I have question. Last year, I created new framed raised beds from old ones (to enclose the garden with chicken wire due to groundhog a squirrel destruction).
Because the new framed beds were higher, I added about 4" of a local nursery half and half topsoil and Leafgro mix.
My corn stopped at 2', my beans were like 3 meals the entire season, the cukes were pollywogs, the heirloom tomatoes were the least ever (and even my backup hybrid tomato 'Big Beef' died), and the melons just sat and sulked, etc, etc, etc. Even the zucchini wouldn't bear fruit past a couple of inches.
I had amended the soil with 2-6-6 organic fertilizer with a bit of 6-0-0 WOW for the corn. I know how to water properly and all that; I've been gardening for 40 years.
Do you suppose there was something in the topsoil or the Leafgro? I'm both baffled and worried.
