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Topping off the boxes
When is the best time to top off my boxes with compost?
In the fall or in the spring before planting?
Jeff
In the fall or in the spring before planting?
Jeff
jjocsak-
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Re: Topping off the boxes
If you are not going to plant a Fall crop, then I would wait until Spring.
bnoles-
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Re: Topping off the boxes
I try to get mine done in the autumn after cleaning out the boxes.
43 years a gardener and going strong with SFG.
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Re: Topping off the boxes
I guess I shouldn't worry about nutrients being wash away from the compost before the Spring?
Or should I?
Jeff
Or should I?
Jeff
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Re: Topping off the boxes
I usually don't worry about it too much.jjocsak wrote:I guess I shouldn't worry about nutrients being wash away from the compost before the Spring?
Or should I?
Jeff
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
Re: Topping off the boxes
It's a recognized problem in the PNW, so I cover all my boxes and compost piles with plastic. It's probably not an issue in your climate.jjocsak wrote:I guess I shouldn't worry about nutrients being wash away from the compost before the Spring?
Or should I?
Jeff
I prefer doing it in the fall when the weather is nicer compared to late winter, when I do my first planting in the cold and rain.
Also, it gives whatever weeds there might be a chance to grow so I can remove them before I plant.
Re: Topping off the boxes
I tarp mine over, put bricks around the outside to hold it in place. It keeps cats from using the empty garden as a litter box. It keeps weed seeds from blowing in. It keeps Mels Mix from blowing out. Keeps heavy snow and rain from flushing through and diluting the compost in the mix. I believe it helps a bit to preserve the precious untreated wood boxes from the winter elements too.
llama momma
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Re: Topping off the boxes
Until this post, I hadn't really considered top dressing for fall, just when I replant. In CA I may not have any empty boxes! This Newbie just keeps sticking things in the empty squares.
LL, good point on the cats! I also have overhead trees with leaves and seeds. I will Top off boxes but will at least cover any empty squares with weed block fabric with bricks.
LL, good point on the cats! I also have overhead trees with leaves and seeds. I will Top off boxes but will at least cover any empty squares with weed block fabric with bricks.

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