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On 17/10/2013 17:45, sacha wrote:
On 2013-10-17 16:35:46 +0000, David Hill said:

On 17/10/2013 17:03, Charlie Pridham wrote:

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Today is nematode day. After approximately 2" of rain last night,
anyone who saw five people out there watering this morning must have
thought they'd walked into a parallel universe!
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Sacha
www.hillhousenursery.com
South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk


Sacha, has Ray Checked out "Met52" its biological but you pre mix it in
the compost so its there all the time, quite pricy but a lot less work


I was talking to one of the people at Agricultural polymers
(Broadleaf) this morning and talking about using the polymers to carry
liquid feed, rooting hormone and other things in compost and he said
that you can introduce a liquid vine weevil treatment in as you
hydrate the crystals then incorporate them into the potting compost,
the treatment is held in the hydrated crystals so that when the roots
get into them they then take up the vine weevil chemical, that way
it's getting to where it is needed at the plant roots and not being
spread around on vacant soil.
Interesting idea.
David @ a pleasant side of Swansea Bay, so different to yesterday
morning.


I'll print these off to give to R&M but Ray says that it took about 3
hours to do all the pots with 5 people at work, so it may be that, for
us, it's the cheaper way to use those bio controls.

Sacha
The idea is to use the compost with the treated crystals as you pot up
the plants.
 
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