Morning all
I am looking for some advise regarding improving my soil on my plot. This will be my third year on this plot .The first year I noticed that there was no goodness in the soil what so ever as nothing would grow, so I ended up adding fertiliser, to supplement the lack nutrients,
Over the last couple of years I have been working my way along the plot adding manure and compost to all areas which has helped loads. This year I am working on the fruit area as last year my raspberries just would not grow, well they got to about 3ft tall if that. So this year have been adding compost and manure around the plants, this has helped loads as the new growth is now about 5 ft already so I am please with all the work I have put in.
I will be finishing the final area of the plot by adding compost and manure in the autumn. The way I look at this is the soil was devoid of all goodness. The soil is quite stony and free draining but the PH is ok, I am still thinking that there could still be a lack of minerals in the soil but don't want to go to the expense of having a soil test. What would you recommend me doing to regarding adding additional minerals or supplementary nutrients to be on the safe side .
Thanks for taking the time to read and any advise.
Mark
I am looking for some advise regarding improving my soil on my plot. This will be my third year on this plot .The first year I noticed that there was no goodness in the soil what so ever as nothing would grow, so I ended up adding fertiliser, to supplement the lack nutrients,
Over the last couple of years I have been working my way along the plot adding manure and compost to all areas which has helped loads. This year I am working on the fruit area as last year my raspberries just would not grow, well they got to about 3ft tall if that. So this year have been adding compost and manure around the plants, this has helped loads as the new growth is now about 5 ft already so I am please with all the work I have put in.
I will be finishing the final area of the plot by adding compost and manure in the autumn. The way I look at this is the soil was devoid of all goodness. The soil is quite stony and free draining but the PH is ok, I am still thinking that there could still be a lack of minerals in the soil but don't want to go to the expense of having a soil test. What would you recommend me doing to regarding adding additional minerals or supplementary nutrients to be on the safe side .
Thanks for taking the time to read and any advise.
Mark
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