Ken, the manure is composted manure and vegetable fibers. I added it to the empty bed, after breaking the surface the best I could with the hoe. I didn't took out the original soil. I plan to let it there for some time, giving time to the seedlings to grow a bit more in the pots (if they can survive, they are not great looking, I see signs of rot on leaves, that's one thing I can understand now). I have othertwo bags of this manure and I could use it for mulch as you say. The crowns seem to keep in going down, often I move some soil around them because it seems they slowly sink.
I also bought some fine pine bark, I can't find pine needles, I thought of using the bark as mulch. Is it better using manure or bark?
