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Title: What to add to compost?
Post by: Dantheman on December 28, 2014, 00:54

Hi guys,

I would like to now what you would add to your home made compost.

Thanks Dan

Title: Re: Re: Which? best compost reviews
Post by: GrowinGrowinGone on December 28, 2014, 19:07

Quote from: Dantheman on December 28, 2014, 00:54

Hi guys,

I would like to now what you would add to your home made compost.

Thanks Dan

Hi Dan

In what way do you mean add to your home made compost?  What ingredients to add to the compost heap?  Or do you mean completed compost?

Title: Re: Re: Which? best compost reviews
Post by: GrowinGrowinGone on December 29, 2014, 21:51

A lot of people tend to add blood fish and bone, but it would depend on what you intend to grow in it as to what you may add.

Title: Re: What to add to compost?
Post by: jezza on December 30, 2014, 22:57

hi a mix for home made compost (john innes )4bushels of sterilized top soil 2bushels of peat 2 bushels of fine sand 11/2 pound of bone meal 1pound of phosphate 1 pound of potash,this is a planting mix, a seed mix doesnt need bone meal  jezza

Title: Re: What to add to compost?
Post by: sunshineband on December 31, 2014, 10:17

I put my hm compost on the veg beds, usually in the Autumn (but one lot around the end of August when another bin is 'ready' where the Autumn Onions will planted) and don't add anything to it per se.

BFB then goes in the bed about two weeks before sowing or planting out, and chicken manure pellets if extra nitrogen is needed ie for brassicas or salad greens. I have quite limy soil so rarely need to add extra lime at the moment.