I‘m going to grow starberries, peppers, tomatos, potatos, watermelons, tangerines, grapefruits, lemons, sunflowers and alot more. I was wondering, can I use my outside dirt and make a healthy homade compsit for the dirt? Can you help me thanks. How to make it and put it in the dirt
Outdoor soil has many micro-organisms which makes it unsuitable for starting new plants from cuttings and seeds. You should start them in purchased bags of peat moss and vermiculite and/or perlite. About equal amounts of each. Note the absence of soil as it has fertilizer and this should not be in contact with the seeds at first. Later transplant into soil when big enough to pick up. Outside soil DOES have micro-nutrients, so is needed for good fruiting later. Compost is rich in micro nutrients too, so it is the best helper to poor soil, but outdoors. Don't waste money on compost accelerator. I did. A shovel full of outdoor soil spread as a thin layer between other layers, then mix from time to time is far better. Allow air circulation, and some moisture to get in too. Avoid sawdust as it consumes the nitrogen needed to hurry compost. you can throw in a high nitrogen fertilizer like for lawns and you will not loose it fertility after it breaks down the compost. Then work it into the top 4 inches of soil before planting, or add on top any time of the year.
Outdoor soil has many micro-organisms which makes it unsuitable for starting new plants from cuttings and seeds. You should start them in purchased bags of peat moss and vermiculite and/or perlite. About equal amounts of each. Note the absence of soil as it has fertilizer and this should not be in contact with the seeds at first. Later transplant into soil when big enough to pick up. Outside soil DOES have micro-nutrients, so is needed for good fruiting later. Compost is rich in micro nutrients too, so it is the best helper to poor soil, but outdoors. Don't waste money on compost accelerator. I did. A shovel full of outdoor soil spread as a thin layer between other layers, then mix from time to time is far better. Allow air circulation, and some moisture to get in too. Avoid sawdust as it consumes the nitrogen needed to hurry compost. you can throw in a high nitrogen fertilizer like for lawns and you will not loose it fertility after it breaks down the compost. Then work it into the top 4 inches of soil before planting, or add on top any time of the year.
You can make your own compost. It takes some time and work. You should locate sources of both green material (sources of nitrogen) and brown material (sources of carbon). Use about equal amounts of green and brown. If you've never made compost before, I highly recommend that you read up on it before you start to find out how to do it best. You need a bin or location suited for a good pile. A way to turn the compost and a water source to keep it moist. Depending on the weather, location of compost, aeration or turning it could take from 1 to 8 months for your stuff to break down into compost.
You can make your own compost. It takes some time and work. You should locate sources of both green material (sources of nitrogen) and brown material (sources of carbon). Use about equal amounts of green and brown. If you've never made compost before, I highly recommend that you read up on it before you start to find out how to do it best. You need a bin or location suited for a good pile. A way to turn the compost and a water source to keep it moist. Depending on the weather, location of compost, aeration or turning it could take from 1 to 8 months for your stuff to break down into compost.
