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Soil & compost (63)

Turfing prep joining existing lawn

Hi, I’m new to the site, I have just finished day 1 of prepping for a 210sqm turfing job. The client had the rear half of his garden sectioned off for sheep who subsequently ate all of the lawn, left a pile of poo and died.The garden level was destro

Started by Tom chapman in Design, Groundscare, and Landscaping

13 Replies · Reply by Honey Badger Mar 12, 2023

Learning plants names etc

Anyone have suggestions to learn plants I.e YouTube?

Started by Terry Ennis in Groundscare, Landscaping, and Pesticides

20 Replies · Reply by Tim James Jan 21, 2023

Wild flower turf

Evening guys and gals,

Anyone got much experience of laying wild flower turf? I've found a couple of old threads but nothing in the last couple of years.

Any major do's / dont's, recommended suppliers, is it worth buying in low nutrition soil etc.

Than

Started by Glen Stillman in Groundscare, Turfcare, and Soil & compost

1 Reply · Reply by Colin Hunt Nov 11, 2020

Compost screening

Evening everyone

Does anyone have any ideas on screening a large compost heap, previous gardeners just piled whole area up with no turning over or segregating heavy or woody material and customer is keen for the material to be used in the garden.

Started by Oliver clarkson in Groundscare, Machinery, and Soil & compost

4 Replies · Reply by Oliver clarkson Aug 24, 2020

multi purpose compost

earler this year when compost and other garden things were hard to come buy i manageg to get hold of some made by a firm called deco pak its the worst compost that i have used full of rubbish had to re pot plants as they were dieing off. i contacted

Started by David Benson in Soil & compost

15 Replies · Reply by dan Jul 23, 2020

Marathon Horti K

Any users of Marathon Horti K out there?

I'm a fan of marathons lawn fertilisers and have seen this.

I'm thinking for use as a base feed in borders prior to mulching which I try to alternate between mushroom compost and well rotted manure.

I general

Started by Glen Stillman in Groundscare, Landscaping, and Soil & compost

5 Replies · Reply by dan Jun 6, 2020

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Bay trees in pots- rejuvenating

Hi all,

Can anyone recommend any feeds to bring on new growth to standard bays (laurus nobilis), which are in pots? Some are looking quite thin and there appears to be some die back within the head. There are also black spots/lumps on the stem and bra

Started by Jonny Armour in Groundscare, Pesticides, and Plants

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Laying patio on poor ground

Hello I have a patio to price up. The patio in question is 30 m2 and is a hand jive job as there is no way to get a micro digger in. My problem is that the topsoil is about 400mm deep and can't get to good ground easily.

I'm thinking of digging down 2

Started by James beddow in Landscaping, Paving Materials and Advice, and Soil & compost

1 Reply · Reply by Colin Hunt Apr 22, 2020

pH NPK Soil Test Kit Suggestions?

Hi All.

Not sure why or if my original attempt to post this hasn't showed up, but the basics of the OP was whether anyone can recommend a decent pH and N-P-K soil testing kit.

Looking to diversify a little into soil/lawn management & or weed control. T

Started by Frêshare (Gardening) in Business, Groundscare, and Turfcare

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Lawn Aeration

Aerating your lawn annually is an important part of a healthy lawn care program. Using a machine, we remove cores of soil from the turf. This reduces soil compaction and thatch so that your lawn can breathe and receive the moisture and nutrients it n

Started by James Steve in Landscaping, Plants, and Soil & compost

0 Replies · Reply by James Steve Jun 18, 2019

Seaweed meal in borders

Evening all. I've only been using for a short while now but have been impressed with the results of liquid seaweed on my lawns. I am looking into using seaweed meal in borders.

We manage some quite large herbaceous borders and currently use a mix of

Started by Glen Stillman in Plants, Soil & compost, and Suppliers

8 Replies · Reply by Jes Gardner Dec 9, 2018

Azalea mulch

Hi all. Looking for a mulch for a large mature azalea/rhododendron border. I have been trying to find someone selling pine needle mulch/straw but having no joy. I understand oak leaf mulch is good too - I could bring plenty of that in from another ga

Started by Glen Stillman in Soil & compost and Suppliers

6 Replies · Reply by Andrew Midgley Jul 21, 2018

seaweed meal / calcified seaweed as lawn feed

Morning all. I'm quite keen to try a solid seaweed as a lawn feed. Most of the info I have seen suggests application in early spring. But can it be used year round in lieu of regular granular feeds? How readily does it break down into the soil? The l

Started by Glen Stillman in Turfcare and Soil & compost

4 Replies · Reply by Glen Stillman May 22, 2018

New lawn prep

got a new lawn to lay in the next few day.

remaining soil is deep, very fine and very moist, not well draining. It’s basically like a fine silt (its next to a small stream and has hardly any stone in it.

i want to rotovate to loosen it up but think it’

Started by Paul Baillie in Soil & compost

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Starting out

Hello everyone.So I'm a long time free member on here and recently a pro member. I have decided it's time to get back to being outdoors. Currently I have my own ltd servicing, repairing steam turbines in the power industry. I have sort of fell into t

Started by Dan Young in Business, Groundscare, and Landscaping

8 Replies · Reply by Ben Pritchard Jan 14, 2018

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Council suggests buying a loved one a (green waste) wheelie bin for Christmas

Did make me laugh - just imagine and bask in the gratitude / surprise your loved one will get :)

https://twitter.com/telegraph/status/937428053252280320

Started by Gary RK in Soil & compost

4 Replies · Reply by Andrew Midgley Dec 4, 2017

Seeking 10 people to learn together with Piet Oudolf, Dr Noel Kingsbury and others

Hello everyone,

It's been several years since I've been on here. And MyGardenSchool has now grown quite a lot. We're trialling an initiative where we'd like to find 10 people who would be happy to learn together in one class - and really feel like

Started by Elspeth Briscoe in Design, Accountancy, and Business

97 Replies · Reply by Nicola Berry Nov 25, 2017

Starting my own business

Hi my name is Kingsley.I am 21 years old I was working in drainage/civil engineering/ flagging ground works, till around a year ago. My manager at this drainage firm had. Decided to set a landscape gardening business (he had no experience of this). I

Started by Kingsley Powers in Design, Accountancy, and Business

6 Replies · Reply by Jay smith Aug 15, 2017

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