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Message: [QUOTE="YumYum, post: 257085, member: 16951"] They will all add certain things to the soil. Depends on what they are made of. Like garden lime will add calcium, magnesium, and carbonates (raises the pH of the soil) but it takes a good while for the lime to break down into these plant usable nutrients. You should know what your soil needs and what you are adding to it before just blindly adding things. I don't add things to my planting holes. I use a compost pile and then amend my soil with it and then till it under in the Spring. Organic things like fish and cow manure and banana peels need microbes to break them down so planting them or composting them in the cold winter slows down the decomposition process. Epsom salt dissolves in water so it is plant available right then, no waiting on that one. It is also pH neutral. Matches contain sulfur or phosphorus but there isn't enough there to justify using matches. It takes awhile to learn the many things of gardening and that is part of the fun to me. I'm still learning things too. [/QUOTE]