

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Mushroom Soil Vs. Compost: Which Type Will Work Best for You?
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Mushroom Soil Vs. Compost: Which Type Will Work Best for You?

ByKeith Hardy June 13, 2022

There are a number of key differences between mushroom compost and conventional compost. The main distinctions relate to performance, availability, and cost. Mushroom compost has different properties in terms of nutrient values of salts and nitrogen…

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Soil to Compost Ratio:  How Much Compost Should You Add to Your Soil?
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Soil to Compost Ratio: How Much Compost Should You Add to Your Soil?

ByKeith Hardy July 13, 2022

The ratio of soil to compost should be adjusted differently depending on the type of plant and the environment in which it is being grown, the nutrient levels in the compost, and the level of nutrients…

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How to Sell Compost? Turning Your Black Gold Into Cash
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How to Sell Compost? Turning Your Black Gold Into Cash

ByKeith Hardy June 10, 2022

If you produce a large amount of excess compost or keep animals then you may be able to turn the compost or animal waste into cash, or if you are more altruistic, give it away for…

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What Will Happen if You Left the Compost Too Long?
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What Will Happen if You Left the Compost Too Long?

ByTerry Holmes May 17, 2022

Having spent several months watching your organic material gradually turn into compost, you are likely to want to start using it. Depending on your purpose and how you have composted, you might find that you have…

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Can Too Much Compost Hurt Plants: Dark Side of Adding Too Much Organic Material
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Can Too Much Compost Hurt Plants: Dark Side of Adding Too Much Organic Material

ByKeith Hardy May 15, 2022

As gardeners, we are constantly regaled with tales of the magic of compost and how fantastic it is for plants and your garden in general. However, can too much compost hurt plants? Can excessive amounts of…

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Composting PLA: How Do You Compost PLA
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Composting PLA: How Do You Compost PLA

ByKeith Hardy September 18, 2022

PLA is, in theory, the “environmentally friendly” poster child of plastics as it is made up largely of organic materials and designed to be biodegradable and compostable. You will come across it in all manner of…

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Turning Your Compost: How Often to Turn Compost to Speed Up Decomposition
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Turning Your Compost: How Often to Turn Compost to Speed Up Decomposition

ByTerry Holmes July 27, 2022

Turning your compost can seem like a real chore but the process of turning actually can play a crucial role in the science of transforming your pile of organic material into this black gold. The composting…

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Grass Clippings in Compost: Powering up Your Composting
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Grass Clippings in Compost: Powering up Your Composting

ByKeith Hardy May 2, 2022

When the sun is out and the grass is growing, you are likely to spend an increased amount of time outside enjoying and tending to your yard. One thing that needs constant attention is your lawn…

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Composting Cardboard: Turning Cardboard Boxes Into Black Gold
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Composting Cardboard: Turning Cardboard Boxes Into Black Gold

ByKeith Hardy October 17, 2022

Each week it is likely that a multitude of different types of cardboard pass through your hands. Be it amazon boxes, product packaging to the cardboard tube from the inside of a toilet roll. Cardboard is…

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Hydroseeding Fertilizer: What Type of Fertilizer is Best for Hydroseeding?
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Hydroseeding Fertilizer: What Type of Fertilizer is Best for Hydroseeding?

ByTerry Holmes October 4, 2022

One of the main components of a hydroseed mix is the addition of fertilizer. There are many types of fertilizer available for hydroseeding. In theory, you could use pretty much any fertilizer in your mix, however,…

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Pine Needles in Compost |  An Adverse Effect on Soil Quality or  Super Ingredient?
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Pine Needles in Compost | An Adverse Effect on Soil Quality or Super Ingredient?

ByKeith Hardy March 27, 2022

One of the most abundant organic materials that you can come across are pine needles. Being an organic material pine needles in compost ought to work well but bearing in mind the difficulty that some plants…

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Benefits of Top Dressing a Lawn and the Disadvantages of Top Dressing
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Benefits of Top Dressing a Lawn and the Disadvantages of Top Dressing

ByKeith Hardy June 10, 2022

There are many benefits to choosing to top dress a lawn. In short topdressing is beneficial because it provides nutrients to the soil, increases water retention, and suppresses weeds. It also makes the lawn appear healthier…

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