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Compost as potting soil: Growing plants in compost.

If you are a gardener of any level you have probably wondered if you can use compost as potting soil or garden soil. Possibly because you have some lying around. Maybe being a bit lazy and not...

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Carbon Nitrogen List. C:N Ratios of Composting Materials.

Horse Manure Many composting articles on blogs or other websites commonly refer to a carbon to nitrogen ratio, or simply C:N, that needs to be met for proper composting to occur. This is the ratio...

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Can you mix compost and fertilizer? Are they even different?

Horse manure and wood shavings After using fertilizer and compost in it's many forms over the years, a thought occurred to me. Can I mix fertilizer in my compost pile, and would it be beneficial...

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Does Compost have nitrogen? Lets sniff around

Many gardeners, market gardeners, and farmers may be using compost as a fertilizer, but is it actually a fertilizer, and does it have the nutrients plants need? Technically it is a fertilizer, and...

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How Long Does It Take To Grow Bananas?

Have you ever picked up a banana and thought about how they grow and how long it takes? Before I started growing bananas I wondered the same thing. I am continually looking at the time to harvest of...

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Are Bananas Trees?

In my experience growing many types of plants I have learned that knowing which botanical group a plant belongs to can help a great deal and clear up confusions. For example, by knowing what...

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