Controlled release fertiliser are tiny granules called prills that are packed with food for plants which they release gradually over a long length of time. They are really useful when gardening because they can be applied to a pot or a garden and feed the plants for between 3 and 6 months. A prill of…
Vegetables, herbs and flowers are almost all annuals which means that they grow very fast but for just one season. But, the faster they grow the more they need to be fed! In gardening, feeding plants is called fertilising. To fertilise plants we use fertiliser which has lots of nutrients in them. Liquid fertiliser is…
Seaweed extract is not a fertiliser for plants but a tonic – a bit like a multivitamin. It is actually made from seaweed that is harvested from areas of the ocean where the seaweed is overgrown. Products with seaweed in them are almost magical for a vegie and flower garden. Even though they aren’t a…
Compost is a mixture of decaying organic matter such as leaves, manure and kitchen scraps which, once it has broken down, is used to improve the soil in the garden. It is rich in nutrients and when it is mixed through the garden bed it provides food for the plants, encourages worms into the garden…
Compost is gold for the garden! It does wonderful things to the soil such as helps it hold water better, encourages worms and other good bugs to live in the soil and it has lots of nutrients in it which the roots suck up like a sponge. The best thing about compost is that you…
Making compost is just like baking a cake but sometimes you get the ingredients wrong and it just doesn’t work out. Luckily, it can be fixed! Question: Why is the compost so slow to break down? Compost needs to be warm for the microbes inside to start breaking everything down so if it’s winter or…