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My last questions…
I spoke to these places that make compost.
I found what they claim is the best in Australia with high quality rich humus with all the elements that Elaine Ingham is talking about (food web).
They are specifically made to put back into earth what is missing.
I asked a cheap company how much i need and at 100mm thick and 4m x 1.6m it works out to roughly needing 1 cubic meter (order 1000kg).
When I asked this place that produces this rich humus they said For that size i need 25kg only and then mix it into the soil as this will improve its structure greatly.
Is there a problem in planting directly in this rich matured compost that is turned into humus in which I would need 1000kg of this stuff too…?
Final question – I spoke to someone from the soil living food web and they told me usually what is missing in soil that people are trying to add which is not really found in high amounts in kelp extracts etc is Nitrogen, Phosphorus, Calcium and Magnesium.
These elements are usually what needs to be supplemented in soil.
With our rich humus/compost no dig method… how will I know whether its lacking those 4 and how do you get those 4?