Any green thumbs here?
I'm thinking of putting in some tomatoes soon but I've never really done it before.
I've got a designated box made of sleepers in my yard that is 2.1mtrs x 2.8mtrs.
Just wondering if it's more economical to buy bags of soil and compost from Bunnings or go to a soil place and buy it by the cubic meter for that size garden.
Thanks!
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Gauntlet on 10/11/2018 - 18:23
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"watch out for hormones and antibiotics in the horse poo though"
what do they look like?
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They kind of like have tiny little hooks, a bit like claws, and red. Oh and gill-slits are always a dead giveaway.
Night sweats.
Gonna use cardboard to line the bottom. I have read that works good. I'll head to the soil place today and load up my ute.
Soil from a garden centre is cheaper and easier but depends if you are using your own trailer or getting it delivered.
Delivery fee could kill the price benefit and bags from Bunnings then becomes better
Make sure you use plenty of manure and compost. Start a compost heap or worm farm now so you don't have to buy it in the future.
Have you checked your sleepers ?. What have they been treated with ?
Tsetse flies.
Might need those horse antibiotics after all
Go to a landscape supplier. They will be cheaper, and the soil is likely to be better quality. You can get it delivered by the cubic meter or yard, and then just barrow the soil into the spot you want.
If it were mine I would put some gravel at the bottom of the patch, around 50mm if you can for drainage so that there is means for the water to track away from the top layers of soil, and I would also line the inside of the sleepers with black plastic. Edit- CCA may leech into soil in very small quantities, but all the same I’d use black plastic just for peace of mind, more than anything.
For nice soil garden place or reasonable bags.i bought some of those peat blocks you soak in water to bulk out my Soil, if your not to concerned what dirt you could prob score some free dirt by talking to local concrete guy or home improver. I dug up dirt concreted a path nd put the dirt in a old bath tub 😂 easy raised bed.
Have you considered just using pots? Also tomatos are super easy to start from plant/seed.
Cut a 1cm thick slice, put on top pots soil. Lightly cover with dirt, in 3 weeks thin them (i picked up 2 cherry tomatos from local servo that were on the ground and squeezed seeds into a light trench of soil, covered and now have aprox 40-50 seedlings.) Offered them to people i work with, everyone wNted some lol.
idont know about your question but…the easiest way to plant Tomatoes is slice some tomatoes and plant the slices.
then what do you put in your sandwich?
The other slices.
you could grow your tomatoes in a bale of hay instead of messing around with soil. https://www.gardeners.com/how-to/straw-bale-gardens/8882.htm…
more economical to buy bags of soil and compost from Bunnings or go to a soil place and buy it by the cubic meter
I was astounded how much cheaper stuff was at supplier the tradies go to, compared to bunnings prices.
We needed those little garden rocks that look like woodchips to cover a garden. For about $50, we got about $250-worth at bunnings prices.
Try to find out where the local professional gardeners and landscapers go for their supplies. Maybe google "Bulk garden supplies wholesale" or something like that.
Some councils give away free soil too. The soil from garden/green waste being composted or whatever, then they give it back to residents. A good system IMO.
Yeah soil place for sure. Try to get some with real dirt if you can and not just composted bark. Get some horse poo or cow poo from the local stables/farm and dig it in (watch out for hormones and antibiotics in the horse poo though). Make sure you line the box with some weed mat first to stop the grass growing up through the bottom.