Secret Soil Recipe
Tracy DiSabato-Aust’s The Well-Tended Perennial Garden
Compost: 2-inches
Peat moss: 2-inches
8-32-16 fertilizer: 1 ¼ lbs per 100 sq. ft.
Perennials should double or treble in size their first year in this mix
Won’t need to do this for another five years
In a new bed, blend in each ingredient separately, turning with a spading fork or shovel 12-inches deep
To get the fertilizer mix 2 lbs of super phosphate (0-20-0)
2 lbs of balanced fertilizer (5-10-5)
Acid loving plant fertilizer
Fertilize annually
1/3 cottonseed meal (or composted meal)
1/3 alfalfa meal (pellets)
1/3 pelletized sulfur
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