"Jonno" wrote in message
Farm1 wrote:
"0tterbot" wrote in message

But add some of the
water crystals and see if that improves things or try the Debco
stuff
or one of the other expensive brands or mix your own. I resent
the
prices I have to pay but I found the cheap stuff was so ghastly
and
was really a "non growing" media that I think of that every time I
shell out a small fortune for a few bags of the Debco. I now
recycle
spent potting mix by adding both water crystals and fertiliser.

i can try debco, prior to giving up entirely :-)

You cant beat making your own by having an great aerated 44 gallon
drum
filled with all your goodies, adding lime and fowl manure, waiting
for
12 months or so and it comes out nice and crumbly. I pulled apart an
old
concrete incinerator and used this and unfortunately sent it to the
tip
last month, but the stuff I pulled out of it was 2000 % better than
anything I could have brought. I may be prone to exageration a
times ,
but this stuff is now growing some great water melons and rock
melons.
Its not nice encouraging Debco by paying them exorbitant prices for
something that you can grow your self for free.

Nice? Nice is really not relevant here. Kylie has a problem right
now and I would assume that since she's asking questions now, she
doesn't want to wait a year to produce the wonderful potting mix
you've made (and this thread has also mentioned already how she can
make her own potting mix).

And why woud you be growing water and rock melons in potting mix
anyway? Wouldn't they be better in the ground?