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how much compost

  • 04-03-2011 2:41pm
    #1
    EAFC_rdfl
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 284 ✭✭


    Im thinking about putting down a bed in the garden for growing veg. Probably go with something like 4 foot wide by 10 foot long, at 1 foot depth. Anyone able to suggest how much compost that would need? should I mix with some soil too? last year i grew in pots/boxes/tyres and used only compost and it was grand (the veg growing type)


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  • #2
    Mr.Boots
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    Size sounds good.
    What orientation is the site and whats the soil like?


  • #3
    Im Only 71Kg
    Closed Accounts Posts: 400 ✭✭Im Only 71Kg


    hey..best thing you can do is dig the plot over using the double dig method..and add in well rotted manure to each trench as you dig...then add peat free multipurpose compost. not sure on quautity. but when i was doing my 16x8ft plots i added..approx 400ltr's and dig that in on 2 seperate occasions during winter. i added approx 200ltr's of well rotted manure to the plots too. you really have to mix into the soil well...


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