Recent content by Mamsoth

Thanks guys, I've grown strangely attached to that particular plant as it's been with me a while.        Ha!!! Yeah I was thinking how that'd taste when I was writing the title  :party:   I've managed to hammer some tent pegs in now, which I should have done from the start. We're getting really...

I've just been wondering whether I should give my plants a bit of a prune but thankfully mother nature has taken the decision for me. Just been out back and found the plastic greenhouse flung over the otherside of the garden. I had a chocolate bhut plant on a shelf which has taken a battering.  ...

Thanks SP, it is now open season on lawn poo of the wormiest kind  ;)

I'm just curious, can you use wild worm castings (by wild I mean the ones you find scattered about the place on lawns etc). I never got round to starting a worm bin but have quite a few castings scattered about the place.   Cheers 

  Interesting. Yeah correct balance being the operative phrase : )       Thanks for the tip, I'll look into that, even tho its not a permanent fix, it will do nicely for the time being    Thanks for all the great help everyone

I have got another capsule for the nitrogen test but I cant seem to locate it at the moment. I'm sure when I do it'll show high levels. I think I went a bit mad with the bat gauno (which I think is fairly alkaline?). I used bat gauno, worm castings, homemade compost then some store bought soil...

  Thats a good tip, I have some leaf mold that should be ready by the summer. Wish there was a way to lower the ph a little more speedily but I guess I'll just have to be patient

Cheers Noah, I'll have to check that out   Thank you talking coyote. I love that episode  :lol: . Yeah I've got a bunch of large pots overwintering in the garage which I'll have to work on now to bring the ph down by next year. I've got a few small 1 gallon pots on my windowsill which I'm now...

  I think its between 6.5 and 6.8 

  Ok, good to know. My plants are potted but are in tiny pots (about a gallon). Thinking about it, maybe I'd be better off just repotting using a potting mix thats already around 6.5-6.8. Would anyone have any recommendations for such a mix?

thanks for the link Noah, it looks like good stuff, how much would you need to add to a 3 gallon pot do you reckon?

Just done one of those capsule tests for soil ph and it's looking like my potting soils at about an 8 which would explain my poor harvest last year. Anyway I've done some looking around and it looks like the best way to go is to add some sphagnum peat moss and/or agricultural sulphur.    Would I...

That's what we're all like to this very day in England.    "Looketh here Reginald, pass the crumpets. Have a cup of tea with the wanker, good show"   Funny advert, well done old man  ;)

Homemade bolognese loaded with bhuts. No pics because its in my tummy

I became a chilli head not because I love peppers, but because I hate tongues. They are evil and must be obliterated wherever they are found  :shocked:   Don't actually remember when I got into peppers, I do remember my first phaal tho, garnished with unidentified green chillies...needless to...