Ed don't do it. My friend used horse manure with wood shavings mixed with the manure. His garden vegetables were a pale yellow even after adding Ammonium Nitrate. It took several years to get his soil back to normal.

If it works don't fix it.

Luther

Ditto. I wouldn't use sawdust unless it had been composted.

Ok not to sideline this thread...but I am curious, as the leaves fell over the winter. I raked and piled them on my garden over the winter to enrich the soil for future springtime. After all heck it's free right.?? I have a ton of oak, and poplar leaves piled up at least a foot deep in some spots.

Anyhow with a break in the weather earlier last month, I roto-tilled most of them in. I plan on doing that again as soon as the soil is once again workable.
Anyhow my question is should I add ammonium sulfate to the area to counter act any nitrogen depletion that may occur?? If so I am curious as too how much? My gardening area will be approximately 16'x50'

My main crop for the area will be bush beans, squash, pole beans and a few tomato's of course. I just wanted to chime in and say I have been reading all of the posts here for quite sometime now and have thoroughly enjoyed them!

As you might be able to tell I have been thoroughly bitten by the bean affliction that is running around on this forum !! Great forum here ... Thanks for any words of wisdom and advice as well.

Ok not to sideline this thread...but I am curious, as the leaves fell over the winter. I raked and piled them on my garden over the winter to enrich the soil for future springtime. After all heck it's free right.?? I have a ton of oak, and poplar leaves piled up at least a foot deep in some spots.

Anyhow with a break in the weather earlier last month, I roto-tilled most of them in. I plan on doing that again as soon as the soil is once again workable.
Anyhow my question is should I add ammonium sulfate to the area to counter act any nitrogen depletion that may occur?? If so I am curious as too how much? My gardening area will be approximately 16'x50'

My main crop for the area will be bush beans, squash, pole beans and a few tomato's of course. I just wanted to chime in and say I have been reading all of the posts here for quite sometime now and have thoroughly enjoyed them!

As you might be able to tell I have been thoroughly bitten by the bean affliction that is running around on this forum !! Great forum here ... Thanks for any words of wisdom and advice as well.

I use composted wood chips including bark and it works great.

When You till the leaves in over the winter months they get composted. Google how to compost, then you will understand how to decompose carbon material.

Luther