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Did you get the 77L trays Charles? I’m thinking of getting some and have contacted them about it. Do t know if I should get 77 or 40.
Did you manage to drill a hole bigger to?
Rhys did you phone the company about the other trays to see if they do a 40?
You could try your turnips in multi sown modules to kick start them as I’m going too, I’m trying nearly all my veg like that this year other than the ones not recommended
I do know that you can use upto at least 25% of composted coffee grinds. I must put 40-60kg on my plot every week to 2 weeks with No problems. I must have put 100kg in my fresh horse manure bins just a few weeks ago and boy does it speed up the process.
If you do put lots on the ground watch out for crusting as it will prevent water getting to the roots so I lightly rake it in after spreading. Plus SLUGS hate it
Correct me if I’m wrong but will it won’t quickly cool down if it’s spread say 4″ thick? I was always lead to believe you need volume to hot compost just like they do in the factory site. The process need at least 3ft x 3ft of volume to start the heating process of all the bacteria.
Very much like spreading fresh manure, it won’t compost anywhere near as fast on the ground as in a pile
I would have said the same thing too as the surface area is so much larger for all the bacteria and fungi to work plus all the worms. We will still get some frosts which will also help if it’s in a layer and not a heap.
One thing I would say about using fresh horse manure is that there are a lot of seeds because they don’t have a stomach like a cow. I was always led to believe it needs hot composting to kill them. By the time you plant into I it should have been broken down enough though but not all the seeds will have been killed.
As for the growing of the onions this is my fist year doing it from seed too so can’t comment
Old post I know but I got compost most of the time because I never get enough material to make normal compost bins. One thing you can do is collect old coffee grinds from costa etc and use that so if the heap cools just tune and every 6″ put a bucket full of grind then a splash of water (repeat)
I set up another 3 bins just a week ago and even with the cold week we have had (highs of 5 lows of -6) it’s hasn’t affected the temp of the piles. If your ingredients are right you should be able to compost whenever
I’m growing lots of onions this year as we use so many.
I’m growing Kelsey that were sown in individual cells but I may even clump them when planting to 2 or 3 to save on space. I’m also going to grow Bedfordshire Champion, Ailsa Craig and red Barron all from seed. Do you all grow in between your onions with carrots, beets or lettuce? If so when best to plant?