I have bought 2 pyracanthas and a clematis to brighten up a dull patch behind a large compost heap.
there is a wild willow tree and an old climbing rose of unknown origin. Will the compost heap make
the ground too nitrogen rich? Do I need to up the potash considerably?
The underlying soil is slightly clayey.

Kath

ps not planning to plant for a few weeks yet, if the weather holds mild.

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I have bought 2 pyracanthas and a clematis to brighten up a dull patch
behind a large compost heap.
there is a wild willow tree and an old climbing rose of unknown
origin. Will the compost heap make
the ground too nitrogen rich? Do I need to up the potash considerably?
The underlying soil is slightly clayey.

If your compost heap has a bottom which is open to the soil (as all
compost heaps should, imho), worms will be busily enriching the soil
beneath it and any plant that grows beside the heap will be
supercharged..you won't need to feed them with anything at all or adjust
their diet ime. At our last place I had a variegated elder, a clematis
montana, an apple tree, and a huge climbing rose all enjoying the feast.

Today we've constructed our second compost heap at the new garden; the
first is rapidly filling with layers of kitchen veg waste, seaweed, and
sheep pooh from the adjoining field. The local brewery gives away spent
hops for free which will be another ingredient soon.

What's in spent hops that a compost heap/plants will enjoy, does anyone know?

Janet. (Isle of Arran)