Cheryl Flower

Hello Permies,

I have Roots Organic 707 in my beds which unfortunately is super dry even with good soak downs of water.

The lack of nutrients is unfortunately affecting my seedlings.

What can I amend it with to get it to be come moist and attractive to microbes and earthworms so my seedlings can grow better & get the deep green foliage?

Thank you

I'm sorry I should have been more clear, I have a garden space that is backed up by trees and I wanted to know what would be the best mulch to put down on top of the  cardboard on the garden area floor; since I get a lot of leaf fall in the later months. Should I just do thicker layers of wood chips on the garden area floor?

Thanks

Hello Permies,

So I am starting over a neglected raised bed enclosed garden and have put down cardboard for the time being until I decide on the best mulch. Since the beds back up into trees, in the Fall there are a lot of leaves that even with a good leaf blower is hard to get all of them out of the enclosure.

Fallen leaves that get wet, mix into landscape wood mulch become.. compost that weeds & seeds grow into.

Any thoughts on the best mulch to counteract the weeds? I considered rubber mulch until I read a Mother Earth article that changed my mind. Or should I just go really thick this time on the wood mulch?

My second question is, I have  Roots Organic 707 in my beds which unfortunately is super dry even with good soakdowns of water. What can I amend it with to get it to be come moist and attractive to microbes and earthworms so my seedlings can grow?

Thank you.