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Poor soil
terence.mccallum
Posts: 72
Hi all,
wondering if you can help me, I love my garden but my plants don't seem to be doing to well and I was wondering how I could improve the quality of my soil over the winter
you help please
terry
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All soil can benefit from adding compost. If you have large areas, you can put in more topsoil to help make the soil manageable.
Plants 'not doing well' can also mean understanding your plants' need first. The more you learn about your plant, its preferred postion, likes and dislikes, a combination of that and learning about your own garden soil type. Both will help you make more informed choices in the future.
In autumn, as soon as your plants have gone dormant, pile on loads and loads and loads and then some more of well rotted garden compost, well rotted manure and/or leaf mould and leave it for the worms to work in.
You can usually get good deals on basic composts at the end of the summer as garden centres clear their spaces for the autumn bulbs and then Xmas displays. Some local councils also sell stuff from the municipal heaps at their recycling centres. Stables are usually happy to let people take manure away.
You could also grow a green manure over the winter. If you don't know what this means, just Google "green manure" and you'll find out all you need to know.