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Post by daitheplant on Jul 24, 2015 20:13:54 GMT
You could try Red Hot Pokers (I'll get my coat) My my sweetpea.... hang your head in shame  Oh, come on Rosie. He is getting better, well maybe not.   |
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Post by roofgardener on Jul 24, 2015 22:02:35 GMT
Such as residual virus particles... especially those known to kill Capsicum Plants  |
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Post by dianthus on Jul 25, 2015 20:06:19 GMT
Such as residual virus particles... especially those known to kill Capsicum Plants Do you speak from experience, Roofie? |
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Post by roofgardener on Jul 26, 2015 7:09:26 GMT
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Post by Cherry on Jul 26, 2015 8:53:01 GMT
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Post by roofgardener on Jul 26, 2015 16:34:41 GMT
It's a strange one Cherry, because everything about this particular Capsicum (compost, environment etc) is the same as its three (healthy) siblings.
What do you mean when you say "compost failure" ? As in... lack of nutrients or something ?
Actually... rather than take this thread "off topic", I might create a new topic about this in another area.
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Post by dianthus on Jul 26, 2015 21:29:30 GMT
It's a strange one Cherry, because everything about this particular Capsicum (compost, environment etc) is the same as its three (healthy) siblings. What do you mean when you say "compost failure" ? As in... lack of nutrients or something ? Actually... rather than take this thread "off topic", I might create a new topic about this in another area. You can share this thread with me roofie.  |
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Post by ladybird on Jul 27, 2015 12:53:36 GMT
I`m really sorry about your failed crops dianthus and roofgardener, most disconcerting. I had a lot of seed germination failures last year and was very discouraged. I could only find non peat compost . This year I`m using peat based compost, germination has been brilliant with even some of the failed last years seed has germinated.
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Post by dianthus on Jul 27, 2015 21:57:14 GMT
As I now understand how these non-peat composts are made, I would expect a lot of people will have the same problems that we have had, ladybird.
What really annoyed me was it was being sold as a new mix, I saw a sample of it, and the reality was something completely different. To have the lack of raw material selection, made irrelevant because all the good stuff is washed out of it, in case there may be bad stuff, is totally ridiculous. I wonder where all this run off is being got rid of?Major contamination will be admitted to, sometime in the future. Then there is the extraction of the replacement nutrients. Where are all those coming from?
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Post by dianthus on Aug 8, 2015 10:24:20 GMT
The company making this compost has gone into administration, so the £60 of voucher compensation is now worth 'diddlysquat'
No tomatoes, no courgettes, no hanging baskets nor tubs full of flowers!
They must have known those vouchers weren't even useful as toilet paper!! |
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Post by Raymond on Aug 8, 2015 11:29:43 GMT
dianthus they have been bought by Westland. The brands will still exist. Depending on the deal that was made you might still get something. Fingers crossed ! I would email them and Westland and see. Don't give up
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Post by dianthus on Aug 8, 2015 16:41:15 GMT
dianthus they have been bought by Westland. The brands will still exist. Depending on the deal that was made you might still get something. Fingers crossed ! I would email them and Westland and see. Don't give up Thanks @raymond. It's a lot of credit to lose, but I really wanted to get some autumn / winter veg plants.
Hopefully, the extra things I added to the compost when I filled up the potato bags, will mean I have potatoes to eat, but I shall miss the 30+ portions of tomato soup that I made last year.
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Post by Raymond on Aug 8, 2015 17:46:12 GMT
dianthus Westland own unwins !email and see .
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Post by kev on Mar 24, 2016 13:55:33 GMT
I have used many different composts from almost all the names out there as well as supermarket and DIY centres. Most have been disappointing, some have had shards of glass in but most contain to much waste per bag for me. What I mean by waste is stones, bits of twigs and other unsuitable findings after sieving. I am now using Clover multi purpose compost which by many standards is great. It's easy to sieve, gives very little waste and gives very good results. I have now stared and experiment to see if there is a difference between the clover multi purpose and Clovers Professional composts. www.kevs-baskets-of-beauty.co.uk/page7.html |
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Post by ste b on Mar 24, 2016 18:20:37 GMT
I have used many different composts from almost all the names out there as well as supermarket and DIY centres. Most have been disappointing, some have had shards of glass in but most contain to much waste per bag for me. What I mean by waste is stones, bits of twigs and other unsuitable findings after sieving. I am now using Clover multi purpose compost which by many standards is great. It's easy to sieve, gives very little waste and gives very good results. I have now stared and experiment to see if there is a difference between the clover multi purpose and Clovers Professional composts. www.kevs-baskets-of-beauty.co.uk/page7.htmlHi kev I will watch your trail with great interest nice idea , iv'e used multi purpose clover , and last year used Mother Earth also made by clover and I had good results , but this year am using clover professional should have more feed in it , so they say , used the pro to box my dahlias up and so far it's been very good tubers are throwing good cuttings up and I have only lost 4 out of about 250 and did not use a rooting powder . |
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