Well, here's the thing: when you google
MDF Dust garden compost you run into a lot of opposing viewpoints from gardeners ranging from "Gack! Never
never use MDF!" to "OMG, it's like magic dust, it's the hot heart & soul of my compost pile!"
Finally I found an article that says that UT/Knoxville did some experimenting with Medium Density Fiberboard dust on corn, with really good results:
www.epa.gov/oswer/docs/iwg/fiberboard.pdf
· Major findings:
- Applied 8 inches deep one week before planting (tilled in as soil amendment)
- U-F resins decomposed into carbon dioxide, ammonia, and water, and that's all!
- No formaldehyde off-gassing
- The cellulose and urea improved the structural and chemical characteristics of the amended soil
- Improved deep green color, improved yield of corn.
So I'm slowly figuring out how to best use the stuff. I've gone through probably 200 pounds of it already --- and Sam my woodworking friend keeps asking me if I want more! LOL!
You just have to remember to treat it as a high-nitrogen. It's great on corn. I wouldn' want to use any more on my tomatoes, which are already foliage-crazy.
I love free composty mulchy stuff.
72 posted on
06/28/2013 6:31:47 PM PDT by
Mrs. Don-o
(When I grow up, I'm gonna settle down, chew honeycomb & drive a tractor, grow things in the ground.)