kate wrote:

Adam Funk writes:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/lifeandsty...d-wives-tales-
gardens
or
http://gu.com/p/2yyd7

This was the one that shocked me:

Crocks in pots improve drainage
...
False: a drainage layer in the bottom of pots reduces the volume of
soil available to plant roots. Don't add gravel or crocks, but ensure
pots have drainage holes.

I always feel silly when on all the TV shows they say to add grit to
compost whenever you re-plant anything for drainage, but garden centres
don't sell bags of grit in their compost section, so what are you meant
to do?? Big bags of grit from the aggregate section in B&Q? How coarse
should the stones be?

Wish they'd answer these questions for the noobs like me

kate xx

Gather these items;
an empty tin can,
a trowel,
a kitchen sieve.

Go out in the garden on a nice sunny day, and scoop some dry soil
into the seive.

Shake the sieve to remove the soil, leaving only grit.

Transfer grit from the sieve to the tin can,

Buy a new sieve.