Compost, Fertilisers & Recycling

I'm afraid my info is second hand (hence me saying I'd heard tales). I'm not sure where my sources got that info from. They said they'd seen it on the telly but either they were vague or I wasn't listening properly I'm afraid.

Dig a big hole & bury it!

Powdered fertiliser is Ok to be broken up - as per HarryS. If it's in globular form (such as Growmore) it can still be broken up but is normally in a slower release form. So if you have to break it into powder you want to spread less of it but more often.

Im surprised they are charging for the stuff, larger stables and such would be mad looking rid of it, any ive looked for here is all free, though as yous say, hard to know what your getting!

Mine too, but 30 minutes after the rain the standing water has gone, except rarely when it has been very wet for weeks ... If you have standing water for more than 30 minutes after rain stops, and in times when it has not been raining for really prolonged periods (like this summer), then you...

Ha ha yes 3 of them sneaked into my coop while I was having my lunch and I'd left the back door open............cheeky girls

Here's some more (but I don't see the Soil Association symbol on them) (I've also seen 4L containers of this one for about £40 somewhere) There's also Comfrey Pellets (some of which are Soil Association accedited) which can be mixed with water to make liquid feed. Much, much cheaper...

Wow!! Fank yoo Jenny

Definitely recommend that you plant the "Bocking-14" sterile cultivar, the self-seeding "fertile" (boy is it fertile!) variety is a real nuisance, but I suppose if you can cut it down to harvest a crop-of-leaves before it flowers then it may be OK to tollerate.

It was about 8 weeks

Well, we all know by now that there's been some dodgy compost on the market this year. So what about next year? Are you going to stick with the same? Although B & Q's Verve multi-compost was probably one of the better ones this year, it too was not up to it's usual standard. As some of you...

Just checked the people I buy from and they don't seem to have any listed :( Their Maxicrop Triple Bio-Stimulant is about £50 for 10L (dunno if "Triple" is more concentrated than yours though)

Now that does make sense.

Just let the worms do the job. Worm-processed compost is a bit richer in nutrients than compost produced by decomposition.

Thanks.

Ah, I should have got that one - I've got a box of the stuff in the shed. Thanks

Will do

"without any additives" I suggestion using "Horticultural soap" which is more suitable for use on plants. However ... it ain't "cheap" :(

You'll be lucky to get anything to grow directly next to a eucalyptus tree. You could try growing a shrub nearby and layering it across but not cutting off the stem. Then it will look like its growing next to the tree but it will actually be fed from a short distance away. Don't buy from a...

I'd go for the John Innes No 3 out of your selection. The B&Q (Verve is their own brand name) general purpose compost would be cheaper. I mix John Innes No 3 into general purpose compost (about half and half) for pots. You could also mix a bit of manure in there as well. As Pete said, the Acer...