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Goodness me Charles you were up before the larks this morning. I thought I had got up early with sunrise, oh well those salad leaves are not going to pick themselves and make their own way to the shops or the market.
Yes the term Organic like many other terms has been twisted over the years. Having read the list of permitted chemicals as allowed under EU regulations, there are many that I would not use.
I will be sticking to manure, compost, kitchen waste, vegetable wastes from growing, fish, blood and bone and to raise or lower pH Lime, sulphate of ammonia or urea (which I think is free so that fits in with frugality).
From what I have read and understood the healthier the soil the less likely you are to get as many pests. Unhealthy soil attracts them more readily than healthy soils.
Ah one more dose, as there has been frequent rain here it is Greater Manchester you know, it was seen as needing another dose of pellets. As the pellets had disappeared, just a light scattering of pellets is all that has ever been applied (scorched earth policy, probably more than I should have used but hey the manufacturers like you to use more, how do they make their profits otherwise?).
Do the pellets dissolve and the chemicals remain in or on the soil surface? The pellets were applied to the areas where the cabbages are growing. These areas have been inter-planted with Shenshyu onions and spring onions to act as a further deterrent to the little darlings. Whilst the latter and the former establish themselves. Oh it was crawling with the little bleeders. They seem to have diminished considerably, so use in future hopefully will be limited.