Uploaded December 2024 | Updated September 2026, 5 days ago

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I think I figured out how to turn the lower quality municipal compost that I buy in, into super charged compost able to properly feed the plants, in a way that was relatively inexpensive, and apparently very effective, but I had to set aside a few biases that I have had for a long time.

0:00 Not all compost is the same
0:56 Relying on municipal compost
2:16 Amending gardens
3:23 Amending compost
4:13 Amending enrich directly
5:59 Nothing is ideal
7:28 What I did
8:37 Negative impacts
9:48 Great crops
11:12 Doing it again
13:13 Continuing research

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