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TIPS Carrots sown
- 3 types of soil used
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Darren John Wilkinson (The Sheddy Man) is certified
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has been showcasing his numerous gardening, landscaping,
and smallholding projects on his YouTube channel (I'm In
The Shed). From Cramlington in the United Kingdom, his
garden landscaped, with several outdoor structures, is
constantly evolving. No-dig gardening is his method! His
videos are presented from his shed located on his small
plot, hence his nickname "The Sheddy Man".
In this video, The Sheddy Man sown carrot seeds in 3
types of compost to see wich one will be the best :
homemade compost, homemade compost with sand and peat.
Everything I do is an experiment to show what works or
not. Happy sowing, happy growing!
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Carrots sown. 3 types of soil used
Part 1
Carrots sown in 3 types of compost .. the traditional
way of 50%sand 50% compost (homemade)… pure homemade
compost and old peat compost.. all seived with a 5mm
seive.. dark carrots this time ..3 types and this
weekend normal orange ones … did half n half
compost/sand last year and had my first great success
and didn’t get attacked by carrot flies.. plus the fact
much easier in the 30 ltr buckets.
Well
carrots getting sown in 3 types of soil/compost.reusing
old compost pure.. half compost/half sand … old peat
compost pure.. lets see what difference it makes if any
.. like do I really need to do sand and compost or is
peat compost better or just compost .. All have been sieved with my
5mm seive.. so quite fine .. everything i do is an
experiment to show what works or not ..
Carrot seeds packet (Black Nebula) - Variety used for
the test
You can see the results.. update
Part 2
If you saw the first part I was trying 3 types of
compost..homemade/homemade-sand.. peat.. sieved with a
5mm sieve.. now germination in 2 none in one zzz was
finding peat was constantly drying out unlike other 2 ..
so I’d say hard for carrot.. seed to germinate.. I’ve
came down today and some popping through.. lol .. go
figure.. but still not the way forward.. unless you
experiment you never know and you’re scratching your
head.. .. think the best one was the 100% homemade.. and
I know the sand probably makes it a finer compost for
the carrots tap root .. but it’s a easy option for me as
got loads of homemade.. plus it’s not over rich .. which
can make your carrots fork etc .. they like nutrient
deficient compost .. bit like first sowings..
HAPPY SOWING HAPPY GROWING!
Carrot seeds sprouting in 3 types of compost
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The Sheddy Man (Darren John Wilkinson)
explains how to collect chicken manure
in his chicken coop. The best way to
give yo your plants that extra bit more.
Increase your overall compost yield each
year with hen coop poop. Recycling and
reusing this black gold to avoid buying
compost from one year to the next.
The Sheddy Man explains how to add
eggshells to compost. He shows to us
what he does with them to his compost to
degrade over a few years and aerate it.
No drying out in ovens, just let them
dry out naturally and hand crush, slowly
but surely.
