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RE: Soil/ peat improvers - Can the Man - 15-04-2022
Can you section off some of it and try drain it by putting in some pipes and a stone sink ?
My neighbours have done that and they grow potatoes in the soft peaty soil.
I live on the bog but my land has all been raised out of the bog by stones so over the years I have had to buy top soil and compost etc. To build up a decent level of soil for growing in.
RE: Soil/ peat improvers - Small chilli - 15-04-2022
(14-04-2022, 09:25 PM)SarrissUK Wrote: Would it help the rest of the garden if you dug a pond? If so, I'd do thatWe’ve already dug a burn (stream) across the plot . A pond isn’t going to add anything
RE: Soil/ peat improvers - Small chilli - 15-04-2022
(15-04-2022, 06:11 AM)Can the Man Wrote: Can you section off some of it and try drain it by putting in some pipes and a stone sink ?Way ahead of you can
My neighbours have done that and they grow potatoes in the soft peaty soil.
I live on the bog but my land has all been raised out of the bog by stones so over the years I have had to buy top soil and compost etc. To build up a decent level of soil for growing in.
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500m of drainage going in and back filled with stone.
RE: Soil/ peat improvers - SarrissUK - 15-04-2022
ok, so the drainage should be sorted then, so it will be less wet. What's the soil like? Is it clay?
RE: Soil/ peat improvers - Small chilli - 15-04-2022
(15-04-2022, 09:36 PM)SarrissUK Wrote: ok, so the drainage should be sorted then, so it will be less wet. What's the soil like? Is it clay?Peat.
RE: Soil/ peat improvers - SarrissUK - 15-04-2022
How lucky
Sand is probably good for drainage. Other than that, I'm guessing it depends on how alkaline or acidic the soil is, whichever you want it to move.
RE: Soil/ peat improvers - Small chilli - 15-04-2022
Off the scale acidic
RE: Soil/ peat improvers - Spec - 16-04-2022
Drainage, then lots of straw/hay mixed followed by lime
RE: Soil/ peat improvers - SarrissUK - 16-04-2022
Yes, lime then, definitely, and lots of it!
RE: Soil/ peat improvers - Small chilli - 17-04-2022
Just a quick photo so you can see what I’m trying to drain & improve.
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