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Quote from: sunny on October 06, 2019, 11:30:17 PMQuote from: SeaWalnut on October 01, 2019, 08:38:55 PMCharcoal lasts houndreds of years unlike the wood chips or any otther organic material.Also ,the wood chips will make a poore nitrogen soil because wood has zero nitrogen and needs it to decompose.The downside of charcoal its that it can have ash soaked in it wich is alkaline and for citrus you want the oposite,an acid soil.Old charcoal washed well by rain has neutral ph.I mixed a lot of charcoal in my soil but 3 years later it was all gone....Maybe your charcoal had a lot of ash.Ash disolves and leaves the soil but charcoal stays in the soil non decomposed for thousands of years.
Quote from: SeaWalnut on October 01, 2019, 08:38:55 PMCharcoal lasts houndreds of years unlike the wood chips or any otther organic material.Also ,the wood chips will make a poore nitrogen soil because wood has zero nitrogen and needs it to decompose.The downside of charcoal its that it can have ash soaked in it wich is alkaline and for citrus you want the oposite,an acid soil.Old charcoal washed well by rain has neutral ph.I mixed a lot of charcoal in my soil but 3 years later it was all gone....
Charcoal lasts houndreds of years unlike the wood chips or any otther organic material.Also ,the wood chips will make a poore nitrogen soil because wood has zero nitrogen and needs it to decompose.The downside of charcoal its that it can have ash soaked in it wich is alkaline and for citrus you want the oposite,an acid soil.Old charcoal washed well by rain has neutral ph.
