Pleased that it's the time of year to resurrect this thread.
I've got me earlies in (in a sack experiment) and think I'll sow my maincrop this weekend.
All my tatties are in now, first early Duke of York and Sharps express, second early Edzell blue and Kestrel, main crop Desiree and Rooster.
I have my second lot of sweet peppers sown. The first lot failed, so this time I'm using an electric propagator and I can already see some of the seeds are coming to life.
Sowed my peppers and cucumbers in February (both need heat to germinate) they are coming on well.
I also need to get my strawberry boxes filled. I took runners from the crop at the end of last summer as the plants were 3 years old and not giving me such a good crop. I also emptied all the compost out of the boxes. If I don't get a move on I'll never get it done as it's quite a heavy job (the boxes are on top of a wall and getting the compost in is awkward).
You should just fork in some organic pelleted chicken manure and keep the same compost, I've been using the same compost in my polystyrene fish boxes for years.
getreal
I have some left over horse manure, would it be a good idea to put this in the bottom and top with compost, or is this too rich?
Unless it's
very well rotted it will kill the roots, it will also inhibit drainage (if it's fresh)
Thanks for bringing my favourite thread back to life.
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