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potting mix frustration
On Sat, 16 Dec 2006 12:18:30 GMT, "0tterbot" wrote:
hello, my first gripe - modern potting mix just seems to be useless!! stuff does not grow in it properly!! (i fully expect my one potted tomato to drop dead shortly. it's perfectly healthy for now, but with my new set against Modern Potting Mix, it surely cannot last!!) my second gripe is that my last batch had mites in it(!!) i was having a bit of a bad day so i used it anyway, but the cuttings died & when i pulled them out there were maggoty things in there. (baby mites, i'm assuming.) now i don't know what to do about the rest of it. i don't want to spread mites. if i cook it in the oven, will the mix still be any use afterwards? should i cook it in the oven (or pour boiling water on it) & just dump it & try the other bag instead? (which, being Modern Potting Mix, won't be any use either whether it has mites or not g. ) or are mites quite all right in small quantities in a garden? on the bright side (i've finished griping now ;-) we have two loquat (i believe) trees, which we've essentially ignored. today i realised one has some ripe fruit! we ate one - it was fabulous!! so now i feel rather silly that i never even watered the poor things - not even once - we might have had more fruit (it only had 5 - ahem). the only, i might add, fruit we'll probably get from any of our trees this season, as the frost killed off all the peaches, apples, etc. next year i am going to do my best to ensure loquats a go go, they're fantastic (and apparently frost proof). and furthermore, our second crop of willy wagtail babies has just been born (in the aforementioned loquat tree - it might not have many fruits, but is producing baby willy wagtails quite well g. you'd think with all my willy wagtail watching, i'd have noticed a few fruits before now, wouldn't you?) kylie What brand are you buying? If you get the cheap brands as sold by supermarkets, then expect problems. I've found Debco and Amgrow brands to be very good. |
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