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This article in the Los Angeles Dailey News can help you get the most from your spring garden.
“You know spring is in the air when garden centers start rolling out the season’s first flowers and edibles.
But before plopping down those early varieties, consider turning last season’s garden bed over with a mix of organic compost, low-level fertilizer and worm castings.
“Lots of worm castings,” stresses Jill Morganelli, horticultural curator at the Los Angeles County Arboretum and Botanic Garden in Arcadia. “As much as you can afford; they’re very expensive.”
Freshening up the soil can mean the difference between plants that thrive and plants that don’t. Do nothing and the garden will be covered in weeds, not to mention puddles after each watering. Which is why all the pros take the time to rebuild the soil organically.
“When the bed is 6 to 8 inches deep, turned and fresh with organic matter, the plants take off,” says Michael DeHart, grounds supervisor at the Getty Center, whose team freshened up the herb garden at the Getty Villa two weeks ago. That included clipping the lemon balm and mints to the ground, leaving only the roots to spring new growth, and putting in a new bed of radishes.
“Between crops, we incorporated worm castings,” he says.
A fresh dose of worm castings is cultivated into the top layer of soil in his gardens every spring. As the season progresses, and the plants are watered, nutrients from the worm castings percolate down through the root zone of the plants.’