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Dreaming of Cascadian avocados

 
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Location: Cascadian lowlands (8b, sunset zone 5)
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Jay Angler wrote:Have you ever tried adding biochar to your soil mix? If so, did you notice any benefit? I posted more as a possible  approach to improve our success rate, but gardening rarely offers guarantees. There's lots of garden advice out there that hasn't got a hope in my ecosystem!



I have not, but my soil generally seems pretty good for most things, other than being slightly acid and slightly low in nitrogen. I haven't had any need to modify other than bit of lime for some things (not avocados), and occasional fish emulsion + generous mulching with wood chips for everything.
 
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