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re-using soil
NoviceHerbs
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in Fruit & veg
Can you reuse your soil year after year and if so how do you store it and are there anything to be made aware of
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Congratulations. You have just broken the forum record for number of posts asking the same questions.
I lost count between 25 and 30
In the sticks near Peterborough
Ask an arable farmer rather than asking different variations of the same question time after time on myriad threads. You seem very insecure about your own capabilities to Google for the information you need. The internet is full of useful information - just go for it.
I didnt ask about reusing soil but ok
Posts crossed nutcutlet but I am beginning to think that this is just a wind up merchant - bored at work.
Soil, in and on the ground, gets re-used every year, for millennia. Sensible gardeners and farmers rotate crops and improve the soil to maintain health and productivity of both soil organisms and crops.
Planting media - aka compost in pots and troughs and baskets - should be used once and then discarded as a soil conditioner or addition to a compost heap.
Your questions are becoming persistently repetitive and rather dumb now and you are consistently disregarding advice, freely and generously given by many. Either you are a deliberate pest or you are all talk and no trousers and need to get your hands dirty and try things. I, for one, will be using the Ignore button from now on.
I presume the OP means 'compost', rather than the soil in the ground. I think the best way of re-using it is just spread it around your borders and let the worms incorporate it into the soil, adding organic matter. It's not a good idea to re-use it in your pots. It will be depleted of nutrients and probably full of mildewy old roots.
I mean i didnt ask before its the first time I have mentioned this