On Mar 17, 3:14*pm, Stuart Noble
wrote:
Ornata wrote:
On 17 Mar, 09:22, "Jeff Layman" wrote:
Stuart Noble wrote:
Having a small garden with sandy/stony soil, I've decided to start
from scratch on a couple of raised beds by ditching the existing soil
and replacing it with something better. As this is a small project, I
don't care about the cost of materials but they need to be available
from the garden centre in 25kg bags.
Am I right in thinking that general purpose compost and sharp sand
should form the bulk? Things seem to grow well enough in that medium
but for how long? As a compost bin isn't practical for me, can I buy
the equivalent as a commercial product? Maybe a Phostrogen type
liquid feed would be as good?
Any advice appreciated
As you have sandy/stony soil, I do not understand why you need to buy sharp
sand to make up your growing medium. *Why not get twice as much decent
compost or manure, and mix your current garden soil with that?

If you don't have enough composted material in your soil, you'll be forever
watering if we have a dry summer.

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Jeff
(cut "thetape" to reply)

Maybe I have the wrong impression of the conditions in your garden..
but sandy/stony soil sounds the perfect growing medium for lots of
annuals - most don't need a rich soil. *I'd just keep adding plenty of
organic matter to the existing soil.

As I explained, for practical reasons I am limited to what I can buy
from a garden centre, so what do I buy that will do the same as "adding
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Are your plants not growing normally, What is the pH content of your
soil.?
If it is not growing normally, then put a Rusty nail
5inches away dig a hole 3inches place the nail and cover spring a
little water, this will raise the iron content from 0.04 to 0.07 and
the problem will be solved. Further questions I am an organic gardener
the Eastern Way