Had the misfortune of popping into Dobbie's the other day to buy some fertiliser, and having read that bonemeal is good to mix in with the soil I hunted it down. Is £13 for a bucket of stuff the standard price or was I right to avoid buying it?

Any thoughts on where to buy something good? Is horse/cow dung any good? The garden composter won't be ready for a good few months yet!

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Had the misfortune of popping into Dobbie's the other day to buy some
fertiliser, and having read that bonemeal is good to mix in with the
soil I hunted it down. Is £13 for a bucket of stuff the standard price
or was I right to avoid buying it?

Any thoughts on where to buy something good? Is horse/cow dung any
good? The garden composter won't be ready for a good few months yet!

I don't know if this is a good price, but in Trago Mills it's £3.35 for 4Kg
of Arthur Bowers.
The 4 Kg box is the only size they do. Do you know the weight of Dobbie's
bucket?

On 18 June, 01:30, Janet Baraclough
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Had the misfortune of popping into Dobbie's the other day to buy some
fertiliser, and having read that bonemeal is good to mix in with the
soil I hunted it down. Is £13 for a bucket of stuff the standard price
or was I right to avoid buying it?

* *Dobbies are ridiculously overpriced (for everything). You'll get it
cheaper in Homebase ; or B and Q.

Any thoughts on where to buy something good? Is horse/cow dung any
good?

* *Yes, though in a slightly different way. Bonemeal is a slow-release
fertiliser.
* *Manure is a quicker fertiliser which also improves the texture of the
soil (which is just as important ) . For some plants its too rich to
apply close by
their roots and stems so best used to improve (empty) *soil, or in the
compost heap.

* Janet

If you have foxes visiting your garden then DONT use Hoof and Horn,
Bone meal or Blood, Fish and Bone as the foxes will dig everywhere you
use it looking for the food.
David Hill

On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:38:49 -0700, Dave Hill wrote:

If you have foxes visiting your garden then DONT use Hoof and Horn, Bone
meal or Blood, Fish and Bone as the foxes will dig everywhere you use it
looking for the food.
David Hill

Just one more joy of living in Jersey: no foxes - I wish I had somewhere
to keep chickens again.

On 2009-06-18 09:23:32 +0100, Derek Turner said:

On Thu, 18 Jun 2009 00:38:49 -0700, Dave Hill wrote:

If you have foxes visiting your garden then DONT use Hoof and Horn, Bone
meal or Blood, Fish and Bone as the foxes will dig everywhere you use it
looking for the food.
David Hill

Just one more joy of living in Jersey: no foxes - I wish I had somewhere
to keep chickens again.

Friendly farmer? ;-) Flat roof....
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Thanks for the replies... no foxes as far as I know, so might try the dung trick. There's a stables a couple of hundred yards away...wonder if they would be obliging?

Janet, could I mix in some fertiliser to a dug patch and plant veg within a couple of weeks?

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Had the misfortune of popping into Dobbie's the other day to buy some
fertiliser, and having read that bonemeal is good to mix in with the
soil I hunted it down. Is £13 for a bucket of stuff the standard price
or was I right to avoid buying it?

Any thoughts on where to buy something good? Is horse/cow dung any
good? The garden composter won't be ready for a good few months yet!




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glasgowdan

From horticulral suppliers its about £7 for 25KG bag including vat
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www.roselandhouse.co.uk
Holders of national collections of Clematis viticella cultivars and
Lapageria rosea