Square Foot Gardening Forum
[table bgcolor=#000000 height=275][tr][td]
Mel's mix question - Page 2 Toplef10Mel's mix question - Page 2 1zd3ho10

Hello Guest!
Welcome to the official Square Foot Gardening Forum.
There's lots to learn here by reading as a guest. However, if you become a member (it's free, ad free and spam-free) you'll have access to our large vermiculite databases, our seed exchange spreadsheets, Mel's Mix calculator, and many more members' pictures in the Gallery. Enjoy.

Mel's mix question - Page 2 I22gcj10Mel's mix question - Page 2 14dhcg10

[/td][/tr][/table]

Join the forum, it's quick and easy

Square Foot Gardening Forum
[table bgcolor=#000000 height=275][tr][td]
Mel's mix question - Page 2 Toplef10Mel's mix question - Page 2 1zd3ho10

Hello Guest!
Welcome to the official Square Foot Gardening Forum.
There's lots to learn here by reading as a guest. However, if you become a member (it's free, ad free and spam-free) you'll have access to our large vermiculite databases, our seed exchange spreadsheets, Mel's Mix calculator, and many more members' pictures in the Gallery. Enjoy.

Mel's mix question - Page 2 I22gcj10Mel's mix question - Page 2 14dhcg10

[/td][/tr][/table]
Square Foot Gardening Forum
Would you like to react to this message? Create an account in a few clicks or log in to continue.
Search
 
 

Display results as :
 

 


Rechercher Advanced Search

Latest topics
» Onions. Walk on?
by sanderson Yesterday at 6:02 pm

» Bokashi
by OhioGardener Yesterday at 8:13 am

» New to SFG and in Virgina
by sanderson Yesterday at 1:38 am

» Compost bins: Open vs. closed
by Scorpio Rising 3/27/2024, 10:38 am

» Recommended store bought compost - Photos of composts
by sanderson 3/26/2024, 5:56 pm

» 6 metal trellis frames
by docachna 3/25/2024, 4:31 pm

» N & C Midwest: March and April 2024
by Scorpio Rising 3/24/2024, 3:01 pm

» What Have You Picked From Your Garden Today
by OhioGardener 3/24/2024, 1:28 pm

» Senseless Banter...
by OhioGardener 3/23/2024, 6:02 pm

» Joann's fabric bankruptcy
by neefer 3/23/2024, 12:33 am

» New gardener from Santa Fe NM
by CantersVary 3/22/2024, 7:50 pm

» Kiwi's SFG Adventure
by KiwiSFGnewbie 3/22/2024, 5:07 pm

» Heat Mat Temperature Test
by OhioGardener 3/22/2024, 2:09 pm

» Victory Garden Reboot
by Scorpio Rising 3/22/2024, 11:53 am

» Mark's first SFG
by sanderson 3/22/2024, 11:43 am

» Commercial (bagged or bulk) compost question
by Mikesgardn 3/21/2024, 7:09 pm

» Think Spring 2024
by Scorpio Rising 3/20/2024, 10:34 am

» Fire Ring / Round Raised Bed Planter
by sanderson 3/19/2024, 4:51 pm

» Galvanized Fire Ring for Rhubarb Raised Beds?
by OhioGardener 3/18/2024, 10:34 am

» Happy St. Patrick's Day
by Scorpio Rising 3/17/2024, 5:54 pm

» Happy Birthday!!
by Scorpio Rising 3/11/2024, 10:28 am

» What are you eating from your garden today?
by Scorpio Rising 3/10/2024, 8:38 pm

» Why I love Oregano in the garden.
by OhioGardener 3/10/2024, 8:16 am

» Comfrey
by OhioGardener 3/9/2024, 6:07 pm

» Sealing Barrels Flowers Struggling-Need Ideas
by Turan 3/9/2024, 3:09 pm

» Hello again from a slightly different part of Central PA!
by sanderson 3/9/2024, 1:46 pm

» Chicken manure compost
by Oopsiedaisy 3/8/2024, 7:56 pm

» Chinese Broccoli
by sanderson 3/7/2024, 10:28 pm

» Heat Mat Lifespan
by Scorpio Rising 3/7/2024, 9:33 am

» Now is The Time To Take Seed Inventory
by OhioGardener 3/6/2024, 4:36 pm

Google

Search SFG Forum

Mel's mix question

+7
audrey.jeanne.roberts
Lindacol
Kelejan
camprn
plantoid
CapeCoddess
Tris
11 posters

Page 2 of 2 Previous  1, 2

Go down

Mel's mix question - Page 2 Empty Re: Mel's mix question

Post  walshevak 3/5/2013, 9:30 pm

Tris wrote:Kay doesn't the 3 animal waste composts just add up to one though according to Mel's mix? That's been part of my struggle.

Maybe so, but my garden grew great, so I'm sticking with it until my home made compost is ready.

Kay

____________________________

A WEED IS A FLOWER GROWING IN THE WRONG PLACE
Elizabeth City, NC
Find more about Weather in Elizabeth City, NC
Click for weather forecast
avatar
walshevak

Certified SFG Instructor

Female Posts : 4374
Join date : 2010-10-17
Age : 81
Location : wilmington, nc zone 8

Back to top Go down

Mel's mix question - Page 2 Empty Re: Mel's mix question

Post  Tris 3/5/2013, 10:53 pm

Perfect Very Happy
Tris
Tris

Posts : 134
Join date : 2013-03-03
Location : North Carolina

Back to top Go down

Mel's mix question - Page 2 Empty Re: Mel's mix question

Post  Tris 3/6/2013, 5:41 pm

Alright, bought 2 bags of MooPoo and 2 bags of a different mushroom compost, I figure I'll get 2-3 bags of the humus compost and I should be good! I scored 2x6x16 wood for less than 3 bucks each and now have my lumber for 2 4x4 and 1 2x4, and got my peet moss. And I got my rebar + conduit for the trellis, I just have to figure out a cheaper way to connect the conduit and get some netting <3 Its all coming together!!
Tris
Tris

Posts : 134
Join date : 2013-03-03
Location : North Carolina

Back to top Go down

Mel's mix question - Page 2 Empty Re: Mel's mix question

Post  walshevak 3/6/2013, 9:25 pm

If you a are willing to get a metal drill bit and some nuts/bolts and do a bit of extra work, you can use pvc elbows on the emt. PVC is considerably cheaper.
Mel's mix question - Page 2 Imgp1510

Kay

____________________________

A WEED IS A FLOWER GROWING IN THE WRONG PLACE
Elizabeth City, NC
Find more about Weather in Elizabeth City, NC
Click for weather forecast
avatar
walshevak

Certified SFG Instructor

Female Posts : 4374
Join date : 2010-10-17
Age : 81
Location : wilmington, nc zone 8

Back to top Go down

Mel's mix question - Page 2 Empty Re: Mel's mix question

Post  Tris 3/6/2013, 10:23 pm

Yes that is exactly what I've been googling for! Thanks!
Tris
Tris

Posts : 134
Join date : 2013-03-03
Location : North Carolina

Back to top Go down

Mel's mix question - Page 2 Empty Re: Mel's mix question

Post  jazzycat 3/13/2013, 12:29 am

Because peat is a nonrenewable resource, do you think using coconut coir would work? Perhaps just replacing SOME of the peat with coconut? I'm new to this, and to gardening, and the tomato seeds I started in coconut are doing just as well as the ones I started in peat pots. Coconut coir has many of the same benefits as peat as well from what I've read. Just curious if anyone has tried this, and what you all think.
avatar
jazzycat

Posts : 596
Join date : 2013-03-12
Location : Savannah, GA

Back to top Go down

Mel's mix question - Page 2 Empty Re: Mel's mix question

Post  camprn 3/13/2013, 6:21 am

jazzycat wrote:Because peat is a nonrenewable resource,
This is a myth.
jazzycat wrote:do you think using coconut coir would work? Perhaps just replacing SOME of the peat with coconut? I'm new to this, and to gardening, and the tomato seeds I started in coconut are doing just as well as the ones I started in peat pots. Coconut coir has many of the same benefits as peat as well from what I've read. Just curious if anyone has tried this, and what you all think.
Coir is an acceptable alternative to sphagnum peat moss, but here in the US there is a bigger carbon foot print in getting it delivered than in the harvesting of sphagnum in north USA or Canada.

I prefer the sphagnum in the garden.

____________________________

43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t3574-the-end-of-july-7-weeks-until-frost

There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau

https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t1306-other-gardening-books



Mel's mix question - Page 2 WxBanner?bannertype=wu_clean2day_cond&airportcode=KEEN&ForcedCity=Keene&ForcedState=NH&zipcode=03431&language=EN
camprn
camprn

Forum Moderator Certified SFG Teacher

Female Posts : 14169
Join date : 2010-03-06
Age : 61
Location : Keene, NH, USA ~ Zone 5a

https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t3574-the-end-of-july-7-week

Back to top Go down

Mel's mix question - Page 2 Empty Re: Mel's mix question

Post  RoOsTeR 3/13/2013, 7:12 am

The foundation is currently selling coir and testing the use of it in sfg'ing. They are interested in results and feedback on the use of coir. Perhaps you could use coir in one bed and peat in another and report back to the foundation your results Very Happy

____________________________

Mel's mix question - Page 2 Logo-111
I am my gardens worst enemy.
RoOsTeR
RoOsTeR

Male Posts : 4316
Join date : 2011-10-04
Location : Colorado Front Range

Back to top Go down

Mel's mix question - Page 2 Empty Re: Mel's mix question

Post  jazzycat 3/13/2013, 3:38 pm

Rooster, perhaps I will try that. I was thinking more of mixing maybe half and half instead of going "all coir." I'm going to be planting a LOT of tomatoes, some will be in buckets, so perhaps that would be the best place to test it.

The hydroponics store has this awesome compost called "Fox Farm Ocean Forest Potting Mix" that has all kinds of goodies in it, but it's very, very expensive ($20/bag). I'm going to transplant my seedlings into that so they get a boost growing before planting them into MM. I wish I could afford to use a bunch of that in the mix. Maybe just a bag or two will be enough. Does anyone have any suggestions for good compost that isn't so expensive? I ordered two Bokashi systems so I can start creating my own compost really fast. It ferments the food over about 10 days, you dig a hole and toss it in, cover it, and in 2 to 4 weeks you have rich compost. Or you can add it to the pile, if you have one. I don't. I've always been too afraid to do it, because it seems so complicated, and it takes so long. Has anyone here tried Bokashi?

camprn, just going by what I've read. From my understanding (and granted, it's very possible I'm wrong) that while peat isn't in danger (at the moment) of becoming extinct, it is nonrenewable. Mel even says in the book that it's nonrenewable. Anyway. I am one of those people who really tries to weigh my options, because I am extremely worried about where we are headed as a species.
avatar
jazzycat

Posts : 596
Join date : 2013-03-12
Location : Savannah, GA

Back to top Go down

Mel's mix question - Page 2 Empty Re: Mel's mix question

Post  donnainzone5 3/13/2013, 4:06 pm

Ocean Forest contains peat, so don't use it as part of your Mel's Mix.
donnainzone5
donnainzone5

Certified SFG Instructor

Female Posts : 2660
Join date : 2010-03-02
Age : 76
Location : Bend, OR (Zone 5-6)

http://www.amway.com/DonnaKBecker

Back to top Go down

Mel's mix question - Page 2 Empty Re: Mel's mix question

Post  camprn 3/13/2013, 5:16 pm

jazzycat wrote:
camprn, just going by what I've read. From my understanding (and granted, it's very possible I'm wrong) that while peat isn't in danger (at the moment) of becoming extinct, it is nonrenewable. Mel even says in the book that it's nonrenewable. Anyway. I am one of those people who really tries to weigh my options, because I am extremely worried about where we are headed as a species.

'Peat' and 'sphagnum peat moss' are not synonymous. Peat in the UK is not the same as the peat moss here in North America.
http://www.melbartholomew.com/whats-up-with-peat-moss/

https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t13886-interesting-article-on-peat-moss?highlight=sphagnum+peat+moss

____________________________

43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t3574-the-end-of-july-7-weeks-until-frost

There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau

https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t1306-other-gardening-books



Mel's mix question - Page 2 WxBanner?bannertype=wu_clean2day_cond&airportcode=KEEN&ForcedCity=Keene&ForcedState=NH&zipcode=03431&language=EN
camprn
camprn

Forum Moderator Certified SFG Teacher

Female Posts : 14169
Join date : 2010-03-06
Age : 61
Location : Keene, NH, USA ~ Zone 5a

https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t3574-the-end-of-july-7-week

Back to top Go down

Mel's mix question - Page 2 Empty Re: Mel's mix question

Post  jazzycat 3/13/2013, 8:22 pm

donnainzone10 wrote:Ocean Forest contains peat, so don't use it as part of your Mel's Mix.

Bummer, because this looks like a great assortment of stuff to use. What if I cut down slightly on the peat in the recipe?

camprn, thanks for the information about the difference in peat/peat moss. Smile I'm on information overload!
avatar
jazzycat

Posts : 596
Join date : 2013-03-12
Location : Savannah, GA

Back to top Go down

Mel's mix question - Page 2 Empty Re: Mel's mix question

Post  camprn 3/13/2013, 8:23 pm

jazzycat wrote:
camprn, thanks for the information about the difference in peat/peat moss. Smile I'm on information overload!
LOL, yeah, that can happen around here.

____________________________

43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t3574-the-end-of-july-7-weeks-until-frost

There are certain pursuits which, if not wholly poetic and true, do at least suggest a nobler and finer relation to nature than we know. The keeping of bees, for instance. ~ Henry David Thoreau

https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t1306-other-gardening-books



Mel's mix question - Page 2 WxBanner?bannertype=wu_clean2day_cond&airportcode=KEEN&ForcedCity=Keene&ForcedState=NH&zipcode=03431&language=EN
camprn
camprn

Forum Moderator Certified SFG Teacher

Female Posts : 14169
Join date : 2010-03-06
Age : 61
Location : Keene, NH, USA ~ Zone 5a

https://squarefoot.forumotion.com/t3574-the-end-of-july-7-week

Back to top Go down

Mel's mix question - Page 2 Empty Re: Mel's mix question

Post  Sponsored content


Sponsored content


Back to top Go down

Page 2 of 2 Previous  1, 2

Back to top

- Similar topics

 
Permissions in this forum:
You cannot reply to topics in this forum