Hi there,
I wondered if anyone has tried this approach.
In theory, it looks like you could get some earlier and later crops using it.
Straw bale gardening
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I don't know much about it so will be interested to read any comments. I did once acquire an old bale of straw at the end of a grden fete which I broke down and and spread around but it got very windy and blew everywhere, messing up the entire garden so that rather put me off using the stuff although my strawberry plants would benefit from having some of it tucked around them. However I imagine you're probably referring to the bulk use of it to make hot beds which i'm afraid is out of my experience.
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Is this another term for hot bed gardening.
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I'm not sure it is the same as hot bed gardening.
Googling seems to suggest that people are using straw bales like raised beds. Litterally, you get a bunch of square bales, you water them and sow / plant into them as if it was soil. People seem to be suggesting that you get higher yealds, and also people are using this idea to grow thing in random places like roof tops etc.
I think you will get some extra heat because they are decomposing, but I don't think this is the main thing about them.
At rhs harlow carr, they appeared to be growning tomato's using this method.
Googling seems to suggest that people are using straw bales like raised beds. Litterally, you get a bunch of square bales, you water them and sow / plant into them as if it was soil. People seem to be suggesting that you get higher yealds, and also people are using this idea to grow thing in random places like roof tops etc.
I think you will get some extra heat because they are decomposing, but I don't think this is the main thing about them.
At rhs harlow carr, they appeared to be growning tomato's using this method.
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Reading this I was sure we'd covered it before and guess what?
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