I guess i been lucky, with out worrying about calcium and any other nutrients growing in dirt. I just add a variety of greens , coffee grinds and eggshells. End of story
And no matter what every year vegetables grow and are healthy.
I let mother nature take care of it all Instead of trying to speed things up
I found the happy number with compost being just little over 3 weeks where i PH naturally becomes neutral or little acidic 6.8
That is when i mix it into any containers or new soil @ 50 / 50
The rest takes care of its self have not added any Gyp, Dol, bone meal or blood meal. or any conditioners for years no need for it .
I found when you start adding them it just compounds into more issues down the line from either locking out , ph swings or nutrient burn.
Because we changed the chemistry or process of natures clock
Whats the real goal here ??? i mean sure some add lime to change ph but microbes that would of done that you hurt by not allowing them to do it.
Its like counting 1 - 10 steps but the problem is you took out the first 6 steps in the carbon cycle just to speed things up
Anyways that is my thought people tend to worry way to much, everyone is in a hurry to make soil .
Plan Plan ahead in reality all you need is 30 day head start , when making any soil naturally .
And it will reward you way more then over thinking things
Anyways got to dump some greens into worm bins and compost :) and check whats going on under the grass haha
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