"'Mike'" wrote in
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"Baz" wrote in message
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Over the last year or two I have been pleased to take advice from
users of this group, but I still need help and advice with two
niggling problems which if solved would be very nice, to say the
least.

1 Whitefly on brassicas. THE problem.
2 Soil. (light)Mine does not retain moisture despite adding lots of
organic
material and have to water every day in summer with a hosepipe when
permitted. This is mainly potatoes which need the water I have found.

All advice is most welcome,
Baz

Reference 2. Something we do, sorry, SWMBO does, but with my
assistance, is to take a trench out where veg plants are going, and
line it with plenty of layers of old newspapers, soak them well, then
cover with organic material from the compost bin then soil. We find
that the soil doesn't dry out so quickly. Well it does on the surface
but paper and compost retains moisture lower down. Fantastic for
Runner Beans :-))

Mike



Good advice, Mike

Time I started collecting newspapers, flyers etc.
Do you tear them up or shred?
How thick is too thick a layer also how thin is too thin?

Also what does this mean? SWMBO

Baz