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 @cor8-ppp5025.per.dsl.connect.net.au:


Nope.  I'm afraid of smothering the seedlings.  There is some mulch from
last year but I was waiting for a little more height on the new plants to
mulch this year.  

 

I meant during the Winter and early Spring. I probably don't need to
tell you, that mulch holds in the moisture and encourages the worms to
do your tilling, leaving your soil all soft and fluffy (sort of). I'm
learning this all too slowly but, it even slowed down my previously
raging gastropods (painful they were too). Take care of your mulch and
your mulch will take care of you;-)

- Bill
Coloribus gustibus non disputatum (mostly)

 On Tue, 22 May 2007 19:14:41 +0000 (UTC), FragileWarrior



Actually, your seedlings will do MUCH better if you put a layer of
mulch down.  Ruth Stout, an ancient organic gardener used to put a
foot of alfalfa hay in her vegetable garden and make enough room (like
a mulch tunnel) to transplant the seedlings.  They reach for the sun,
don't scald at the roots and are infinitely healthier than if you
don't mulch.  Just an idea.

 wrote:


Anybody remember how Ruth Stout used to plant tomatoes?

She said -- I think this was in the old Organic Gardening -- that she
put ripe tomatoes on the ground and stepped on them.That was IT.

Persephone

 On Tue, 22 May 2007 17:43:15 -0700, Persephone wrote:


I have a few of her books I found at antique shops.  I'll take a look
to see if she has an index for planting tomatoes.  She is famous for
the "no till, no work gardening" plan.  She was very successful.