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Re: composting boxboard
In message <322E6C7E.9D6@aztec-net.com>
tfisher@aztec-net.com (Tim Fisher) writes:
> I saw a post from Eric Nash asking about composting boxboard along
with food residuals,
> and had to add my two cents.
> Tim Fisher
Hi,
Here's my two penn'orth (UK - pennies).
We successfully used cardboard heavy duty box material (is this what
you call boxboard?)) as part of a mulch for early potatoes this year
for the first time. We put the "boxboard" over the beds then planted
seed potatoes through holes made in the boards (raised beds - newley
turned turf plus rotted horse manure) then covered the whole lot with
bracken (insulation). Some of it has decayed quite well and has been
transferred to compost heap to finish off, but the potatoes were
really good - the whole setup gave a much drier bed with no slug
damage (just dug the last bed) - really easy to dig up compared to
deep bed with no cardboard/bracken "duvet" and resulting heavier soil
consistency.
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