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Originally Posted by Farmette
Thanks for the replies. I think that there are situations where working leaves in to the top layer can be beneficial. For me, it has helped loosen up the soil, increasing aeration.
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You do what is best for your garden you can always add nitrogen.
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Originally Posted by My Foot Smells
just grabbed a 50# bag of CSM, which reads:
Crude Protien, Min.......... 41.0%
Crude Fat, Min................ 0.5%
Crude Fiber, Max............ 14.0%
Ingredients:
Solvent Extracted Cottonseed Meal
As far as the organic topic, there might be trace amounts of pesticide in the csm, but the term organic is an ambiguous label of sorts. I do not really add or spray anything other than BT once or twice a year on the plants. and application of TT (this year PT). I would think that rain in various parts of the world (and this country) could produce more garbage in a single downpour. Personally, can't see much harm, but if I start to grow a third eye - I will let you know.
Picking up 3 yards of compost Saturday.
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Please make sure you plant some beans in the compost before you use it.
This will tell you if it has any trace amounts of weed killer left in it.'
Better to sacrifice a few beans than a whole crop of tomato plants or what ever you are planting.
The beans will sprout and soon die if it has it in it.
It is from people using this stuff on their yards and ending up in the compost.
We have had more than a few folks learn this the hard way.
Worth