Kinds of things that can be put on/in the soil now??

I was a little worried then as my partner had gone and got some bags of well kind of manure -
it was from the local rabbit ctr and the bags mainly contained saw dust to be honist but weve mixed some of it up in the ground in a section of our olotment a few days ago.

Do u think this will be ok or have we wrecked that bit of the ground??
Was thinking of putting either peas there or lettis or even potato - what do u guys think- help!!??? (-:

 

Hi Karen,i think potatoes should be ok. as you`ve still got a while before they go in(if manure isn`t in ground long enough it can sometimes do more harm than good to some plants) but i`m not too sure about others.anyway if you hang on a bit someone here will clarrify it for you.

 

Karen,we had rabbits and bedded them on sawdust and hay. Not wanting to put it in the compost bin I stored it in bags and eventually trenched it with other green waste where I grew Broad beans. Never had trouble with them in fact always had excellent growth and pods.
And with crop rotation I only put it in the same spot every four years.
As for planting other crops over it,don't know,sorry.

 

I dont think its a good idea to add sawdust to the soil unless its well composted, it takes nitrogen out the soil as it starts to decay.

 

I always used to cut the dead bean stalks off at ground level and left in the roots as they have nodules of nitrogen attatched and dug them in in the autumn. I assumed that this would help to keep things in balance a bit.

 

Yes I would assume so, but as you know i can get as much saw dust and chippings as I like, but I dont. Its not good, especially in large quantities, wish it was, dont think small amounts hurt too much though.

 

thanks guys you have been a great help!!!

 

if i scraped most of the saw dust out of the soil, i know that there will still be some left in the ground but what would be the main probs that i mite face say if i put my potatos down - would they get a desese say???

Bye bye

 

Not a disease, the worst would be a shortage of nitrogen, and you can overcome that to some extent by adding a good dose of general fertiliser.

 

would i be able to put that in the ground now with the potatos??

 

You should be safe enough putting down fertiliser Karen. I'd scatter it between the rows before you earth them up so that it gets mixed with the soil and doesn't scorch the young growth.
As Paladin has pointed out you don't need to worry about your beans or peas as they don't need a lot of nitrogen and will fix nitrogen in their roots which you should dig into the soil at the end of the year.

 

If you have any well composted material lay that in the trench under your spuds and a handfull of Growmore in the backfill will give 'em a boost.
As they grow top dress with more G.More and plenty of water.

 

Thanks again guys you are all superstars !! x x