Well I didnt know that sotongeoff. Thankyou for teaching me something new today, I will get some manure and place some on. Many thanks to you both for your kind help and advice.
One more thing your leaf-mould-it would depend on what tree the leaves come from-in most cases it would just be neutral unless it was from say a pine but they might take a while to turn into leaf-mould.
I also love lillies but grow them in pots and place them through the borders when a space appears. This year at Harrogate I also discovered that some lillies prefer ericaceous compost, the large oriental ones I think. Though I have grown some in normal compost, I am trying out the ericaceous compost this year with the new lillies I bought at the show. I would also agree to adding well rotted manure to your bed as I have taken out some trees and had the same problems with roots left behind. There certainly is a lot of worms in it but it also takes a lot of hard digging breaking up the soil. Good luck.
We grow lilies of all sorts from one end of the garden to the other. Many are in pots, others in the ground - all do prettty well. I've never used ericaceous compost for them, and looking out of the window just now cannot se how they could be any better than they are at present - up to 20 heads per pot and plot, with a perfume to knock you down if you brought it indoors. They get pelleted organic chicken manure in the spring along with everything else, and an occasional top dressing if I remember and have enough compost. They have been known to freeze solid in their pots, and get waterlogged at times, but nothing seems to hold them back.
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Horse manure shouldn't make much difference to the ph in the soil-in fact because of the urine content it slightly acidic so that should help you
Well I didnt know that sotongeoff. Thankyou for teaching me something new today, I will get some manure and place some on. Many thanks to you both for your kind help and advice.
One more thing your leaf-mould-it would depend on what tree the leaves come from-in most cases it would just be neutral unless it was from say a pine but they might take a while to turn into leaf-mould.
I also love lillies but grow them in pots and place them through the borders when a space appears. This year at Harrogate I also discovered that some lillies prefer ericaceous compost, the large oriental ones I think. Though I have grown some in normal compost, I am trying out the ericaceous compost this year with the new lillies I bought at the show. I would also agree to adding well rotted manure to your bed as I have taken out some trees and had the same problems with roots left behind. There certainly is a lot of worms in it but it also takes a lot of hard digging breaking up the soil. Good luck.
We grow lilies of all sorts from one end of the garden to the other. Many are in pots, others in the ground - all do prettty well. I've never used ericaceous compost for them, and looking out of the window just now cannot se how they could be any better than they are at present - up to 20 heads per pot and plot, with a perfume to knock you down if you brought it indoors. They get pelleted organic chicken manure in the spring along with everything else, and an occasional top dressing if I remember and have enough compost. They have been known to freeze solid in their pots, and get waterlogged at times, but nothing seems to hold them back.
thanks.will try adding some ericaeceous compost in planting hole.