My one and only lupd seedling
My aunt has some beautiful lupins, purple with a yellow lip so last year I
took a ripe pod and planted the seeds in a pot. I gave up on them but one germinated this spring. Now something is eating the leaves, but as it has left a tell-tale slime trail on the leaves, I've just covered the compost with broken eggshells. I keep chickens and always save egg shells, I dry them in a basin on top on my woodburner during the winter, crush them and keep them in a jar. I either feed them back to my chickens (good source of calcium for them) or use them for this purpose, making an uncomfortable road to my plants for slugs/snails. Tina |
My one and only lupd seedling
"Christina Websell" wrote... My aunt has some beautiful lupins, purple with a yellow lip so last year I took a ripe pod and planted the seeds in a pot. I gave up on them but one germinated this spring. Now something is eating the leaves, but as it has left a tell-tale slime trail on the leaves, I've just covered the compost with broken eggshells. I keep chickens and always save egg shells, I dry them in a basin on top on my woodburner during the winter, crush them and keep them in a jar. I either feed them back to my chickens (good source of calcium for them) or use them for this purpose, making an uncomfortable road to my plants for slugs/snails. Fine for one potted plant, not so useful on an allotment. How many eggs can one eat? :-) -- Regards Bob Hobden W.of London. UK |
My one and only lupd seedling
On 24/07/2010 22:48, Bob Hobden wrote:
"Christina Websell" wrote... My aunt has some beautiful lupins, purple with a yellow lip so last year I took a ripe pod and planted the seeds in a pot. I gave up on them but one germinated this spring. Now something is eating the leaves, but as it has left a tell-tale slime trail on the leaves, I've just covered the compost with broken eggshells. I keep chickens and always save egg shells, I dry them in a basin on top on my woodburner during the winter, crush them and keep them in a jar. I either feed them back to my chickens (good source of calcium for them) or use them for this purpose, making an uncomfortable road to my plants for slugs/snails. Fine for one potted plant, not so useful on an allotment. How many eggs can one eat? :-) Likewise, good for lovers of alkaline soil, not for ericaceous plants. It's a good idea, though. You could boost your shell collection by adding, drying and crushing snail shells .. has a certain poetic justice :~) -- Spider from high ground in SE London gardening on clay |
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