Jackson Sharp

Thanks for taking the time to reply. Do you think the usual way of capturing micro organisms and fungi with imo and compost tea will be enough to innoculate the fresh soil?

I was planning on using mandala beds for my garden area. These will be 5' diamerter 2' tall mounds that I was going to use to plant out trees that need more drainage and soil than I currently have on site.

Hello all, greetings from Hawaii. I don't have my profile set up yet but I'm at about 800ft and 180inches rain.
I have about 6-12 inches of soil so I planned on making flat circular mounds and surrounding it in vetover grass.
My question is: should I use say 20% compost 80% fill dirt, or just amend the planting hole? If I use more than 20% will the compost break down into nothing and make the mound smaller?
Mahalo.