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Mulching
Raymond Starr
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here is one for you all .would it be ok to mulch up the flower ????. Beds with mushroom ???? compost before all the spring bulbs appear?? Or do you wait until late June to mulch up the beds
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Hi, wait until the soil has warmed up in late spring, then you can do it. Or in autumn.
Its good stuff but beware using it on any acid loving plants. It is too alkaline for them.
Thank you all for your kind addvice I will probably wait until early spring time has last year I have just made up the flower beds has when I moved into the property the garden had never been touched for years thankfully the next door neighbour who lives too door up from me is a farmer who had loads of cow muck which I put in about 3 tons by double digging the beds put in about 500 spring bulbs 21 roses hosta ,s lupin,s delphiniums ect ect and all the muck I put in last year the worms ? have took it all down I have just got 8 bags of mushroom ? compost 75 litres bags for £17 so in a ideal world ? I should wait until every thing is up and running once more but I,am quite inpatient lol
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Garden sounds like it should be blooming then this year Raymond!! roll on Spring!! where do you buy mushroom compost from?
Hi Jennifer I had too travel 50 miles to get it where I live there is mushroom farms near by but I have email them to see if I could buy there spent mushroom ? compost but has of yet no reply to I looked on eBay too see if there was any one else near me and there was a few on there selling it cheap cheap so 50 mile down to get it in my car ? 50 mile back not so bad only gallon of fuel. Couple of hours to have a super looking Borders all summer long plus it in riches the soil give the worms ? Something to do over the summer months