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Originally Posted by Sun City Linda
As do many others. But your growing media will break down quicker when you add organic materials to the mix. I used to add stuff too. Someone posted he put whole fish in his EBs!  Once I better understood the method behind EBs and SWC, I decided to use only sterile mix but that is the beauty of gardening as we all get to do our own thing. Personally, I can't afford to be changing out the mix in my boxes any more often than needed. |
That is, indeed, the issue. If you change your mix every season, organic is OK. But, if you want to reuse it at least a couple or more, it just doesn't work well - it's designed to break things down.
But, even in one season, I was shocked at just how much the peat had turned to a soup that looked as if no gas exchange could take place. If my crops were significantly larger, better, sweeter, more productive - then I might say OK. But, it's not, at least in my experience. So, I save money and get very good tomatoes - win-win.