Thank you, Hoovb, for the info. Everyone climate and soil is different. Stuff don't decompose ON TOP in my zone 5a winter of -20 degree Fahrenheit. It was snow and hail early this April. Kim (Roseseek) has 7" of rain in his dry California versus my 40" of rain plus 23" of snow in my Chicagoland. Stuff decomposes fast where it's warmer underground in my cold zone, with wet limy clay. Lime was used to corrode corpses. Kim's soil is shale clay, where shale is a natural source of gas. I have limestone clay, rich in calcium carbonate. TUMS (calcium carbonate) is an anti-acid and anti-gas. Stuff decompose fast in my limy clay, versus less in shale clay or sandy soil. I tested it: I put 20+ fresh banana peels IN THE BOTTOM of Radio Times planting hole. That bush is 100% healthy, most blooms. I also tested putting half-rotted horse-manure at the bottom of Christopher Marlow, with huge blooms. My logic of putting cocoa mulch NPK of 2.5 - 1 - 3 at the depth below 2 feet for tomatoes: 1) Cocoa mulch decomposes FAST when wet underground. Its nitrogen content speeds up decomposition. A site stated "cocoa mulch decomposes fast when wet." 2) The heat released from the decomposition process underneath speeds up tomato growth. Black plastic mulching of tomato in cold zone yielded more, and earlier fruits, due to heating up of the soil. We put bags of dethatched grass in the garage one winter, and it heated up the entire garage. 3) The acid released from carbohydrates decomposition breaks up the bottom limestone layer ... I'm hoping for conversion to gypsum (hydrated calcium sulfate). Cocoa mulch is acidic at pH of 5.8, which will bring down my pH over 8 of limestone underneath. 4) By the time the tomato roots expand downward to below 2 feet, everything is decomposed and will supply the potassium needed for that late stage. Cocoa mulch has 2.5 nitrogen, 1 of phosphorus, and 3 of potassium, and contains all micronutrients: ANALYSIS OF COCOA MULCH at pH 5.4 Total N % 3.0 Total C % 43.0 Phosphorus mg/100g 1000 Potassium mg/100g 3251 Calcium mg/100g 575 Magnesium mg/100g 488 Iron mg/100g 140 Manganese mg/100g 9 Zinc mg/100g 11 Copper mg/100g 3.5 Nickel ppm 1.0 This post was edited by Strawberryhill on Tue, Apr 30, 13 at 17:14

"You mean it voz nice but isn't now??color>" Actually, it being a Czech broom, you've got the pronunciation wrong: Its more like "Voznjitse", if you get my drift.... As for the meaning, the name is undoubtedly a place name, and is derived from the verb "vozit" -- which means to transport (or ride) on a cart or sled. So I suspect Voznice was named after a local cart or sled manufacturing enterprise, a few centuries ago...

All this time I thought she stuck out her tongue every time she saw a camera, but I just noticed that there's a different coloured tuft of fur on her chin. She's too cute for words!

It's one of the best potted Lemons. But in ground? They are not easy. You must water them much more than other lemon types that grow like weeds- yards with lemons all over the ground. Not dwarf Meyer. I doubt they ever get drought tolerant even with mulch.