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sladefungus · « **on:** February 26, 2007, 21:33 »

Hi there
Had my dad visiting and he helped me do some digging on my plot today. we pulled back the canvas thats been on the main growing area for a year and he wasnt very impressed with the soil. Its very black and he reckons it can only be described as 'dirt' rather than soil. he suggested i water it with a solution of jayes fluid to counteract any nastiness going on but wont that kill the good bacteria too? i dont have any nice compost to liven the soil up as its my first year on the plot and i intend to lime it and fertilise it with potash, bonemeal and chicken droppings. so yeah - should i blast it with jayes fluid?

liz from the fizz · « **Reply #1 on:** February 26, 2007, 21:44 »

my grandad used to use jeyes fluid on his veg patch and my grannie used it as a birth control measure {true folks], but you need the likes of john shaun and muntjac for the definitive answers. Good luck and welcome.

WG. · « **Reply #2 on:** February 26, 2007, 21:57 »

Quote from: "sladefungus"

Hi there
Had my dad visiting and he helped me do some digging on my plot today. we pulled back the canvas thats been on the main growing area for a year and he wasnt very impressed with the soil. Its very black and he reckons it can only be described as 'dirt' rather than soil. he suggested i water it with a solution of jayes fluid to counteract any nastiness going on but wont that kill the good bacteria too? i dont have any nice compost to liven the soil up as its my first year on the plot and i intend to lime it and fertilise it with potash, bonemeal and chicken droppings. so yeah - should i blast it with jayes fluid?

If it is black after a year under canvas then it sounds like it might be quite promising soil. Chicken dung is too strong to use without composting first - can you find a source of cow / horse / goat muck? Also avoid lime and muck together.

noshed · « **Reply #3 on:** February 26, 2007, 22:00 »

I don't think Jeyes Fluid would be a good idea - home made compost and/or rotted manure would be better.

John · « **Reply #4 on:** February 26, 2007, 22:30 »

Bang on, Noshed. Jeyes is a sterilant and you don't really want to sterilise your plot. Destroys the bacteria and balance.

muntjac · « **Reply #5 on:** February 26, 2007, 23:52 »

absolutly , black soil indicates a high level of humus has been incorporated at some time .i would get on it and clean any weeds roots in it as you turn it over , as for jeyes leave it in the can until ya doing pots s n the like

sladefungus · « **Reply #6 on:** February 27, 2007, 09:32 »

thanks for the advice. I never listen to my dad anyway!

ytyynycefn · « **Reply #7 on:** February 27, 2007, 09:33 »

I've got black soil, and it's brilliant. Drains well, but also holds water in dry weather, and pretty fertile. Last year was my first year, digging over from scratch, and as I started late in the year, I didn't get chance to put any manure on and I had no compost. I just dug it over, fished the weed roots out, and planted hoping for the best! We did pretty well - lack of water on site was more of a problem than the soil. I sprinkled chicken poo pellets around a bit, and this winter have added loads of manure (except to my roots bed), so we'll see what happens.

So I think black soil is pretty damn good

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