Compost, Fertilisers & Recycling

Westlands has a new compost out which is supposed to be more water retentive. It should be available from your local garden centre. David.

Just an addition, see I do need a 4x4 :D , you couldn't tow that with a car.

Thanks for the quick reply, frogesque. I thought there might be a "day of the triffids" scenario waiting to break out from my wee dalek bin!! There will be mushroom trimmings in with the kitchen waste as I am a 'shroomy addict and eat them every other day. Actually, I'm thinking of getting a...

No do the Moss killer then just over a week or so put down the seed and feed.

Traditional JI Ericacious compost is2 parts loam (lime free) 1 part peat 1 part sharp hoticultural sandTo each cubic metre of mix, add0.6kg flowers of sulphur 1.2kg superphosphateYou can make up your own peat free ercacious by substituting coir or well rotted leafmould for the...

Hi there CM.You can put the manure on the soil if it is well rotted down,so you need to stack and turn it for at least 3-6 months depending on the weather.If you put it on fresh,I heard that as it rots down it robs the soil of Nitrogen,but I am not sure whether that is an old wives tale or...

so are you saying it will take two years for newspaper to compost?

The worms should find their way in on their own -though if you know someone with a good heap - maybe they'll let you take some? You can buy worms for composting - they are different to the ones you might dig up from the depths of the soil. I'm pretty certain that the worms sold for fishing are...

Apologies for may seem to be a rather daft question! I've taken delivery of what has been described as well rotted horse manure. As a child I grew up on the North Yorkshire moors next to farms and a riding school and I seem to recall that the manure was a dark, dark chocolate colour and crumbly...

I use mine like that, I use it to earth up and then after harvesting it is dug in.

What I have finally done is shred it all by manually tearing into strips, I have even done this whilst watching television. The strips are a bit coarse but that was much faster than putting it through a small domestic shredder which took forever. Thank goodness for bin bags - I stored the...

I see Homebase are selling Vermiculite, this used to be used a packing and insulation, but is very good for starting runner beans and the like, as it encourages root growth, stores moisture and allows the plants to be taken out without damaging the roots. Now for a piece of chemistry; clay needs...

Brassicas. But it should really be done during the autumn/winter and not just before sowing or planting.

More likely to be slow worms rather than snakes I would think, and they wont like being disturbed this early I shouldn't think. :D But whatever you find its bound to be harmless, and more scared of you, than you are, of it.

dendrobium is correct but it really depends on how many hundred apples and how big your compost heap is. Burying them won't do any harm either. You could also leave some apples in parts of the garden where they won't get in the way. The birds would love them this time of year. Our blackbirds...

Quite right pete, when the government were trying to get us to use water butts I emailed them and said that it was just a diversion from the real point of water storage and consevation. I also pointed out to them that as we were in a drought (and a heatwave) we weren't going to get any rain to...

Now this topic has answered my question! You learn something new every day....!

Just answered this here! :Dhttp://www.gardenerscorner.co.uk/cgi-bin/ultimatebb.cgi?ubb=get_topic;f=31;t=000265;p=2

Thanks for that Beefy,will check out our local one tomorrow

Just found this Liquid Gold: The Lore and Logic of Using Urine to Grow PlantsI wonder if all the whisky and real ale I drink will help my plants????