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Old 30-04-2006, 12:23 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Nick Maclaren
 
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"Sue" writes:
| I like nasturtiums.
| Nasturtiums like "poor soil".
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| Last year I grew some in a window box with other annuals that like the odd
| feed and I ended up with buckets of nasturtium foliage. (At least the
| compost heap appreciated it)

They are good in salads. I can relate to your experience - mine do that
in wet years.

| So I am going to grow them by themselves this year and have planted some in
| a tub of last year's compost.
|
| Will this work d'you think?

Probably. A tub of sand with enough compost in the centre to get them
started might also do. Or it might be TOO dry.


Regards,
Nick Maclaren.