HawkinsHollow
Veteran Member
Once you go soil block you never go back. So convenient! I have been using them for years now. Made a really good mix this year, held together great! Except I used sifted compost from a local food waste recycler and composting company. More weeds popped out of my blocks than I would have like. I blame it on the compost.
Our greens, radishes and onions are off to a great start, been in the ground for 3ish weeks now.
I have some tomatoes, basil and cukes I am going to plant Monday.
I also have 4 fig bushes I am excited to plant this week. 4 different kinds. 1 Celeste that is 5 or 6 years old in a 30 gallon pot. I expect that one to do pretty well for me this year. And 3 babies out of 1 gallon pots; an LSU Purple, Brown Turkey and a Negiri. Excited to have an avalanche of figs for years to come.
Also about to put 2 more blueberry bushes in the ground as well. I have lost a couple of young bushes each year for the last 3 years. The guy I bought these from plants them a little different. He digs a shallow hole 4 inches deep mixes the existing dirt with that soil conditioner you can get at most garden stores, which is just mostly decomposed pine bark. Then he just plops the whole plant on top of this and covers the roots with more soil conditioner. He says my plants are not doing well because they are staying too wet in those deep holes. We will see how this new method works.
Our greens, radishes and onions are off to a great start, been in the ground for 3ish weeks now.
I have some tomatoes, basil and cukes I am going to plant Monday.
I also have 4 fig bushes I am excited to plant this week. 4 different kinds. 1 Celeste that is 5 or 6 years old in a 30 gallon pot. I expect that one to do pretty well for me this year. And 3 babies out of 1 gallon pots; an LSU Purple, Brown Turkey and a Negiri. Excited to have an avalanche of figs for years to come.
Also about to put 2 more blueberry bushes in the ground as well. I have lost a couple of young bushes each year for the last 3 years. The guy I bought these from plants them a little different. He digs a shallow hole 4 inches deep mixes the existing dirt with that soil conditioner you can get at most garden stores, which is just mostly decomposed pine bark. Then he just plops the whole plant on top of this and covers the roots with more soil conditioner. He says my plants are not doing well because they are staying too wet in those deep holes. We will see how this new method works.
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