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Compost and horse manure
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In the small patch of shady soil which I've cleared of the huge pink weeds (of which I have posted another question) I would like to start growing veg/flowers.. anything really. I am lucky enough to own a horse, her waste (from the field so no shavings etc) usually goes down to the allotment. If I were to dig some of this manure into my soil, how do I know it's broken down enough? I put some in a plastic bag about 6 weeks ago and now its totally dry and crumbly and very light brown. Should I dig this in with my soil? How much would I need? The patch of soil is about 1m2, the bag of manure about the size of a black sack. Many thanks Fi |
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Plant identification help
fimonkey wrote:
Hi All, I'm looknig for some help with identifying an enormous weed/plant that grow at the bottom of my garden in thick soil under 24 hour shade of a camelia tree. I moved in to my new flat last August when the weed was in full bloom. Large pink 'tissue paper' flowers on the end of large stalks that 'wafted' (i.e not as rigid as a sunflower stalk). It was bout 6-7ft high, and had large non shiny leaves. It covered about 1m2. I pulled most of it up and covered the ground with a groundsheet as I wanted to use the rest of the ground for veggie growing this year. The stuff I left behind (up against a fence so useful screening) died down to nothing. Now it's started to grow again where I left it, very large green leaves (larger than a hand) at this stage and it's only about 1/2ft high so far. the leaves kind of remind me of a hand shape. Any ideas please? Much appreciated. You don't really give enough to go on. In cases like this a picture or two will make all the difference. But given your description I'd guess either 1) poppy (yes, the opium sort) although the height really seems out of scale with anything I've seen or 2) hollyhock with the latter seeming more likely. The only problem with my guess is that both of these plants usually want to be in full or at least no worse than partial shade. Those are my guesses and I'm stickin' to 'em... Take a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hollyhock.JPG and see if it rings any mental bells. -- John McGaw [Knoxville, TN, USA] http://johnmcgaw.com |
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Plant identification help
"Jangchub" wrote in message
On Wed, 22 Apr 2009 17:10:36 -0400, John McGaw wrote: fimonkey wrote: Hi All, I'm looknig for some help with identifying an enormous weed/plant that grow at the bottom of my garden in thick soil under 24 hour shade of a camelia tree. I moved in to my new flat last August when the weed was in full bloom. Large pink 'tissue paper' flowers on the end of large stalks that 'wafted' (i.e not as rigid as a sunflower stalk). It was bout 6-7ft high, and had large non shiny leaves. It covered about 1m2. I pulled most of it up and covered the ground with a groundsheet as I wanted to use the rest of the ground for veggie growing this year. The stuff I left behind (up against a fence so useful screening) died down to nothing. Now it's started to grow again where I left it, very large green leaves (larger than a hand) at this stage and it's only about 1/2ft high so far. the leaves kind of remind me of a hand shape. You don't really give enough to go on. In cases like this a picture or two will make all the difference. But given your description I'd guess either 1) poppy (yes, the opium sort) although the height really seems out of scale with anything I've seen or 2) hollyhock with the latter seeming more likely. The only problem with my guess is that both of these plants usually want to be in full or at least no worse than partial shade. Those are my guesses and I'm stickin' to 'em... Take a look at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Hollyhock.JPG and see if it rings any mental bells. Poppies six or seven feet tall? If anything the description is that of hybiscus, the hardy variety, not the tropical which has smaller flowers and shiny dark foliage. Victoria Tree Dahlia???? |
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