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To: TermLimits4All
As far as soil, it's all about available nutrients, PH, and water permeability. I've experimented with using only sand, pine bark mulch, and peat moss, in equal portions, with my own blend of nutrients with great success.

Spend some time educating yourself by reading and watching videos on youtube about what you plan to grow. There is a wealth of knowledge now available. Growing vegetables is one of those things that looks deceptively easy. But for good success, real knowledge goes a long way to ensure success.

My above experiments where in an effort to solve the issue of growing food after a nuclear attack. When our soil becomes contaminated, a what do we do now scenario.

904 posted on 03/24/2020 8:18:14 AM PDT by amorphous
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To: amorphous

My mom is a master gardener thankfully. We do have rich soil on my property but for added measure used the miracle grow as added nutrient rich soil. My main concern is the hard clay beneath what I planted.
I had a garden in Utah years back and had great success with that. This was when the kiddos were younger though. They’re picky eaters and so peppers and the squash etc are not on the planting list.
I’m curious as to how the fruits will grow.
thanks for the Clorox tip. I will use that. As for watering, heck we dont have to worry about that right now apparently. This rain doesn’t seem to cease lol. We will probably be complaining about lack of rain in the summer.


945 posted on 03/24/2020 8:54:55 AM PDT by TermLimits4All (A Pandemic may result in bloodshed. Be prepared always.)
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