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Hi Colin I used to work on a nursery that made hundreds of thousands of blocks using a commercial peat based blocking compost. This worked really well and is still available online. It is very expensive. I have tried using ordinary potting compost with lots of added water as per YouTube. I have had generally poor results and have now abandoned the idea. I will stick with modules
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Hi, I lifted my garlic this morning – about 50 bulbs, 3 or 4 different saved varieties. The crop was not brilliant but acceptable given a difficult year and it was autumn planted and no rust. However about half a dozen of the bulbs had produced a small clump of bulbils within the stem about 2 or 3 inches above the bulb. I have never seen this before and was curious to know why. Has anyone any experience of this ? I will try and post photos!
Thanks Charles. Iknew the standard system I was following was failing Year on year. When I discovered your methods on social media last year I knew it must be the answer. I converted the whole plot last February with 5 tons of composted manure and had the best year ever. Thank you for that and the ongoing videos
Hi Rose , I have an allotment in the Peak District at an altitude of 800 feet. It is also on a south facing slope(good) about 8 feet higher at the top than the bottom. I do not seem to have any problems caused by the slope itself other than pushing a wheelbarrow up. I run my beds (4 feet wide) up and down the slope and it seems to work well. I converted to no dig last year and for the first time in 40 years of growing veg I never had the hoe out and the plot is 25×12 yards. I use well rotted horse manure for compost
Hi Gerry, after replanting that area twice with summer cabbage I scraped everything off and started again. I used horse manure which had chopped straw in it and was about 3 months old. I planted strong red cabbage plants into this and they were excellent.
I live in Chinley and got the green waste compost from the Derbyshire County Council site at Dove Holes – absolutely no weeds and minimal slug damage. Like you it’s normally slug city central here. This was my first year no dig and I am amazed how good most of my crops were with no extra fertiliser. Only downside is that now all that compost has disappeared it has revealed quite a lot of small plastic debris hidden amongst it
I am picking this off – it is not a big job and I would use this product again.Hi Gerry, I am 10 miles south of you and I started no dig beginning of this year. I was creating 4 foot beds on a full size allotment with composted green manure free from local authority collected by car and trailer. At the end I was short of about 2 yards of material and used newly fallen leaves to make up the bed covered by 1 inch of shop bought compost. The leaves were pure horse chestnut. Everything I planted in this section died. I then discovered horse chestnut leaves are alellopathic – that is they contain a chemical that prevents the growth of other plants. Black walnut leaves are the same. So you must be careful which uncomposted leaves you use