Thread: Worried about a drought

I'm adding some of the "Super Soil" that is produced near the airport in LR, to my clay and rocks. If you can get past the ingredients, it sure looks like good stuff. I'm flying back from a conference today and plan on stopping and getting a yard of it on the way home. Anyone ever use it?

Originally Posted by Pool13_Jeff

I'm adding some of the "Super Soil" that is produced near the airport in LR, to my clay and rocks. If you can get past the ingredients, it sure looks like good stuff. I'm flying back from a conference today and plan on stopping and getting a yard of it on the way home. Anyone ever use it?

I might buy some of the composted leaves but if it is the dredging from sewar ponds it would have too many contaminates . Not sure what your getting .

Originally Posted by Pool13_Jeff

I'm adding some of the "Super Soil" that is produced near the airport in LR, to my clay and rocks. If you can get past the ingredients, it sure looks like good stuff. I'm flying back from a conference today and plan on stopping and getting a yard of it on the way home. Anyone ever use it?

I have used several truck loads on my yard. I was not impressed with the stuff. Lot of compost but heavy with sand and small twigs. Dont think it has any nutrients at all. It looks great and is cheap enough though

Great garden, congrats.

Nimrod, what are the buckets next to your tomatoes for, watering?

Originally Posted by NIMROD

I might buy some of the composted leaves but if it is the dredging from sewar ponds it would have too many contaminates . Not sure what your getting .

Contaminants are killed with heat, so they say... I incorporated it into part of the garden spot today. I liked working with it and the porosity it added to the clay is very pleasing. We’ll see how this goes, but for the truckload of material for $30 for this additive seems like a good investment.

Originally Posted by pineplace

I have used several truck loads on my yard. I was not impressed with the stuff. Lot of compost but heavy with sand and small twigs. Dont think it has any nutrients at all. It looks great and is cheap enough though

I don’t disagree with anything you posted, but my twig presence was minimal. I own stock in epsom salt companies as well as Jack’s Fertilizer, and Miracle Gro, so the nutrient content isn’t that critical to me. If I ever totaled up what I spend on that garden, I think my hunting and fishing expenditures would be considered minimal... 😀

Originally Posted by stormcloud

Nimrod, what are the buckets next to your tomatoes for, watering?

Yes sir , drill a small hole on each side close to the bottom . Fill with water when needed and it does not run off but slowly waters plants . I have some matts around each plant too . I used to use news paper and wheat straw . Trying about 1' square mats poultry farmers throw way that are in bottom of containers baby chicks come in . You can add fertilizer like miracle grow if needed . Mine should not need much . Over the years I haul leaves each fall to my goat barn and use it when I clean out , Poultry litter ( try to find ones using rice hulls in houses over Pine shavings ) , Cow or Horse manure , and lots of fish .
Since that photo some of my Tomatoe plants are topping those 5' concrete wire cages already .