New to site, just a couple of questions...
Hi, i'm not really a gardener i just grow herbs for my cooking and a few nasturtiums and sunflowers(because they grow themselves) These are all on my balcony as i don't have a garden.
My questions a 1. I have a bay tree i've grown from a two leaved twiglet it's now 4ft tall, up until last year when i should have repotted or at least replaced the top layer of compost it had been doing very well. Because i neglected it the leaves have started to yellow, if i feed it and repot it will the colour come back? 2. Can i put my rat waste from the cages on my dad's compost heap? I get one fat carrier bag full of newspaper, recycled paper cat litter and droppings each week. The compost heap is about 7ft long by 4 ft wide. |
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New to site, just a couple of questions...
NewShmoo wrote:
NewShmoo Wrote: Hi, i'm not really a gardener i just grow herbs for my cooking and a few nasturtiums and sunflowers(because they grow themselves) These are all on my balcony as i don't have a garden. My questions a 1. I have a bay tree i've grown from a two leaved twiglet it's now 4ft tall, up until last year when i should have repotted or at least replaced the top layer of compost it had been doing very well. Because i neglected it the leaves have started to yellow, if i feed it and repot it will the colour come back? 2. Can i put my rat waste from the cages on my dad's compost heap? I get one fat carrier bag full of newspaper, recycled paper cat litter and droppings each week. The compost heap is about 7ft long by 4 ft wide. Anybody got any ideas? I'd move the bay to a bigger pot. If you've got it to four feet high, it seems you have the right gardening instincts. To check, just tip it out of its present container: if it's filled the available space with roots, it definitely wants a bigger one. The rules say increase by an inch or two diameter at a time, but if you particularly like a new container I doubt if it will do any harm if you go a little bit mo a four-foot bay tree should be happy in a 15-inch pot (put a few spring bulbs, crocuses or mini daffodils, in while you're at it). I suspect it's telling you it's hungry, and some new soil (buy John Innes mixture rather than soil-less compost) with nutrients will perk it up. There's a potential disease problem with cat and dog shit even after composting, but I don't know about pet rats' contributions. I suspect they're harmless, but on the whole, I'd just put it out in the rubbish. The planet will get it all back in the end anyway. -- Mike. |
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