" Jeanne Stockdale" wrote in message
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: Our main veg patch has and is being very successful - due I am sure to the
: amount of manure and compost which has been dug into it over the past
couple
: of years.
:
: A couple of months ago we rotavated a strip in our adjoining field to
enable
: us to extend our range of veg. Courgettes (which we had grown from seed in
: the greenhouse) are doing fine - having been planted with lots of compost.
: But the seeds we sowed - broad beans, french beans, carrots and
sweetcorn -
: and "thinnings" of cabbages and cauliflowers are not doing so well.
:
: I am sure they need some sort of feed but not sure what. Hubby scattered
: chicken manure pellets around but that doesn't seem to have helped.
:
: Any suggestions?
:
: Jeanne Stockdale

I wonder if it has built up it's acidity over the years and would benefit
from a good liming?