I once had a great addition to both compsting and straightforward 'digging in' and that was goat manure! I kept bees so swapped manure for honey!...
Has anyone had experience of fertilisers containing fulvic and humic acids?
Had a really good sized cloche with a clear cover. Good size that I was able to screw down onto one of my raised beds! Then I left a 'door'...
Just two varieties:- Ddraig Goch - indoor cordon And outside - no blight and produced in any size container Crimson Crush - outdoor variety...
You must try Salvias again! Try S. patens, the best blue there is, a robust plant and it develops tubers AND seeds!
Cheers for your responses! Curiously I've had both experiences as well. My 'trial' was with a Miracle Gro peat free and I just forgot and didn't...
Have read ALL the excellent words written here regarding the NON use of peat! I've used peat and low peat compost ALL my gardening life. HOWEVER...
Look out for seed on your Jezebel! Just seen this posting so might be far too late now (January 2022) However if you live in a spot that frost...
Amazing germination! Yes they need thinning out or pricking out into much smaller pots. I use empty cream tubs with holes bored in base. I use...
Used all the above (and others) for various purposes. CORNISH GRIT not the same. Think it rougher mix of a bone clay by product, containing mix of...
Thanks for both the information and opinions regarding the benefits and structure of SOFT SAND, which I have used in many mixtures and for other...
Thanks for your comments. Obviously I will be watching them. Sure you're correct about strength sapping. Leggy cuttings in the past (not tomatos)...
And it was JWK not Pete! So SORRY and THANKS. Obviously in my case, getting old is not much fun, as my Mam used to say!!
Must learn to check my spelling! Poor old man! It's COŔNWALL
Thanks so very much Pete bach! I have looked a couple of times in the past, including when down in Cerniw (Coenwal) I may well not be better than...
Years ago I taught Rural Science in a Somerset shire school. When mixing compost I used Cornish Grit. Wonderful stuff and we even used it for...
All semi hardy indoors, either in cold greenhouse or warmer (9degrees average) Many still flowering, particularly my seed sown Amistad, and of...
One of my Tomato cuttings is flowering away! Will be interesting þo see what happens though will not be potting them on till a next year! Day...
Will dig mine up next week and propagate it. Having my heated conservatory flashing replaced as heavy rain floods it, but builders very slow to...
Just the two varieties, both ultimately grown outside, Y DdraigGoch (Welsh Dragon) and Crimson Crush. Seems both great taste (acc to head...
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