05-10-2017, 12:23 PM
Aloha 1V1.
I'd still go with red cinders for driveways and filling big holes and black for planting.
Maybe something other than the black cinder is causing the problem? Or possibly what's under the red cinder is more nourishing. Or maybe things are just getting settled and rooting in.
We filled one big 30 X 20 hole with red cinder (so much cheaper than black) and Avos and Jaboticaba are doing great there, but there's at least 3 feet of composting trees and leaves and weeds under the cinder and 30 + years of chicken doo from the old coop. Once the tree roots got into the "slash" they really took off. It took a few months.
Mostly though, areas where we have red cinder, only weeds grow.
We have everything else in black, with compost, green sand, Mac nut husk and rabbit and chicken leavings. (home grown fert)
Somebody here will know what to add to your planting mixture for your suspected calcium/boron deficiency concerns.
Happy planting, bountiful harvest!
I'd still go with red cinders for driveways and filling big holes and black for planting.
Maybe something other than the black cinder is causing the problem? Or possibly what's under the red cinder is more nourishing. Or maybe things are just getting settled and rooting in.
We filled one big 30 X 20 hole with red cinder (so much cheaper than black) and Avos and Jaboticaba are doing great there, but there's at least 3 feet of composting trees and leaves and weeds under the cinder and 30 + years of chicken doo from the old coop. Once the tree roots got into the "slash" they really took off. It took a few months.
Mostly though, areas where we have red cinder, only weeds grow.
We have everything else in black, with compost, green sand, Mac nut husk and rabbit and chicken leavings. (home grown fert)
Somebody here will know what to add to your planting mixture for your suspected calcium/boron deficiency concerns.
Happy planting, bountiful harvest!