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Hot take: store-bought compost vs making your own isn't even close
Honestly I spent $45 on bags of compost from Home Depot for my raised beds last spring and my tomatoes did okay. But this year I built a 3-bin system in my backyard off Elm Street and the difference in growth and soil texture is ridiculous. Has anyone else noticed how much better homemade stuff actually works?
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skyler_white952d agoTop Commenter
Ugh right?? The homemade stuff is just way better honestly.
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harper_murphy2d ago
Thing nobody mentions is what your homemade compost does for the soil biology long term. Those bags from the store are basically sterilized, all the good bacteria and fungi that actually feed your plants are dead. Your 3-bin system is breeding a whole ecosystem underground that keeps working season after season. The texture difference you're seeing is from active organic matter, not just decomposed stuff that sat in a pile somewhere for a year. It's like the difference between eating a multivitamin and actually eating real food.
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