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Can organic waste go straight into the soil?
A group in our apartment building is starting our first garden in a new, raised-bed plot (about 70 sq.ft.) with very sterile, sandy-loam soil. We have some donated steer manure to add, and we may get a few other amendments, but we have a very limited budget. We can get quite a lot of coffee grounds, potato peelings, apple peelings, and banana skins very quickly, but we do not have time to compost them (not this year!)
I have read that worms will eat cooked potatoes, but not raw potatoes. (Not that we have worms yet, but I’m hoping to get some.) If I cook the potato skins, shred everything up, and add some molasses to help the bacteria along, can we mix the resulting mess directly into the soil?
No, it’s not raw steer manure, it’s already composted.
I’m learning a lot from all of you, thank you!
NO, organic waste should NOT go directly into the soil!! At least not if you plan to plant in your garden in the next six to eight weeks (the time it will take for the waste to compost).
While worms are a sign of a healthy soil, they are NOT a necessity for starting out. If you add the steer manure, you will have plenty of amendments to get started! If I had to choose between worms and manure, I would pick manure. It would take worms quite a while to make as much nutrients as you can find in a bag of manure!!
My second choice for a garden would be compost (with or without worms).
I think that you probably could add the coffee grinds directly to your soil (but not TOO much). For the rest of the items you listed, they should be composted before you add them to your garden or you will REMOVE nitrogen from your garden soil (the opposite of what you want to have happen).
Composting does NOT take that long. If you had 3 garbage cans with lids, you could have compost in 6 to 9 weeks! You need to have greens (veggie scraps – cooked or uncooked – count here, also grass clippings are good) and some browns (leaves). Layer them into your garbage cans. Add some of that steer manure! I would only fill the cans half full so that you can turn the stuff over in the can. Fill can # 1 (half full). Add a LITTLE water (no soaking). After a week or so (or more often if you have time), turn everything over with a shovel (to incorporate more air). Turn over again in another week. If it looks like it is composting, move it to Can #2 and repeat for a couple of weeks. Meanwhile, start new stuff in can #1. After a couple of weeks, move stuff from Can #2 to Can #3. Move stuff from #1 to #2. Start a new #1. Add a shovelful of stuff from #3 to #1 and #2 (this introduces some of the compost “bugs” into the new cans). REPEAT!! I think you get the idea!
I have five compost bins (three feet high each) and a three-box high worm box. If I could only have one for the benefit of my garden, it would be the compost boxes. (In fact that is all that I had for the first 5 years of my veggie garden).
Worms will eat ANY veggie – cooked or uncooked. They will also eat coffee grinds, paper etc. I don’t think that the molasses would hurt the worms, but it is not necessary for them to do their work!
I love your enthusiasm!! Start with the steer manure and plant your garden. Then start a compost project on the side. By the time you are ready to start you NEXT set of veggies, you will have brown gold to put in your garden!
Good Luck!!
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hi everybody with my qualification could i expect plenty of work over there.
my course coverd a varity of topics listed below.
* Basic Botany
* Plant Classification
* Soil Science
* Plant Nutrition
* Plant Pests, Diseases & Problems
* Organic Gardening
* Weeds
* Basic Propagation
* Amenity Horticulture, Plant Groups and Families
* Planting and Plant Care
* Plant Notes and Indigenous Plants
* Exotic Plants
* Indoor Plants
* Lawns
i know Australias eco system varies greatly to that of the uk wich i why i was wondering would there be a call of that type of work.
any help would be obliged muchas gracias folks
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