What is the best compost for no-dig?
You can use any well-rotted organic matter – homemade garden compost or well-rotted stable or farmyard manure are ideal. However, good quality peat-free mushroom compost or soil improver will also work. You can use any well-rotted organic matter – homemade garden compost or well-rotted stable or farmyard manure are ideal.The best compost for a vegetable garden depends on your specific soil and plant needs. Organic Green Waste Garden Compost is highly recommended for its richness in organic matter, making it ideal for sandy or clay soils. This OMRI-listed compost improves soil drainage and nutrient content.There are various ways to use your finished compost. You can sprinkle compost on top or mix it into your flower and vegetable beds, gently rake compost into tree beds, blend it with potting soil to revitalize indoor plants, or spread it on top of the soil on your lawn as a soil amendment.
Do you have to dig in compost?
With no dig, you can plant straight into compost, so a new bed is ready for planting as soon as it has been made. I advise having some plants ready in order to maximise growing time. A no-dig bed can be planted up as soon as you’ve made it, so long as the organic matter used as mulch is well-rotted and sufficiently deep (ideally at least 10cm).
Can I just put compost on top of soil?
There are various ways to use your finished compost. You can sprinkle compost on top or mix it into your flower and vegetable beds, gently rake compost into tree beds, blend it with potting soil to revitalize indoor plants, or spread it on top of the soil on your lawn as a soil amendment. Only woody plants, such as brambles, need to be dug out. Then put compost on top of that, around 10cm deep. You can plant into the compost straightaway. The plants will root into the compost and eventually into the soil, once the cardboard has decomposed after around 10 weeks.Most people layer a thick layer of cardboard for no dig then compost then mulch for their ground start area and plant into it. You don’t need to use cardboard though. Cotton sheets, wool blankets and old cotton rugs all work well too. Just so long as it’s 100% natural fibre so it will breakdown.