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Posted: May/20/2007 5:23 AM PST
By all means cover your entire veggie garden with grass clippings. I've been doing it for several years, covering the inbetween plants spaces with about five inches of clippings. The advantages are: It adds needed organic material to the soil Moisture is retained more easily retained in the soil Tilling and weeding to keep down weed growth is virtually unnecessary escept for some very minimal removal of a few interlopers. As for the removal of nitrogen due to composting this is very minimal and a simple pre-planting feeding as well as a monthly liquid feed application easily takes care of that. |
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Posted: May/21/2007 6:08 PM PST
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Posted: May/22/2007 10:43 AM PST
Quote: Originally posted by Whitmore1 By all means cover your entire veggie garden with grass clippings. I've been doing it for several years, covering the inbetween plants spaces with about five inches of clippings. ..... As for the removal of nitrogen due to composting this is very minimal and a simple pre-planting feeding as well as a monthly liquid feed application easily takes care of that. I am glad to hear that. I wasn't sure myself. Have you had much problem with grass seed getting into your garden from the grass clippings? |
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Posted: May/22/2007 1:08 PM PST
Quote: Originally posted by divaqs Quote: Originally posted by Whitmore1 By all means cover your entire veggie garden with grass clippings. I've been doing it for several years, covering the inbetween plants spaces with about five inches of clippings. ..... As for the removal of nitrogen due to composting this is very minimal and a simple pre-planting feeding as well as a monthly liquid feed application easily takes care of that. I am glad to hear that. I wasn't sure myself. Have you had much problem with grass seed getting into your garden from the grass clippings? I think the decomposing grass clippings smother any chance seed will have of growing, but then again what do I know. We will see. |
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Posted: May/22/2007 1:25 PM PST
When I last had a lawn to mow (I was living in Phoenix) I mulched the vegetable garden with grass clippings every time I cut the grass. The layer that built up over the season suppressed weeds and retained moisture very well. At the end of the season when old plants were cleared out, I turned the clippings over into the first few inches of soil. All but the very top layer of clippings had already begun to break down, and so the entire mess disappeared into the soil in a few days. As for nutrient tie-up, if you just mulch the surface (with grass clippings or anything else) very little of the soil's nutrient supply will be tied up, and none of that from the root zones of the plants. Some breakdown of the mulch (and use of nitrogen, etc) will happen where the mulch and the soil surface come into contact. Digging uncomposted material straight into the soil, of course, can create major problems with nitrogen availability, so never do that! |
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Posted: May/25/2007 2:06 PM PST
  
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Posted: Jun/06/2007 3:01 PM PST
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Posted: May/28/2008 5:03 PM PST
LAST YEAR I HAD 8 ROWS OF CORN AND 4 OF THE ROWS I PUT 8 INCHES OF GRASS CLIPPINGS WITH NO OTHER FERTILIZER. THE CORN WITH THE CLIPPINGS GREW 3 FEET TALLER AND HAD MORE EARS THAN THE CORN WITHOUT THE CLIPPINGS. NOW I PUT THEM AROUND ALL OF MY GARDEN VEGGIES. ALSO, NOW MY GARDEN IS FENCED IN WITH THE CHICKEN COUP ATTACHED. THE CHICKENS HAVE A BACK DOOR TO THE GARDEN WHICH I OPEN IN THE WINTER. I GET EXCELLENT RESULTS AS YOU CAN IMAGINE. I GET FREE FERTILIZER AND THEY SCRATCH AND EAT CONSTANTLY. THANKS |
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Posted: May/29/2008 3:44 AM PST
Yippee! Another chickener! I like your idea of using the chickens in your garden in winter. |
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Posted: Jun/04/2008 9:05 AM PST
It can be safe and good and it can be a problem If your lawn was treated do not put those clippings in your garden Also do not put them on too thick or the get slimey and attract slugs. But a thin layer or grass that has had no bug killer or weed killer is a good thing to mulch with If you have a lawn service spray do not use the clippings. Compost them first. |
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