dyzzypyxxy said:totally, that she didn't give us enough info initially, but I do think we 'muddied the water' a bit, too.
Not sure that muddying the waters is a bad thing...
The thing about asking gardening questions... Is sometimes we learn more than we were expecting.
We can't expect the answers to fit the narrow parameters of the question... Gardening is a lot more complicated...
But... I also felt like the question woulda been more reasonable if she'd volunteered what potting medium she was mixing the compost with...
Not knowing whether she was using sand, or potting mix from Walmart.... Made the question impossible to give a direct answer to...
And... As has also been mentioned... What other fertilizers were being used...
The thing about gardening... Is that you've got to play it by ear... Listen to what the plants are telling you....
Every garden spot will be different, there's no one size fits all solution.
