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C&M Polishing LLC :
Going on a decade of back to Eden gardening and I love it. I however use junk hay or straw as my mulch considering it’s always free for me. I believe you didn’t throw enough manure down or maybe your lagging nitrogen. Me personally, I’d pull samples and see what it needs
2026-07-01 01:45:56
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Caitr Gaitr :
The microbes that break down wood require a great deal of nitrogen, so they pull it from the soil and make it unavailable to the plants. It's part of why it's so good at weed suppression for the first couple of years!! For now, I would try fertilizing everything with a high N product (uncomposted poultry manure or blood meal, for example) to see if that helps perk them up.
2026-06-18 15:57:08
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MJ :
The mulch needs time to breakdown into the soil to get the microbes going. I would pull the mulch back from everything that is not doing well and add some rabbit manure. They should bounce back. Therenis a YouTube documentary called BACK TO EDEN. It will give you all of the information on deep mulch method!
2026-06-18 15:34:45
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Greg :
mulch is a no no for garden or anywhere you want anything to grow it turns the soil acidic and nutrient locks the plans check the soil ph
2026-08-04 04:27:00
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sandracarr07 :
Copper?
2026-08-05 21:45:59
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southernsassmouth :
You are smothering your veg. You need to increase Potassium and Nitrogen. So you can get a 5 gallon bucket, let banana peels sit in the water for a few days than add manure and give it to your plants.
2026-06-21 03:50:08
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Donny :
next time ya want to try something new like this, have 2 gardens, one for new way, one for old way so you know you will be ok
2026-08-02 22:26:56
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BossB_itch85 :
I don’t know if it the mulch I use mulch on some of my stuff and don’t have issues but my peppers which aren’t mulched are also not doing well this year
2026-06-19 16:32:24
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FenixDraconi :
doesn't mulch sap nitrogen from the ground for the first year?
2026-06-18 14:51:43
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Tokie Bear :
mulch hold moisture and peppers don't like it. Peppers should be allowed to wilt in between watering
2026-06-18 13:29:44
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tystephens782 :
wood mulch is no good for gardens. need straw.
2026-07-23 05:14:17
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Medulla Oblongata :
Could it be ph levels or missing nutrients in the soil?
2026-07-11 15:09:30
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David Gen❌ 💪 :
straw would have been better than wood mulch
2026-07-23 08:40:49
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Gardening Guy :
weed barrier is better in my opinion
2026-07-20 00:33:15
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Gtown :
It's the mulch. There is something the plants don't like, could be too acidic or not acidic enough, might have chips from wood that harms plants like the odd black walnut in it or it could be eating up your nitrogen as rotting chips do....there is something...no till best for home garden is go get a couple dark color hay tarps and put them down in the fall, don't remove them until the weed seeds germinate in the spring and the weeds are dead
2026-06-26 12:18:02
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jessewotring :
nitrogen lock, you need wait for year 2 for the gold
2026-07-11 06:14:02
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eloheem :
one thing i noticed is if i just start throwing seeds after last frost they will germinate on own when the time of season is right for them
2026-07-01 07:01:32
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DixiePigg :
Given the beans are doing fine the mulch is locking up the nitrogen in the soil.
2026-06-19 10:26:32
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Somebody 444 :
Our pepper plants were stunted this year too, so we put a light layer of hay from the chicken coop and around each plant we put a mixture of our worm castings mixed with crushed egg shells and some epson salt and now they’re are all getting greener and bigger. Now some of them are flowering 😊
2026-06-27 14:52:18
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CrazyWonderfulLife :
From the reading that I have done it can take two to three years for the no till method to really start working. By then the first year of mulch has broken down to provide a lot of nutrients to the plants and the roots can go down further.
2026-06-18 15:27:22
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Halloween1974 :
Nitrogen, wood has the potential to pull nitrogen out of soil if it’s “new” wood. Add nitrogen.
2026-06-20 03:10:55
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StarlineKennel.com :
No rabbit poop on them?
2026-06-18 22:06:46
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michaelissa152 :
Hit your plants with epson salt and a good drink of a high nitrogen liquid feed.
2026-06-19 21:14:07
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Ruben_Kelevra :
You found out why you don't use wood chips in garden beds 🙂 They will actually decrease the amount of available nutrients and also allow fungi to compete with the plant's roots. Both is not what you want. You can use them for paths but not inside the garden beds. If you really wanna use something in the garden beds as mulch, use grass clippings, but sparsely. Ah and make sure to remove the wood again and put furtilizer next year on the beds.
2026-06-19 19:59:57
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