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7 postsCoffee grounds do not acidify soil, eggshells do not stop slugs, banana skins rot in the planting hole: what is really inside the five most popular kitchen leftovers, and how to use them properly.
From mid September · CW 38 what your lawn needs is potassium, not fast-acting nitrogen. Add the last cut to 4 to 5 cm between CW 44 and CW 46 and clear the leaves regularly. That is how the sward gets through winter without snow mould and moss.
One kilo of greenery to ten litres of water: how to turn nettle, comfrey and horsetail into fertiliser and plant tonic, how far to dilute, and how to take the stink out of the barrel.
Tomato, pepper, courgette and squash are the hungriest residents of the bed. How to feed them potassium instead of nitrogen and read leaf colour as your gauge.
Most perennials are modest feeders, and too much fertiliser harms more than too little. Here is how to feed your perennial bed with compost and mulch, without overloading it.
A lot of fertiliser does not mean a lot of fruit. Why an open, mulched tree circle matters more than any bag of feed, and how too much nitrogen harms the tree.
You do not fertilise all berries the same. Acid-lovers like blueberries tolerate no lime, currants and gooseberries are potassium-hungry, raspberries undemanding. Here is how to sort your berries into a few groups and give each the right thing.
