Stinky! I have a question!

I have some sweet peas, chives (allium schoenoprasum), and something else...can't remember...shoot. Well, they all like rich, slightly acidic soil. This is different from what I usally grow. I was thinking of using Earth's Finest®
Compost Peat Humus as an additive to the garden soil....two q's. Is this slightly acidic? And if so, should I leave dolomite lime out of the mix?


Also Blanket flowers and rudbekkia don't like heavy soil (i have clay but amend every year) Could I use the compost peat humus here? Should I add lime to that?

Thanks for all time, hope you can help. Bree1978

OMG as much as I appreciate all the confidence you put in me, my outdoor vegetable and flower gardens are kind of a survival of the fittest experiment, lol!!!
I live literally in a stormwater settling basin with shit clay soil that has as an amendment 2 years' worth of leftover cannabis dirt, hahahaha!
As for the peat humus, I'd check the pH- I'm 99% certain it's on the acidic side but I'm not sure how bad- in which case lime would be helpful, but of course keeping it just a touch below 7-
Clay soil is the most evil shit and I'd just keep rototilling whatever you can get your hands on into it including leaf compost and I might even add a little sand (urrr someone will probably laugh at me for this) just to make it a little more friable.
I love outdoor gardening but don't take it much more seriously than trying to lay it out so it's easy to weed and the plants don't shade each other at maturity- the only exception being my herb garden, which I actually took some care with because it's got some perennial shit and stuff that needs excellent drainage, so I put it on a fairly steep slope so even on the clay substrate it would never get waterlogged.
I grew both sweet peas (in the clay dirt, they survived fine, would have been better if I had weeded around them even once, lol!!! legumes are easy!) and chives (in the herb garden, now uprooted and residing in my neighbor's kitchen!) last year.
Sorry I can't help more, where's Latewood when you need him!?

Thanks for the reply. ITA, boo to clay.....


:jointsmile: Bree

Clay bites the weenie. That's what we have here too. Nothing like having to add dirt to your dirt.

You should come to Hygronomics.com and post your veggie question's.

Thanks Stinky for the Kudos.

Stinky I amretiring from pot cultivation, in order to run my commercial hydro farm...

Starting a thread, with more detail. Peace

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Stinky I amretiring from pot cultivation, in order to run my commercial hydro farm...

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Congratulations, Latewood! It is so wonderful to be able to pursue that dream.

Let me tell you girl..."Dreams" don't cost any $$$. lol

hahaha I stand corrected!
I'm currently dreaming (for free!) about buying a local garden center that is on the market and has been for over a year... several greenhouses, a gorgeous post-and-beam structure that would make a fantastic restaurant, a tree nursery, already beautifully landscaped, right on the main tourist drag in the area... but the $$$ part is kinda tricky on a lab technician's salary, lol!

You need an investor. Someone who believes in you and your dream.

Someone powerful. Like a pontiff.

Thanks for the link, latewood. I'll ck it out. I'm geared more for flowers than veggies though...


:jointsmile: Bree

Gl, about that greenhouse stinky...sounds really special. And your comment about the pointiff cracked me up Mrs. G!

Ise a bad gurl.

Whatchu up to this mawnin Mizz Bree?

I'm sick, blech.

Aw, I'm sorry sweets. Here, have some healing green light. And make yourself a firecracker;)

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Aw, I'm sorry sweets. Here, have some healing green light. And make yourself a firecracker

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Amen Nurse Greenjeans! You are my kind of healthcare advocate. Did I mention I'm sick too?

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Clay bites the weenie.

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Man, this Clay guy sounds like a real @ss. You don't bite tha weenie...it's just not cricket!

Oh you mean soil!!! Nm...

Oh now I've got to get one of those cutiepie shorty nurse uniforms.

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Thanks for the link, latewood. I'll ck it out. I'm geared more for flowers than veggies though...


:jointsmile: Bree

Gl, about that greenhouse stinky...sounds really special. And your comment about the pointiff cracked me up Mrs. G!

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We welcome flowers too! As a matter of fact there are a certain 3-4 gals in this thread that are supposed to be sharin' there outdoor veggies grows...I think Stinky wanted a flower board, but no-one posted flowers yet???

I know it is the beginning of the season. Have fun all. Peace