Compost, Fertilisers & Recycling

Ahhh......good old retail therapy, gets `em every time :D

Thans a nice link Paladin - it just goes to show that there many ways to do it. The ideal is to really get some heat in there, but I read somewhere that you need something like a ten foot cube to get a proper hot compost heap. And thats beyond most people.

With Fuchsias the Nitrogen gives us good growth to shape the plant (ie stopping). After the last stop a single flower fuchsia will take about 8 to 10 weeks to flower depending on cultivar, and a double will take about 10 to 12 weeks.For years now we have grown our Fuchsias for shows and had no...

Thanks for all the replies, I think what I will do is mix it in with some growbags and compost from the compost bin keep contained in boxes in the greenhouse. Grow Cucumbers & Tomatoes in the boxes and at the end of the season I will be able to see what has grown and then decide if it is safe...

That sounds a good idea PeterS

I agree Dave. Manure is a much better activator Sue.

Hi Aster, welcome to GC. I use dumpy (builders) bags to store just about everything outside. they are tremendously strong, very cheap to buy new and last for years. Just remember that once they are full, you'll never move them!(unless you've a fork lift handy)

Hi Aster. I think you are posting in the wrong areas. Just follow the menus through to the subject you want to go to. If you have a new question or comment then if it's about say beginners gardening go to there and click on 'start a new thread.' The best person to advise you on this is Daisees....

I think we've got the same subject on 2 threads :D

I never thought of that Walnut any burly hedgehogs out there are more than welcome to come and stay in my garden. Helen.xxx.

me too Pro Gard.. good compost and no vermon

I compost loads of leaves in the compost bins and others in the black bags with holes prodded through. Both methods are good but if you have hundreds of trees, you can't always keep up with it and another load has to go into the green wheelie bin for the Council to recycle.

Freddy, 6x is used more as a top dressing/fertilizer rather than being used as a soil conditioner which is what you do with non-composted manure. David.

Thanks

I always bung in a load of chicken pellets for good measure with any new bed or planting.

It is not the effect it has on the soil. Being organic it will rot down to nutrients. Its what it will attract while it is rotting down. The only way to dispose of cooked food is either in a worm bin or using a digester which is sealed against rats. Leave bread lying around it will attract rats....

Composted bark. Thanks for the replies from David and Helofadigger, and the excellent photo. I should have called the sheeting "Polypropylene permeable membrane" (trade names being Terrum and Phormisol) to differentiate it from solid plastic sheet. Also, I should have called the composted bark...

Sorry, but the heat is generated by the process of decomposition, not by exposure to the sun. Else why would there be so much advice to cover the heap with old carpet etc. to keep the heat in. Try this, put a pile of grass cuttings in the shade and leave them. They begin to steam just as quickly...

Cheers geoff :DThat means my compost is really working :DI just wish i hadn't strategically attacked them now with my spade. :( Oh well i was only turning it over anyway, just adding air. Oh the wonders of composting

All this summer when I walk the dogs in the local park, I have been collecting lolly sticks! the cafe has closed for winter now but I have around 80 sticks which are nice and clean after going in the dishwasher. I have experimented and found that waterproof pens work well on them. They can only...