Stinky! I have a question!

[Bree1978]

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

Bree1978 Reviewed by Bree1978 on 03-23-2007. 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 Rating: 5

[stinkyattic]

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!?

[Bree1978]

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


:jointsmile: Bree

[Mrs. Greenjeans]

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

[latewood]

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

[stinkyattic]

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

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

[latewood]

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

[stinkyattic]

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!

[Mrs. Greenjeans]

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

Someone powerful. Like a pontiff.

[Bree1978]

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!