I'm seeing odd patterns in plant health in the UK, despite being in one of the best fruit and veg growing areas in the country.... my observations:
a) Garden centres are selling compost that appears much lower quality than last year and that doesn't hold water as well, it also has much more perlite/vermiculite (or something else?) in it,
b) We've had MUCH better sun than last year - when I had a bumper crop - but this year both plant chlorophil and produce levels are 50% down. I've been providing plenty of seaweed, tomorite and manure but it's having little effect? Typical summer temps here are 15 to 25 degrees but we've had 25 to 40 this year - so why aren't plants producing?
c) Plants that usually overgrow are even more reduced in size; mint, perpetual sweet peas, raspberries, rhubarb, courgettes,
a) Garden centres are selling compost that appears much lower quality than last year and that doesn't hold water as well, it also has much more perlite/vermiculite (or something else?) in it,
b) We've had MUCH better sun than last year - when I had a bumper crop - but this year both plant chlorophil and produce levels are 50% down. I've been providing plenty of seaweed, tomorite and manure but it's having little effect? Typical summer temps here are 15 to 25 degrees but we've had 25 to 40 this year - so why aren't plants producing?
c) Plants that usually overgrow are even more reduced in size; mint, perpetual sweet peas, raspberries, rhubarb, courgettes,
01:49 PM - Aug 28, 2022
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Lisa Newnham
@ShinySHINY
28 August, 03:07
In response Robert Wakefield to his Publication
Composts in the UK are all going peat free. As a result they seem to be higher in Nitrogen and producing leggy plants and no produce. Our veg was all pretty crap this year and my pumpkins didnt even pollinate.
However my parents bought some soil from agricultural land as they had a few large beds to fill and their produce results have been crazy. Big lush vegetables, huge onions and garlic, a large potato yeild. Seems everything they plant in it grows really well.
I'd like to get some of the soil myself but its costly and my location is not very accesible.
However my parents bought some soil from agricultural land as they had a few large beds to fill and their produce results have been crazy. Big lush vegetables, huge onions and garlic, a large potato yeild. Seems everything they plant in it grows really well.
I'd like to get some of the soil myself but its costly and my location is not very accesible.
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Lisa Newnham
@ShinySHINY
28 August, 03:08
In response Lisa Newnham to her Publication
Also the peat free composts hold very little moisture.
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Kristina Martic
@Kristina
28 August, 02:23
In response Robert Wakefield to his Publication
it is "a" in Germany,werry bad soil for the much more money. 9.99€ 60litar great soil last year and this year in April,in the same store,in May,there wasen't any more that soil,butt 40l for 12€,soil that I would not take for free,if i only knew
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Stacey Stands Up
@StaceyW
28 August, 02:20
In response Robert Wakefield to his Publication
I am having a chlorophyll problem with many plants this year as well. I am in the Pacific Northwest (USA). I added iron and it helped.....a little. But I was really taken by surprise that so many of my plants gave me this trouble! You might be on to something about the fertilizers and water. I am going to do an experiment on one of the plants that I'm losing to this battle. I will try adding hydrogen peroxide to todays watering and see if anything happens.
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Robert Wakefield
@Robertauthor
28 August, 01:50
In response Robert Wakefield to his Publication
I stumbled upon a possible reason and solution... WATER:
d) I think something in compost and fertilisers this year is DE-IONISING the water, much like something in the jab is clotting veins and reducing oxygen circulation?
e) If you think of the soil/compost/water as being the battery that gives growth energy to the plants, this can't happen effectively when the water is de-ionised,
f) A possible solution I saw on a youtube is to wind copper wire around bamboo stakes and into the soil - supposedly copper is good at gathering ions from the air and it feeds down back into the soil,
d) I think something in compost and fertilisers this year is DE-IONISING the water, much like something in the jab is clotting veins and reducing oxygen circulation?
e) If you think of the soil/compost/water as being the battery that gives growth energy to the plants, this can't happen effectively when the water is de-ionised,
f) A possible solution I saw on a youtube is to wind copper wire around bamboo stakes and into the soil - supposedly copper is good at gathering ions from the air and it feeds down back into the soil,
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In response Robert Wakefield to his Publication
Interesting.
My yield in Texas is lower than 2020. Due to a health incident I had to skip 2021. Little rain in 2022, so I've had to use more irrigation than in 2020.
My yield in Texas is lower than 2020. Due to a health incident I had to skip 2021. Little rain in 2022, so I've had to use more irrigation than in 2020.
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In response Robert Wakefield to his Publication
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