My compost is good to me.
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Topic: My compost is good to me.
Posted By: mummy_becks
Subject: My compost is good to me.
Date Posted: 10 December 2007 at 3:30pm
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I dug quite a bit of my compost up when we dug our new vege garden up. I put some in with my new carrot patch and then a whole heap into the new garden so I could start planting in it now (which I have done). The other day we found some random plants growing and we have worked out what they are...
Pumpkins ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
. I threw out an old pumpkin that had gone mouldy and the seeds have given me some plants Replies:
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 10 December 2007 at 4:30pm
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YAY! Yeah I have heard about that with pumpkins! Am hoping my compost bin grows some as I put all our vege scraps in there, including heaps of pumpkin seeds. ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 10 December 2007 at 4:33pm
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Hey Becks a bit OT, but can I ask you about potatoes? I have had some seed potatoes in the shed getting sprouts on them, and I think they are now ready to plant. They are quite big and I read somewhere you should cut them into smaller pieces, as long as they have at least one sprout they will be ok. So is that what you did? And do I plant them with just a bit of soil over the top and keep adding more as the sprouts shoot up? When do you know they are ready? Sorry for all the q's... ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 10 December 2007 at 5:38pm
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Just leave them whole and put the biggest sprouts pointing towards the sky do you get what I mean?? The other sprouts will grow off to the side which is fine. Put quite a bit of soil/compost/potting mix over top of them. Once they sprout up you can put grass clipping/soil/sompost around them to help grow. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 10 December 2007 at 7:11pm
Awesome thanks, will plant them tomorrow.  ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: Paws
Date Posted: 10 December 2007 at 7:36pm
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Composts are the best places to grow pumpkins! ------------- http://lilypie.com"> 
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Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 10 December 2007 at 8:25pm
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If you want next time you are in Palmy come around and have a look at what we have done. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |
Posted By: aimeejoy
Date Posted: 11 December 2007 at 11:39am
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Cool, I will do that. Maybe when we have our December meet up? ------------- Aimee Hannah 22/10/05 Greer 11/02/08 |
Posted By: mummy_becks
Date Posted: 11 December 2007 at 3:59pm
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Sounds like a good time. ------------- I was a puree feeder, forward facing, cot sleeping, pram pushing kind of Mum... and my kids survived! |