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Newly dug border... Plant up now or wait?

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  • LoxleyLoxley Posts: 5,698
    This jogged my memory. I went to a soil conference a few weeks ago, one of the speakers was the lead soil consultant on this project, where the soil was manufactured from crushed sandstone with a small amount of composted green waste: https://sesl.com.au/projects/barangaroo-headland-park/

    In formulating the appropriate soil recipe, he trialed mycorrhizal fungi - there was no difference. But this was a very different flora than what we have in UK gardens. The native plant species required very low fertility and getting the balance right was a meticulous process of trial and error on controlled test plots.
    "What is hateful to you, do not do to your neighbour". 
  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    WillDB said:
    This jogged my memory. I went to a soil conference a few weeks ago, one of the speakers was the lead soil consultant on this project, where the soil was manufactured from crushed sandstone with a small amount of composted green waste: https://sesl.com.au/projects/barangaroo-headland-park/

    In formulating the appropriate soil recipe, he trialed mycorrhizal fungi - there was no difference. But this was a very different flora than what we have in UK gardens. The native plant species required very low fertility and getting the balance right was a meticulous process of trial and error on controlled test plots.
    Emperor's New Clothes springs to mind, and gullible consumerism.
    Devon.
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