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Richard 4/13/2011, 1:53 pm

Guess you just call me newby.... for I just joined in. Hoping to get started on my SFG . Gonna build one 4X4 box today and go to walmart hoping to find some compost for it. Looking forward to a fun time with this.

Richard

yosoypanadero 4/13/2011, 1:58 pm

After you buy this years compost, you can concentrate on making your own, free, compost for the rest of the years to add nutrients to the soil. The compost you get in a bag works fine, but it is all from one specific source with no diversity in nutritional content. Hommade compost will have all kinds of great stuff in it that your plants will love and reward you for!

staf74 4/13/2011, 4:21 pm

Richard ! Not sure what region you are in but looks like you might be in ours here in the Middle South. So welcome aboard !!!

dizzygardener 4/13/2011, 4:27 pm

$glad you\'re here$ $glad you\'re here$ $glad you\'re here$

Richard, so very glad to have you.

Please stop by the middle south regional forums and give us a holler. We'd be delighted to have you.

Please feel free to ask any question you might have about setting up your new SFG. We are here to help, and we love doing so!

If you'd like, please take pictures of your SFG adventure and post them here on the forums. We love to see what everyone is doing with their SFGs.

Do you have the All New SFG book? If not, you really should pick it up. It contains everything you need in order to get your garden going and growing!

Take care and happy gardening!

boffer 4/13/2011, 4:29 pm

Richard wrote:Guess you just call me newby.... for I just joined in. Hoping to get started on my SFG . Gonna build one 4X4 box today and go to walmart hoping to find some compost for it. Looking forward to a fun time with this.
Richard

Greetings,

Be careful what you buy at WM. They are selling bags of 'chicken compost' and 'mushroom compost' that say on the front of the bag: "Do not use as a nutritional source. This product is for amending soil."

Well, shucks, MM uses compost for the entire nutritional source. I would pass on those.

**Furbalsmom** 4/13/2011, 5:16 pm

Richard wrote:Guess you just call me newby.... for I just joined in. Hoping to get started on my SFG . Gonna build one 4X4 box today and go to walmart hoping to find some compost for it. Looking forward to a fun time with this.

Richard

Richard

Glad to have you join us. One 4 X 4 is a great way to start. Gives you a chance to learn slowly, without stressing over too much to do at one time.

Enjoy yourself, find 5 good types of compost, your peat moss and vermiculite and you are on your way.
Just be sure to read the labels on the bags of compost, you can determine what is a better buy for your nutrients.

Enjoy, and keep us updated on your progress. By the way, we I love you

pictures, so be sure to share.

Again, Welcome!

**sfg4uKim** 4/13/2011, 6:43 pm

Welcome.

myhouseofBOYS 4/13/2011, 6:54 pm

Our WM mushroom compost just warns not to use for acid loving plants and "don;t use in place of fertilizer" which I guess is ort of a roundabout way of saying compost??? But ours is definately not "real" compost as the second (?) ingredient is top soil Rolling Eyes

so I am taking it back.

Barkie 4/14/2011, 3:50 am

myhouseofBOYS wrote:Our WM mushroom compost just warns not to use for acid loving plants and "don;t use in place of fertilizer" which I guess is ort of a roundabout way of saying compost??? But ours is definately not "real" compost as the second (?) ingredient is top soil so I am taking it back.

Yeah, composted bulky organic material like strawy horse manure, which was a traditional component of mushroom compost here, has nutrients and retains water but fertiliser is just nutrients. Spent mushroom compost provides water retaining bulk for roots to grow into but little nutrients because the mushrooms erm "ate them".

Barkie 4/14/2011, 3:55 am

Richard wrote:Guess you just call me newby.... for I just joined in. Hoping to get started on my SFG . Gonna build one 4X4 box today and go to walmart hoping to find some compost for it. Looking forward to a fun time with this.

Richard

Welcome welcome Richard. Yeah, you will have lots of fun and something on your plate soon that you just can't buy in shops. Or should that be stores? I'm a foreigner (English) learning the lingo. Anyway, there's lots of good folks here only too happy to help you out if you have any questions.

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