Topic: fertilizers

[laurieuk]

I wonder how many can remember "Clay,s" we used to us it for most things it had a very strong smell when wet. It was said that it was dried London sewage but I do not know if that is true. There was also one called Three Nines  but most of the old ones no longer re on the market.

[ancellsfarmer]

From the 1919 copy of Grace's Guide:also 1938  &1945
Regarding source, probably correct, less squimish in years gone by. According to colloquial accounts, this was also the content of the original growbags from Fisons Levington.

[laurieuk]

Just shows memory has not gone completely yet, getting bad but on allotment this morning at 6.30 to fill water tank , no real rai yet . Thinking of giving up plot age 89 but it gives me something to do for exercise.

[pumkinlover]

It must be a nightmare to garden in an area as dry as that. We've had some good soakings recently. I admire you for the effort.

[ACE]

I reckon my last bag of  compost has a hint of dried sewage, a few pots of it has started growing a million and one tomato plants. I never planed them they must have been in the compost. I have put a couple in the poly to see what they come up like.