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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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