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Turf stack not preogressing

JoeXJoeX Posts: 1,783
edited September 2022 in Problem solving
Hi all,

Had a turf stack covered for a year, can still see the grass all the way through it.



Other that adding water when the hosepipe ban is lifted, any suggestions?

Thanks

Joe

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  • Lizzie27Lizzie27 Posts: 12,494
    I'm afraid that never worked for me on our clay soil, stayed in solid lumps and didn't rot down at all.
    North East Somerset - Clay soil over limestone
  • nick615nick615 Posts: 1,487
    Suggest adding lawn mowings and tipping washing up water etc. on it instead of down the sink?
  • KiliKili Posts: 1,104
    Took two years for mine to break down to a nice loam. Forget for another year.

    'The power of accurate observation .... is commonly called cynicism by those that have not got it.

    George Bernard Shaw'

  • JoeXJoeX Posts: 1,783
    Thanks for the suggestions.

    Further problem is that I’ve dug a new bed, 2.4m x 2.4m and was planning to add the “loam” from the turf stack.  Freeing up the space for the turf I’ve just dug up.  Genius on paper 🙂

    What if I move this stack to the newly dug bed, spread more thinly, and cover it there until March?  

    It would get more rain there, but I’ll have to hold off planting until then.
  • JoeXJoeX Posts: 1,783
    Lizzie27 said:
    I'm afraid that never worked for me on our clay soil, stayed in solid lumps and didn't rot down at all.
    I did an open stack at the end of the garden a few years ago, that went well but it was riddled with the bindweed that’s down there, hence moving and covering it here.
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