A friend made me some planters. Larger one for tatties, I think. Plan is, for the tatties to fill just enough to allow for planting then top up with soil/compost etc when the leaves start appearing.
I want to grow tatties, neeps, cauliflower maybe some beetroot in the North East of Scotland.
I need to fill the planters, but with what?
Unfortunately I can’t deal with a pallet/ton bag load of anything. I’ll had to buy individual bags.
At B&Q I bought two, 50 litre bags of Jacks Magic and one, 40 litre bag of Westland Raised Bed & Vegetable Soil. (The most I was willing to carry on the bike).
Now, horticultural peat isn’t banned in Scotland yet but finding it is incredibly, well, impossible really…. however, about 20 miles away there is a place that produces peat logs and peat for malting.
“We don’t produce peat specifically for horticultural use but use the screenings out of our fuel & malting peat. So it’s effectively a byproduct and therefore environmentally friendly!!”
They sell a 80 litre bag for £6.
By my calculations I need 350 litres to fill the planters.
What ratios should I mix the three different products at?
Should I add any other products and at what ratios?
It doesn’t matter if I have left over product, in fact I was going to buy some cheap compost and throw it in a compost bin as a base to get one started.
by Upstairs-Spend977
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honestly i wouldnt worry about ratios i would just tip whatever you have into a wheel barrow, mix it, add some granulated fertiliser and then put into the planters.