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Originally Posted by dustyrivergarden
I put in a couple of beds in last year and I think the biggest help was the rock dust I see your putting in a decomposed granite in yours. But I just kept it simple one thing at a time be careful your adding a lot of stuff that can get that bed hotter than a firecracker.
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When you say, "hotter than a firecracker," I'm assuming you really mean heat as in the rocks will hold heat from the sun and cook the roots, as opposed to the other form of heat, too much Nitrogen. For the former, I do plan to lay down about 4" of mulch. I was going to go with medium bark, but I recalled how annoying it is dealing with all that bark at the end of the season, so I'll probably get some kind of micro bark that will decompose over the life of the season so I can just turn it back into the soil in the bed. I prefer that to having to remove the bark, upkeep the soil, replant, and then replace the bark every year.
Thanks,
-naysen