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Cris Bessette wrote:I would really like to see this as well, considering the hugel beds I've made are performing pretty dismally after 2-3 years.
The ones I see that seem to work are the ones with massive inputs of manure or other organic "green" material.
I think all the "brown" material in mine is locking up the nitrogen, and I have no source for large amounts of manure / green manure.
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Cris Bessette wrote:I would really like to see this as well, considering the hugel beds I've made are performing pretty dismally after 2-3 years.
The ones I see that seem to work are the ones with massive inputs of manure or other organic "green" material.
I think all the "brown" material in mine is locking up the nitrogen, and I have no source for large amounts of manure / green manure.
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Viola Schultz wrote:
Cris Bessette wrote:I would really like to see this as well, considering the hugel beds I've made are performing pretty dismally after 2-3 years.
The ones I see that seem to work are the ones with massive inputs of manure or other organic "green" material.
I think all the "brown" material in mine is locking up the nitrogen, and I have no source for large amounts of manure / green manure.
Cris, thank you for you honesty, lol -- may I ask how did you distribute that massive amount of green manure/nitrogen sources? Did you put it on the wood/branches whatever you used for carbon or on the top of the hugel? Or something in between. Did the under performing hugels get any manure/nitrogen laid on the wood/brush?
That was my biggest problem actually since I was getting mixed reports from the forums here, with some saying just to turn the turf upside down and cover it with some manure
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Bryant RedHawk wrote:Cris Bessette, I think what happened to your mounds is atypical. I notice in your build description that you did not mention filling in the holes between the logs with any type of leaves, compost, mulching (grass clippings, kitchen waste) materials, etc.
* Added Note* I have noticed that there are a lot of people that have the conception that a growing mound should not need any attention after it is constructed. This is a misconception, a growing mound is just like any other growing bed, it just needs less watering because of the rotting wood holding more moisture than a "regular" growing bed. When you have harvested the last of your crops you compost the left over materials, with a growing mound, you just chop or pull these leftovers and let them lay on the mound to deteriorate. Mounds are a way to get more planting area in a given flat space. If you approach building mounds as a way to dispose of materials that other folks might send to a land fill, then you will have good mounds.
By the Way, that reel push mower is awesome! Just get friendly with a yard rake and dump your cuttings on your mound.
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Matu Collins wrote:I have had some success and some weak results. worst results were in a hill where I covered the bed with only leaf mold, no soil or compost. My best success has been with wood buried below the surface, rather than in mounds, although the microclimates that the hugels provide are helpful in some cases.mixing charred logs in with punky logs was a good tactic.
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