gardening gardens

I wana make a soil mix clackmas is most used veg really .

All mixes are peat areation and compost.

Inuse peat areation and worm poo atm but its too famn expensive in the garden for tomatoes lettuce etc.

Told not to usr a manure on root vegs tho..
Soi ñeed 2 mixes
1 for all corns etc and 1 for root vegs

What compost am i lookin for..
Il stil be using other bits like rockdust kelp and neem tho gona use the shops granuals cause the orga ics in my canna arw too expenaive lol.


What dya garden with

Organic potting soil from the store, then ammend.

What country you from. Do you have a worm bin?

equal peat, aeration, and compost/ewc is Cootz mix, plus nutrient amendments. I like 50/50 ewc/compost or even more ewc than compost. That is the most important component to the mix. What compost and worm castings do you have access to?

Rurumo said:

equal peat, aeration, and compost/ewc is Cootz mix, plus nutrient amendments. I like 50/50 ewc/compost or even more ewc than compost. That is the most important component to the mix. What compost and worm castings do you have access to?

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Dobies.co.uk is my best compost site they have like 50 different bags i csnt decide on.

Yeah ecw is best i use that indoors ofc. But here its 15quid for 10litres.
My worm bin is only young including greenwaste is 20litres atm lol and not digested i just started.

My need n kelp cost a fortune to import too
So thaught to find cheap replacements. In kelp granuales slow release and the neem i not looked tonreplace yet.

The compost sections my issue as ivknow alot are shite and some have different properties.
For instancr they sell a wool compost. And a manure compost a veg compost and a mulch compost they have somany im lost if it was worm poo its no brainer as they are alot more diverse than manure pluss if ua feed worms manure it makes it more avalible again.
But springs here and its planting seasonnindont wana miss it lol

we start off with a potting compost and move on to an organic compost from our local tip, they turn all the green waste into organic compost and soil conditoner.
were lucky where we live as we have great top soil from a local farmer, manure from the same.
we also use amend,ments like chicken manure pellets, fish blood n bone meal and pellets, the pellets last longer in the ground b 4 being used up. seaweed meal. and we top dress with the soil conditioner

Homebase performance organics compost like £6 -40ltrs williesworms castings £12 20ltrs perlite for drainage - top dress with dr forest coots mix as and when needed
i use this mix for all my veggies ,chillis, toms etc -works great

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Dobies.co.uk is my best compost site they have like 50 different bags i csnt decide on.

Yeah ecw is best i use that indoors ofc. But here its 15quid for 10litres.
My worm bin is only young including greenwaste is 20litres atm lol and not digested i just started.

My need n kelp cost a fortune to import too
So thaught to find cheap replacements. In kelp granuales slow release and the neem i not looked tonreplace yet.

The compost sections my issue as ivknow alot are shite and some have different properties.
For instancr they sell a wool compost. And a manure compost a veg compost and a mulch compost they have somany im lost if it was worm poo its no brainer as they are alot more diverse than manure pluss if ua feed worms manure it makes it more avalible again.
But springs here and its planting seasonnindont wana miss it lol

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Kelp, get seaweed from a river, also other stuff from there, EWC you can get cheaper than you are paying, how much you paying for neem.

As Leeski said, btw Dr Forest also do neem.

insomnia65 said:

Kelp, get seaweed from a river, also other stuff from there, EWC you can get cheaper than you are paying, how much you paying for neem.

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My neems 5kg a tenner and kelp 15 a 5kg

Peat /pearlite /compost/ willies poop.
Seems a good combo really lol.

Gotta link for kelp at that price please also gotta link for pearlite lol

Pealrite go on google type 100litre pearlite. Its 23wuid lol

As for kelps and neem go to a small welsh site called organics garden somthing il dig it out she hand picks kelp comes in hessian sacks . Does good discounts too .
Google got me there page 2 smalll shop jist setting up the webpage looked like a scam she emailed to say sorry cause she had no idea hoe to do web pages lol ended up helping troubleshoot through orders and listings for her cool as hell they even ask for all bags back to recycle back to supplier

So ive gone as follows no verm and perlite coz its shite enviromentally.

So
Topsoil 20l
Worm poo 20l
Cowpoo 20l adds aeration too
Alpaka poo 60l aeration organic matter
Twigs and grass clips 20l
Peat 100l
Twigs at 20l.

And im filling a 1500l bed

2cent said:

So ive gone as follows no verm and perlite coz its shite enviromentally.

So
Topsoil 20l
Worm poo 20l
Cowpoo 20l adds aeration too
Alpaka poo 60l aeration organic matter
Twigs and grass clips 20l
Peat 100l
Twigs at 20l.

And im filling a 1500l bed

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If you have a source for rice hulls they provide aeration as well. Some people use them in place of perlite. I don't use perlite anymore either. I hate that crap. I'm fortunate that I can drive to a place called Concentrates in 15 minutes and pick up a 50 lb bag of rice hulls for around $15.

Plus rice hulls are a sustainable product as it's the waste left over from harvesting rice. Just like coco coir is the waste left over from harvesting coconuts. Both are much more environmentally friendly than perlite and peat.