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Compost Contaminated Bog Garden: Leach It Out

Compost Contaminated Bog Garden: Leach It Out

Accidentally added composted fir bark/forest products to bog? Not ruined.

Fix

Shovel out compost + top layer of peat mix.
Flood with hose (low) overnight to leach nutrients.
Rain for 2 weeks completes flushing.
Sarracenia unaffected; delay flytraps (most sensitive).

Analogy: steer manure on raised bed leached to zero nitrogen in 3 months. Nature cleans it.

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