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Sun, Aug 14, 11 at 6:56
| This is for container tomatoes. Has anyone tried this? I presume shavings means wood shavings.
It was recommended as less troublesome than using soil in the UF article linked to below on page 5 "Container Culture." |
Here is a link that might be useful: UF Article
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- Posted by yumtomatoes 10a/FLA (My Page) on Sun, Aug 14, 11 at 9:42
| So would they not do well then? |
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| Also decomp of wood shavings and sawdust generates lots of heat during the process. Can cook roots. Also very nitrogen binding so plants suffer N deprivation. Works ok in hydroponics where there is a constant fresh nutrient supply in water but problematic otherwise. less troublesome than using soil . In containers we don't use soil anyway. Container mixes are strictly soil-less. Dave |
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- Posted by springlift34 8.5 (My Page) on Sun, Aug 14, 11 at 23:35
| Dave speaks,but a better way to know for sure is to try it man. I have not myself yet, but I have been thinking of some things along this path just out of curiosity. Like shellings of purple hull, mixed with topsoil(sand 10%,pine needle30%,oak leaves20%,leftover used(cooked potting soil30% through the texas heat, and adding nitrogen at a higher rate than normal. Take care, |
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- Posted by springlift34 8.5 (My Page) on Mon, Aug 15, 11 at 0:15
| Looking at my last post, it is doomed unless you cover it and take great care. Then again, if you pull it off, I bet it might feel pretty good. Take care, |
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