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  • #1

    Mole mountain soil

    Hi everybody.
    I recently read that It might be a good plan to use turfed up soil from mole hills to sow seeds in in.
    Is it a worthwhile collecting it, enriching it and using it or just use it as it comes, or isn't it beneficial in any way? Perhaps it was suggested because it is fine soil.
    Any suggestions.
    Lynne x
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    You might not be popular with the land owners if you nick the soil........saying that it's perfect for my parsnips round here.......

    Loving my allotment!

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    • #3
      Nooooo, the hills are on my gardens. I wont pinch any, promise lol.
      Lynne x

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      • #4
        Oops.....guilty your honour!

        Loving my allotment!

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        • #5
          Ha Ha. Will it be good for my seeds? Last week I had to sow some seeds in ordinary all purpose compost and then I read about the mole hill soil and thought... Blinkin' 'eck, that would have cost me nothing and would have been so much finer for my little seedlings to push up through.
          Lynne x
          Last edited by wizzbang; 08-03-2013, 09:45 PM.

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          • #6
            We use it for our seeds with good results.
            It does tend to dry out quickly so needs some bulk and nutrients adding to it.
            Having said that- I suppose it depends on the soil type originally!
            "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

            Location....Normandy France

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            • #7
              Thank you. I'll go and collect it all tomorrow and have a look at it. Ive got loads of seeds to start so I suppose I will soon know if I did the right thing or not.
              Thank you for the help.
              Lynne x

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              • #8
                Originally posted by Newton View Post
                You might not be popular with the land owners if you nick the soil........saying that it's perfect for my parsnips round here.......
                I have been known to traverse the verges with a shovel and bucket
                Look deep into nature, and then you will understand everything better...Albert Einstein

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                • #9
                  I use it, seived, 50/50 with leaf mould and a bit of sand for potting on. For seed sowing I do buy compost as it has been sterilized, I hope.
                  Gardening requires a lot of water - most of it in the form of perspiration. Lou Erickson, critic and poet

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                  • #10
                    Originally posted by wizzbang View Post
                    Ha Ha. Will it be good for my seeds? Last week I had to sow some seeds in ordinary all purpose compost and then I read about the mole hill soil and thought... Blinkin' 'eck, that would have cost me nothing and would have been so much finer for my little seedlings to push up through.
                    Lynne x
                    Are you sowing seeds in Lancashire or Shropshire Lynne?

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                    • #11
                      Originally posted by wizzbang View Post
                      Is it a worthwhile ... enriching it
                      Never, ever enrich seed compost. All the seed's needs are within it.

                      You only need to feed when the seedling grows & needs potting on
                      All gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.

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                      • #12
                        My layer of soil is so thin that most of what the moles chuck up is "subsoil" - clay- and also seems to be full of weed seeds. I get the odd good hill but have to pick and choose and there is still the issue of weed seeds.
                        "A life lived in fear is a life half lived."

                        PS. I just don't have enough time to say hello to everyone as they join so please take this as a delighted to see you here!

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                        • #13
                          Originally posted by Two_Sheds View Post
                          Never, ever enrich seed compost. All the seed's needs are within it.
                          Agreed- but I thinkwizzbang is talking about enriching the mole hill soil not seed compost- as that indeed is specifically 'formulate' for seeds whereas mole hills aren't!

                          Originally posted by marchogaeth View Post
                          it also seems to be full of weed seeds.
                          Yes- that is an issue- you do need to know what the seedling will look like so you know what to pull out! ( yeh- I'm one of the plonkers who has in my time pulled up seedlings and left one variety of weed! )
                          "Nicos, Queen of Gooooogle" and... GYO's own Miss Marple

                          Location....Normandy France

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                          • #14
                            Originally posted by Nicos View Post
                            you do need to know what the seedling will look like so you know what to pull out! ( yeh- I'm one of the plonkers who has in my time pulled up seedlings and left one variety of weed! )

                            Ah,then you need to use the old gardeners dodge that I was shown in my yoof,rub a groove in the soil,set your seeds in it & then cover with builders sand.....Anything NOT growing through the sand stripes is deffo not what you planted & can be pulled up with impunity (or your fingers )
                            He who smiles in the face of adversity,has already decided who to blame

                            Artificial intelligence is no match for natural stupidity

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                            • #15
                              I have two customers with Mole 'issues' in their gardens. Both collect the soil mounds, and use the soil, but both say it compacts down like rock, so needs something added to it.

                              The other 'downside' is that, if you keep collecting, eventually your garden will become uneven, due to the soil loss, and the Mole tunnels. Personally, I would just use it to refill in the low areas, to save spoiling the look of the lawn. If you have no lawn, or aren't bothered by it, then collect as much as you like!
                              All the best - Glutton 4 Punishment
                              Freelance shrub butcher and weed removal operative.

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