Doesn't seem possible to buy leaf mould so I'm wondering what the best
alternative might be. TIA

On 07/04/2014 18:47, stuart noble wrote:
Doesn't seem possible to buy leaf mould so I'm wondering what the best
alternative might be. TIA

Peat, provided that you are not averse to using it.

Worth making your own leaf mould though if you have a lot of leaves.

I use my green bin for making leaf mould as I compost more than the
council would allow me to put in their green bin. Takes about three
years with a complete inversion every year. A full green bin of leaves
will rot down in a year to a black dustbin and a half of still rough
rotted leaves. It will work in plastic bags too but harder work.

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On 07/04/2014 20:08, Martin Brown wrote:
On 07/04/2014 18:47, stuart noble wrote:
Doesn't seem possible to buy leaf mould so I'm wondering what the best
alternative might be. TIA

Peat, provided that you are not averse to using it.

Worth making your own leaf mould though if you have a lot of leaves.

I use my green bin for making leaf mould as I compost more than the
council would allow me to put in their green bin. Takes about three
years with a complete inversion every year. A full green bin of leaves
will rot down in a year to a black dustbin and a half of still rough
rotted leaves. It will work in plastic bags too but harder work.


Thanks. Not enough leaves or space unfortunately

On Mon, 07 Apr 2014 20:26:34 +0100, stuart noble wrote:

On 07/04/2014 20:08, Martin Brown wrote:
On 07/04/2014 18:47, stuart noble wrote:
Doesn't seem possible to buy leaf mould so I'm wondering what the best
alternative might be. TIA

Peat, provided that you are not averse to using it.



Thanks. Not enough leaves or space unfortunately

How about coconut fibre? Seems to work well as a soil conditioner,
though dries out a little quicker than peat.



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On 8 Apr 2014 10:21:41 GMT, Emery Davis wrote:

On Mon, 07 Apr 2014 20:26:34 +0100, stuart noble wrote:

On 07/04/2014 20:08, Martin Brown wrote:
On 07/04/2014 18:47, stuart noble wrote:
Doesn't seem possible to buy leaf mould so I'm wondering what the best
alternative might be. TIA

Peat, provided that you are not averse to using it.



Thanks. Not enough leaves or space unfortunately

How about coconut fibre? Seems to work well as a soil conditioner,
though dries out a little quicker than peat.

Birds take coconut fibre for their nests. I can't imagine how
uncomfortable it is.

Steve

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"Martin" wrote

Stephen Wolstenholme wrote:

Emery Davis wrote:

, stuart noble wrote:

On 07/04/2014 20:08, Martin Brown wrote:
On 07/04/2014 18:47, stuart noble wrote:
Doesn't seem possible to buy leaf mould so I'm wondering what the
best
alternative might be. TIA

Peat, provided that you are not averse to using it.



Thanks. Not enough leaves or space unfortunately

How about coconut fibre? Seems to work well as a soil conditioner,
though dries out a little quicker than peat.

Birds take coconut fibre for their nests. I can't imagine how
uncomfortable it is.

More comfortable than the twigs jackdaws have piled in our gutters.
Jackdaws
seem to be sourcing material from washing lines and rubbish skips this
year. A
pair of panties fell out of one of the jackdaws' nests.


I'm sure your wife believed you! :-)
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On 2014-04-08 10:44:42 +0000, Martin said:

On Tue, 08 Apr 2014 11:29:45 +0100, Stephen Wolstenholme
wrote:

On 8 Apr 2014 10:21:41 GMT, Emery Davis wrote:

On Mon, 07 Apr 2014 20:26:34 +0100, stuart noble wrote:

On 07/04/2014 20:08, Martin Brown wrote:
On 07/04/2014 18:47, stuart noble wrote:
Doesn't seem possible to buy leaf mould so I'm wondering what the best
alternative might be. TIA

Peat, provided that you are not averse to using it.



Thanks. Not enough leaves or space unfortunately

How about coconut fibre? Seems to work well as a soil conditioner,
though dries out a little quicker than peat.

Birds take coconut fibre for their nests. I can't imagine how
uncomfortable it is.

More comfortable than the twigs jackdaws have piled in our gutters. Jackdaws
seem to be sourcing material from washing lines and rubbish skips this year. A
pair of panties fell out of one of the jackdaws' nests.

did they have glittery bits?! (Not the jackdaws!)
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South Devon
www.helpforheroes.org.uk

On 08/04/2014 11:21, Emery Davis wrote:
On Mon, 07 Apr 2014 20:26:34 +0100, stuart noble wrote:

On 07/04/2014 20:08, Martin Brown wrote:
On 07/04/2014 18:47, stuart noble wrote:
Doesn't seem possible to buy leaf mould so I'm wondering what the best
alternative might be. TIA

Peat, provided that you are not averse to using it.



Thanks. Not enough leaves or space unfortunately

How about coconut fibre? Seems to work well as a soil conditioner,
though dries out a little quicker than peat.




It's a thought. Would bulb fibre be similar?

On 07/04/2014 18:47, stuart noble wrote:
Doesn't seem possible to buy leaf mould so I'm wondering what the best
alternative might be. TIA

To do what?

On Tue, 08 Apr 2014 18:19:18 +0100, stuart noble wrote:

How about coconut fibre? Seems to work well as a soil conditioner,
though dries out a little quicker than peat.




It's a thought. Would bulb fibre be similar?

Dunno, I haven't used it. The nice thing about coconut though is it's
neutral (if you get a good one), pretty cheap and drains extremely well.



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On Tue, 08 Apr 2014 11:29:45 +0100, Stephen Wolstenholme wrote:

Birds take coconut fibre for their nests. I can't imagine how
uncomfortable it is.

I haven't had a problem, although they will take buds and young shoots
sometimes. I started using quite a lot of it in pots last year.



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Gardening in Lower Normandy

On 08/04/2014 18:24, David Hill wrote:
On 07/04/2014 18:47, stuart noble wrote:
Doesn't seem possible to buy leaf mould so I'm wondering what the best
alternative might be. TIA

To do what?

At the moment to re-pot some cyclamen, but it seems to work well for
other things that prefer a free draining soil.