How to Refresh/Top Off Raised Bed Soil: It Must Have This Key Ingredient
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- Опубліковано 26 лип 2024
- Unlock the secrets to vibrant raised bed gardening! Learn why and how to refresh and top off your soil for maximum veggie growth. Dive into the key ingredients your soil MUST have for thriving plants. Do this to give your raised beds a power-up - healthy soil, happy veggies, and a productive harvest in a quick, simple guide.
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Is it possible to add too much iron, would it hurt my plants?
I love those doggie eyes! What a great dog! 🧡
Thanks, Mac says a lot with his eyes! CK
It will surprise you that I'm a bit on the lazy side, so I try to work smarter, not harder. I start with pulling up the dead plants, less the roots, after the first frost, about Nov, 1st. By this time, the leaves have begun to fall. I have a large maple tree at the edge of my garden, and several oak trees around the house, so leaves are plentiful, and as a bonus, the oak leaves add a touch of acidy to the soil. My soil PH is generally around 6.7, so any acidity it adds is a bonus. February 15th through April 15th, I'll work with the raised beds as I plant them, by mixing the leaves that haven't broken down into the soil. Then I'll top my raised beds off with compost, leaf mold, or raised bed mix purchased at the local store. If I remember, I'll sprinkle a few handfuls of granular fertilizer onto the soil, and gently work it in. If not, I'll top dress the raised beds with fertilizer after the plants get going to give them a boost, if needed. Count on the later. Between the leaves and the compost, there are plenty of nutrients in the soil-earthworms too, so I use less fertilizer each year. More fertilizer is used in my GreenStalk Towers and grow bags, than the rest of the garden, and now I have fruit trees to fertilize too. Okay, I have five fruit trees, three 4'x8' raised beds, three 2'x8' raised beds, two 30.5" x 72" raised beds, Three GreenStalk Towers, an eight foot long cattle panel tunnel trellis, about thirty grow bags 10-30 gallons, and an inground herb garden. I'm the only one who takes care of it and my goal is for it to feed two people. It meets my needs, and then some. I'm starting to narrow down my plant choices, and move towards production, but there will always be room in my garden to experiment with new varieties. Hopefully the plant sale goes well, and I make enough money to pay my electric bill (LOL), and buy two apple trees, a Fuji and Honeycrisp. Either way, I'm still planning on growing Wine Cap Mushrooms.
You? A bit on the lazy side? I DO find that surprising!!!! I think you are amazing and have A LOT of. knowledge Jay! Love, Kim
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This was so informative! And a new product to try!
Hope you like it! I am liking what I am seeing thus far!!! Nice and simple!
Thanks Kim I always follow your recommendations.
Great to hear, Eddie. Thank you for following along as many years as you have!! Kim
Looking beautiful Kim the garden is too 😊👍
Thanks so much, Shiney...
Great video and tips.
Glad it was helpful, Rocky! CK
Another great video, thank you for always sharing awesome tips, I am so excited and looking forward to what you will have in your garden this coming garden season
You are so welcome! The part that keeps me going is comments like this; so thank you very much and keep on gardening~ Kim
Great explanation.
Glad it was helpful!
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Thank you, Sanjeev! Hope it helps! Kim
Iron! I wonder if Monterey products are from up here in the 831 Monterey Bay area🤔 I'm using compost & chicken manure!
Monterey AG and Monterey Garden, are based out of Fresno, actually! Are you using Monterey Compost and Chicken Manure? Is that what you meant! How cool!
What fertilizer are you using?
Do you follow these same steps if you’re planting directly into the ground instead of a raised bed? (With the exception of topping off the soil, of course.)
Yes, you do! Very good! K PS. search our videos for "How to prepare you garden beds for planting"
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Hi kim so good ok now my question about smartpots I see roots coming out of my smart pot any worries about and what can I do about
It's not that big of a worry per sé. If it's too large for the container, perhaps it's time to move it into a bigger container, plain and simple. Furthermore, growing roots means SmartPots' its doing it's thing! They plant IS growing!!! Does that help, Keith? Kim
What can I use instead of compost? Definitely getting worm castings and top soil
There a lot of choices ... Manure, Organic Mulch, and Cover Crops/Green Manure -- do some research on all of the above, try them once or twice and see how they work for you! Hope this is helpful! Kim
@@CaliKim29 thanks so much! Manure it is!
What I do to refresh my soil out of my raised beds I take all my soil out of my raised beds putting on a tarp throw vegetables in it that I don’t use from making dinners or the ones that Animals ate when I was sleeping. Then I put worms in my soil so it refreshes everything in it. Then in the spring I re-shovel it back into the raised beds
@dcrosco1458...if that is working for you...keep with it! That's awesome! Kim! PS, 'Animals didn't eat". LOL!!!
Good from Punjabi
$25.00 shipping for 7 lbs of iron is insane!
Shipping 7 lbs. of anything is going to be spendy.
Can my soil go bad? Should I ever get rid of it and start from scratch?
Yes and yes!
-Nutrition Depletion-soil becomes less fertile.
-Compaction (heavy traffic) hinders root growth & impacts poor plant health.
-pH Changes - soil can become to acidic/ -alkaline..not good for plant growth.
-Disease/Pests.
-Loss of Organic Matter - soil will lose it's fertility.
-Salt Accumulation - can impact plant growth.
A question to ask yourself...can you even recall how long it's been since you replenished or replaced the soil? If you can't...you may want to replace the soil! GREAT questions, I hope this was helpful! Kim
Do you dig through your raised beds for grubs before refreshing?
No, I didn't (I don't often have them), you know your garden and area best, if grubs have a history around there...by all means, dig through! Hope this helps, Kat? CK
Talk to me in 4 months the
You got it, Wolf! : ) Kim.
Duh
duh.