definately not dwarf beans, runner beans but very bent.

Ken

Back in the 50's when I was somewhat younger than I am now I seem to recollect my Mother, working on the land, picking runner beans from rows on the ground. Would they have been similar varieties to those we traditionally grow up sticks now?.

Ken

If I can add my 10 pence worth to this debate, I would just say simply "IT WORKS" and I have to admit that visually I would be hard pushed to tell you whats in it as it is that well composted. Although this is my first season of use I have seen no evidence of weeds from it unlike the stuff...

Snooky The only 6X product that I'm familiar with is the dried sewage fertiliser that has been around for many years. Mr Mucks composted horse manure is not the same sort of product. The mr Muck product is basicaly a soil conditioner and feed type compost. The bags contain 40 litres fully composted ...

Earlier than promised here's the area covered, for those younger than me I've even done it in metres. For 70 Sq. metres I used 30 bags. 30 X £4= £120. 120/70= £1.71p a metre. As I said earlier, not cheap. The plus factor is that I've used absolutely nothing else to feed my veg and it's reputedly org...

Load size makes a slight difference on total price. I paid £4.00 a bag delivered but I did have 50 bags. I've used 30 of them. Weather permitting I'll drop a tape measure around my beds tomorrow then I can give a sq ft area covered.

Ken

I have no way of telling how much the un-seasonal weather has affected growing conditions and whether this has been detrimental or benefical. However I can say with absolute certainty that my veg this year is doing amazingly well and that is right across the spectrum, brassica's, roots, onions, cele...

It's probably a bit early to make a judgemen on the benefits of this compost but for what ever the reason my veg plot is looking the best I have ever seen it. I've been developing it for about six years as a veg garden, the previous 35 years it was my late wifes flower garden. Everything this year i...

Read an interesting comment in the cultivation guide that came with a cordon cherry recently, "If it looks like you have cut too much off it's probably perfect"

Determining application rates is going to be down to experience. Considering this stuff seems to have been dried and shreadded I'm assuming theres a reasonable degree of concentration so I'm not layering it like tradional muck. My average bed size is 16' X 8'. (5 X 3 Metres app) and I have spread 4 ...

Has anyone used Mr Mucks Composted Horse Manure. I've recently bought a load and initially it seems a very good clean compost, easy and clean to handle. I've now top dressed my veg beds with it and will await results with interest. It would be helpful to hear other's experience of this product, part...

I have 14 Cordon Apples in my garden, which I've had for a few years (4 or 5) My problem is that I'm rubbish at prunning subsequently they are now showing too much branch and looking a bit bushy. All the prunning guides I look at show sections of tree and where to prune but what I need is an image o...

Thanks everyone, wonderfull things these "forums"

Ken

Results are from chemical tests, tried Ph meter in the past and found them un-reliable.

Ken

I've been testing Ph on the bed planned for this years spuds and found it to be 5.5-6.0 Ph. I've always understood that you should'nt lime where you plant spuds but what about this situation with the soil being so acid. I've tested a number of points across the bed and the reading is pretty consista...