[The Golden Heap]

I have had club root in one of my bays and to rotate I would like to plant garlic and onions on the affected bed in the autumn.  Is this okay to do? do i need to adjust anything in the soil??  Many Thanks

[stompy]

How big is the bay?

[DD.]

Alliums are not susceptible to club root, so are fine on that front.

They would appreciate manure/chicken pellets etc. being dug into the ground prior to planting.

[The Golden Heap]

The bay is 5m x 2.4m

[fatcat1955]

Alliums are not high nitrogen feeders so i would rake in a balanced fertilizer such as Growmore before planting. Garlic likes potash so any ashes from a bonfire, dug in before planting would be appreciated.

[Growster...]

DD, when you talk about chicken manure pellets, do you think that a 'tea', made from chicken manure is the same thing?

[DD.]

I can't see it containing anything really different from the pellets, you just need to get the concentration right, just like I do with the pellets. (One hand full thown over errrr.... that much ground).

I bet it stinks as bad as well.

[Growster...]

I can't see it containing anything really different from the pellets, you just need to get the concentration right, just like I do with the pellets. (One hand full thown over errrr.... that much ground).

I bet it stinks as bad as well.

Honks like a goodun DD, but that always means it's working in my book!

Thanks!

Incidently, if anyone trys to establish concentrations on home-grown comfrey, nettles etc, and gets a result, it may just mean a spreadsheet of figures, wich most good gardeners here will try, then eventually ignore, in my book.

Veg will take what they need of organic stuff, they'll leave the rest to the profits of the chemical blokes, and I do use chemical nasties as well - we have to, otherwise we lose an awful lot, and we're supposed to be cleverer...;0)

[Yorkie]

I always think that the liquid stuff dissipates far more quickly than solid formulations.

I'd save the liquid stuff for boosts, and add the pellets to the soil at planting as suggested.

[Growster...]

I always think that the liquid stuff dissipates far more quickly than solid formulations.

I'd save the liquid stuff for boosts, and add the pellets to the soil at planting as suggested.

We just buy a couple of bags of 6X each year, Yorkie.

Some we chuck around if we know the soil is a bit poor, the rest we soak on a Twongos carrier bag (about ten handfulls per session), in a 22 gallon container, and wait a week or so, before spraying it onto anything that might be appreciative.

The leeks have bounded forward on this - as have the celeriac and the peas, and the broad beans loved the stuff as well!

Just lucky on these chaps this year I suppose - the toms are nearly a disaster, and even the swede are looking distinctly first-form size...!

Onions - forget it!

[sunshineband]

How long does the smell last after spraying, Growster?

[Growster...]

How long does the smell last after spraying, Growster?

Until we get home KC, then we decide if we can discuss the same subject in the same room...;0)

Seriously, it's just like chucking ordinary manure around; just wash your hands, and think of England!