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Too much nitrogen

smallswansmallswan Posts: 86
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I have converted an old chicken run into a soft fruit cage, but the nitrogen in their manure has caused the usual problem of too much top growth and not enough fruit.  Is there anything I can do to correct the soil balance?  I know that, apart from the autumn raspberries, it is probably too late for this year, but I would like some fruit next year!

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  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618

    Grow a brassica crop in there that will use up the nitrogen. Something like kale planted a foot apart should give you lots of leaves for the pot, and deplete the nitrogen in the soil.

  • smallswansmallswan Posts: 86

    Thanks fidgetbones: is it too late to do that this year?  Can I still get kale plants?

  • fidgetbonesfidgetbones Posts: 17,618

    The garden centres will have plants, but easy enough to grow Cavolo nero from seed and then transplant. They will grow throughout the winter if it is mild again.

  • smallswansmallswan Posts: 86

    I'm on it: thanks for the advice

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