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I have recieved a packet of Chocolate vine seeds from ebay. It states to sow the the seeds in 3/4 deep in soil mix of sand and loam. I don't want to get it wrong and waste the seeds. Can I buy it at the garden centre? Can anyone shine some light?
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Hello, loam is a very good quality soil - and you probably can buy it in the garden centre now.
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Ok thanks very much Alice.Mclaren Pit Crew (MCP)
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I would use a good quality seed/cutting compost. John Innes is loam (soil) based, or you could use a peat(or peat-free) compost from your local supplier.Comment
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You could use John Innes seed & cutting compost
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Good fibrous loam is made by stacking turves upside down, one on top of another for a year! Good topsoil is an alternative!
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I did that Snadger and now I just have a mound of grass!Originally posted by Snadger View PostGood fibrous loam is made by stacking turves upside down, one on top of another for a year! Good topsoil is an alternative!
Where did I go wrong?
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I think if you burst into that grassy mound Jennie, you'll find the lovely loamy stuff in the middle. then you can restack the green stuff again into a smaller pile and start again. But if that hasn't worked, do tell us what was in the middle
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I'll give it a go Alice when the ground gets a bit warmer but before the grass starts to grow. We strimmed it last summer and I was beginning to wish I had made it into a bench shape so we had a grassy mound to sit on!~
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Thanks everyone, will be off to the garden centre tomorrow to buy John Innes.Mclaren Pit Crew (MCP) .Comment
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I think 'upside down' are the key words here!Originally posted by JennieAtkinson View PostI did that Snadger and now I just have a mound of grass! Where did I go wrong?
My Majesty made for him a garden anew in order
to present to him vegetables and all beautiful flowers.- Offerings of Thutmose III to Amon-Ra (1500 BCE)
Diversify & prosper
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I think the roots just turned and grew back up the wayOriginally posted by Snadger View PostI think 'upside down' are the key words here!
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Aerodynamically the bumblebee shouldn't be able to fly, but the bumblebee doesn't know that so it goes on flying anyway.
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