Compost, Fertilisers & Recycling

Kristens advice is good Jen but I've just picked up on your quote above which rung a few alarm bells! Were the plants pot bound? In other words are the roots all in a tight ball? That could be part of your problem. If they are then you need to tease all the roots apart so they are free to grow...

I'm not messing with them, i've seen the filum

Yes it does, but the good things about it far outweigh the bad!!Val

I have thought about this but I think supply is bigger than demand on ebay. Once they and royal mail have had their share there's not much left for me.

Thanks for the link William

That is pretty much what I had in mind. Although it would also mean having the same plants in both areas, which could be difficult as I have several micro-climates and slightly different soil conditions in my garden.I expect that if I used just 1 bed or border and divided it there would be...

By tubers I presume you mean flowering plants next season, such as Begonias? (and NOT Potato tubers )Is so then yes, it will be fine. You'll need to add some fertiliser though as the Spuds will have taken all they wanted. I use the hundreds-and-thousands slow release (not ideal to use that...

Thank you both for your greetings!! I an very interested in your website. So glad I have found you all!! There is always something new to learn, however long you have been in the garden!! And I have been out there, sunshine and rain, for many years.

Use Wickes compost at your peril (well, not that serious but it is awful).

I'm glad nobody lifted your hubby.

No it doesn't matter if it's wet Val. If you're transferring them to bigger pots it will mean you need to add more compost. Why not mix in the new dry compost with the older wet stuff.

That lad could have been referring to this incident on Bondi Beach

It's definitely good for the veg. The house I was reared in - in the days of yore, had no sewer main, therefore no flushing toilet. We had an outside 'house' that had a large metal bucket with a wooden seat. I can still see my brothers and I now, trotting down the garden behind my dad with the...

I grew a lot of strawberries in containers and every website i'v looked at recommends feeding with a liquid tomato feed

Got to be worth a try - thanks

I'm surprised that they would risk their reputation to be honest - - I must admit, I will be looking not to use them for seeds next year.

I have two types of seaweed fertiliser - I use the Vitax organic liquid seaweed for most of my shrubs and Vitax seaweed with sequestered iron for my Rhododendrons, Camellias, etc.

some great ideas I like the blue one ...pram wheels spring to mind ..probably got some somewhere ..the problem with sheds......................

I find kitchen roll starts to decompose the moment it gets wet.(much faster than I would like). How that bloke in the ad manages to wring it out is beyond me.