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20-01-2004, 01:34 PM
Jaques d'Alltrades
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Prune blackcurrant bushes
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This is interesting. Never thought of that. I was going to spread
some manure around the base of the blackcurrant bushes and let it rot
down.
You'll deplete the nitrogen in the soil if you do that. You could add
some well-rotted manure in the spring, but never use fresh manure unless
the plant(s) you're feeding can cope with it. (Caulifowers - not the
'caulis' which are really broccoli - celery, marrows, etc. can.)
Are you suggesting using bonfire ash to deter aphid ?
(Speaking for myself
No, it is a source of potash. Clearing the ground
will remove cover in which pests overwinter, and the ash certainly won't
make life easier for them.
Fresh ash is strongly alkaline, and can harm plants if used before the
alkalinity has been neurtalised by (mainly) carbon dioxide.
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