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dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: yes

Posted: Sun Mar 28, 21 6:44 am Post subject:

the amount of manure and compost a decent bed can eat and still ask for pudding is amazing

i have had odd looks from folk when i have ordered "muck", a day with a barrow and fork it would be hard to find it with lidar even if it was 100kg to the M2

deep beds take far more to build but after that they just need top dressing and feeding

if you grow things for food there is no such thing as too much soil and soil in progress

wellington womble

Joined: 08 Nov 2004
Posts: 15051
Location: East Midlands

Posted: Sun Mar 28, 21 8:22 pm Post subject:
Blimey, I’m planning on chucking 2 layers of cardboard down, putting a few inches of compost on top and forgetting about them!

Shan

Joined: 13 Jan 2009
Posts: 9075
Location: South Wales

Posted: Mon Mar 29, 21 1:27 pm Post subject:

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Mon Mar 29, 21 3:34 pm Post subject:

wellington womble wrote:

Blimey, I’m planning on chucking 2 layers of cardboard down, putting a few inches of compost on top and forgetting about them!

Oh, I have a bed like that, too. Pulled out the easy weeds, told the others I cba, cardboard, lots of water, and a few inches of compost. It'll be fine. Or not. It looks grand, and that's the secret to getting jobs crossed off your list.

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Tue May 18, 21 10:33 am Post subject:
This growing stuff is dead easy. You should give it a go. All 1 year old crowns, planted as dried out alien type things less than a month ago.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Posted: Tue May 18, 21 10:44 am Post subject:
very nice

sgt.colon

Joined: 27 Jul 2009
Posts: 7380
Location: Just south of north.

Posted: Wed May 19, 21 8:08 am Post subject:
Excellent stuff Nick. If I had the room down at the allotment I'd make a bed but alas, I do not. I think I need another allotment.

Mistress Rose

Joined: 21 Jul 2011
Posts: 15967

Posted: Thu May 20, 21 7:33 am Post subject:
Glad they are growing. As far as I recall, you have to wait until next year to harvest any, but no doubt you will sample the odd spear.

Nick

Joined: 02 Nov 2004
Posts: 34535
Location: Hereford

Posted: Thu May 20, 21 11:46 am Post subject:

Mistress Rose wrote:

Glad they are growing. As far as I recall, you have to wait until next year to harvest any, but no doubt you will sample the odd spear.

Yeah. I think the longer you leave it the stronger it becomes, for the first two or three years.

dpack

Joined: 02 Jul 2005
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Location: yes

Posted: Thu May 20, 21 12:08 pm Post subject:
get greenery on the top for a couple of years, keep feeding and manuring, year 3 open sprouted or under a bucket for blanched, only take half

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