Re: rhubarb
- From: Rusty Hinge 2 <rusty.hinge@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 3 Mar 2006 02:35:48 -0000
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from Janet Tweedy <jan@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx> contains these words:
Even old crowns like a feed, and respond well. (I've been piling kitchen
waste and fresh horse manure round my rhubarb, but not too close to the
crown. In a while the whole lot will be covered with well-rotted
straw-mould and capped with half-rotted straw to keep the warmth of the
horsh and waste in.
Would one of those hay bales that they sell for rabbits etc, do?
Well, it'd act as an insulator, but you need to get the ground warm
(hotbed effect of the horsh^H^H^ and kitchen waste) first, or it'll just
keep it cold. I'm using the rotted stuff as a soil improver and moisture
retainer.
And hay is horribly expensive. In a rural area you can usually find old
straw for nothing.
There's a vast straw stack over the road from me, and I've permission to
plunder the mould and straw and stuff for however much I need/want.
--
Rusty
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