I need some help.
I used some of that awful compost from Ace where they changed to formula to include a whole lot more peat as my mulch in the front tier rose bed last year. I thought I was feeding the soil in the whole bed.
In high temps, once it has dried, it is like concrete and does not let any moisture through and altho' I am deep watering the roses, they are not getting sufficient water to get through the high temps we have been having. I have to go into the bed each time I water and break that stuff up before I water to get water down the root zones of the plants.
What material can I amend that stuff with so that it doesn't matt ? I think I only need to go down a few inches and get it broken up and then I can put different mulch on top of it. Just adding different mulch on top of it doesn't seem like it would do the job. It would be like mulching concrete.
All suggestions are welcome.
Lyn
