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just add a multi purpose fertilizer, theres usuallyy some loss of soil or compost. just top up with some new compost you will be fine. i have a load of raised bedds i just weed them turnover the top inches and add in as much new compost as needed to top them up and sprinkle some miracle grow or add some hoss muck. work it in well before you plant and ou will be fine.
Cheers Mitch, nice beds, far better than my tubs. I’ve got some liquid fertiliser I’ll add a capful to each tub. I usually buy plug plants but I’ve bought seeds and trays this year.
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may be the best bet as the weathers turning nasty at the weekend again. so start them off on your window sill if you havent got a greenhouse.keep them toasty till the frosts have passed.
I used seaweed feed for the first time last year on my various plants inc tubs. I was amazed at the difference.
@mitch they look amazing, well done.Skoda Enyaq Race Blue
Seaweed is a good idea, it’s free and plentiful. The instructions on the seeds suggest wrapping the seed trays in cling film.
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We do much the same as mitch with big tubs but have to renew the contents of window boxes and hanging baskets. These have so many plants in each one that soil is totally knackered by end of season and half full of dead root stuff.
Every year I fill hanging baskets with garden ready plants but almost all ways they are a disappointment should I water them hahaha. No seriously they are mostly rubbish and I see neighbours with big lush hanging baskets and mine are hopeless. How do I fix this?
The only person who got all his work done by Friday was Robinson Crusoe.
Anything i post over three lines long please assume it is an article lol.@Brydo, I’m no expert but I always find Miracle Grow feed works wonders. A capful every couple of weeks really does bring out the blooms. Home Bargains has it for around £3.99 when I was in there today.
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lack of water is the big killer with hanging baskets, water gel crystals help a lot. a cup full for a 20″ basket dont scrimp , mixed through the compost will hold a lot of water. i always use moss and use an old towel to line mine put the moss in then the towel cut to fit then layer with compost mixed with gel, then start adding plants top off with compost and soak. i have a water butt i take off the lid and lower the basket in about an inch blow the rim dont submerge the whole thing or yo will lose compost. its better than soaking with a watering can as a lot of that just runs off if its very dry. the bigger baskets may get too heavy as the plants grow. but if you have a large bucket that the basket can fit into ou can fill that with water and sit the basket in it that way it takes the water up from below. you can water with a can at the same time to reduce the waiting lol.
@Tharg, i use the hanging basket remains to top up the raised beds its suprising what appears even after being sat all winter. middle of may i get all the baskets wash and clean them and spend a weekend preparing moss and towelling bits to line them before planting. dont leave them outside like that or some bloody robin will have the best lined nest in the county. as i found out last year.new compost and some john innes mixed with gel and slow release feed. had some beauties over the years but my fair share of disasters too.
Hi, I’m new to the Forum:
I have most of my garden in pots, mostly as I can’t do digging, and moving the pots around means if a plant doesn’t like where it is, or lost interest, something else can easily go there.
The plants are watered with coffee, from used coffee bags and grounds that get soaked in large tubs of rain collected water.
A friend suggested wooden raised boxes/beds but smaller plastic pots makes everything more flexible and less compost, though I’ve been making it myself for a number of years, so no more shop bought, since Wilko closed down, as I liked the compact blocks for easier carry and storage, then expands in water.
Wilko was great value for gardening items. Some products now found in The Range but not the great price.
Hi @Hariboexpert, welcome to the forum, we’re a friendly bunch, most of the time, lol.
I’ve never heard of watering plants with coffee, but I guess it’s organic so it should be good. I have a big (ish) garden but I prefer to put the flowers in tubs. I going to do a herb tub this year using the supermarket potted herbs for £1, I use coriander a lot so should save some money.Enyaq EV
Hi Jojoe, thanks for the welcome!
A quick search about coffee come up with things like this:
“Coffee grounds are rich in nutrients, especially nitrogen. They also have some amount of other nutrients like potassium and phosphorous. Overall, this means that adding coffee grounds to your garden can work fairly well as a fertiliser. Coffee should be spread in a thin layer, rather than being clumped in one place.”
As mine is very diluted, after a good amount of rain showers I will use a watering can of it to replace goodness that has lost. I rarely do neat coffee grounds but some suggest as slug repellant but not guaranteed. I found the copper tape rubbish.
I was listening to Gardeners Question Time some months back and one of the experts recommended food shop coriander seeds too as you get 1000’s in a jar compared to packet.
I have a lot of herbs: English Mace, Marjoram, Coriander, Parsley, varied Mint, Sages Bayleaf, Tarragon, Rosemary, Thyme, etc
But don’t really do cooking so I’m a bit rubbish at the need to crop to produce more system.
Welcome to the forum @Hariboexpert
I regularly get a bag or two of coffee grounds from someone I know who works a Costa They mainly go on my lawn once dried and get mixed in the flower beds, with no ill effects. I do find they do deter slugs but, not all varietes however, I’m far from a gardener and hate it if I’m honest.
The plus points, you always get a whiff of coffee especially when it rains lol
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