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chrise’s Question
About moss in vegetable beds – my husband and I disagree. He says we need to pull every little bit of it out every spring. I say just till it up and leave it unless it is really thickly rooted. What’s right?
If it helps, we grow the standard vegetables – peas, beets, carrots, beans, corn, lettuce, squash and tomatoes.
Posted by Christine Ebeling on April 2, 2017
Marianne's Response
You win. Moss does not damage plants it is simply an opportunist growing in cool damp soil - and on rocks, roofs, walls or anyplace else that is cool and damp. Dig the moss into your soil for added organic matter but also add some dolomite lime to your soil to make it less acidic and some extra organic matter such as fine wood chips or dry compost to help the soil to drain quicker. Your cool season veggies (peas, lettuce and beets) will love your cool soil.
Keep growing, Marianne Binetti
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