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Robert_Brenchley
Hectare
Posts: 15,593
Re: Leaf Mould
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Reply #20 on:
September 28, 2005, 18:35:24 »
I've used the previous autumn's leaves with no problems. They tip vast quantities by the gate and it's just a matter of barrowing them round.
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supersprout
Hectare
Posts: 4,660
mulch mad!
Re: Leaf Mould
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Reply #21 on:
September 28, 2005, 19:07:10 »
thank you for the tips!
went to take a photo of the cabbages in their mulch yesterday, and here they are ;)
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cambourne7
Hectare
Posts: 6,136
Growing in the back garden having lost lotty
Re: Leaf Mould
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Reply #22 on:
November 08, 2006, 17:46:45 »
BINGO
Just spoken to the groundsmen who look after the business park i work at.
The business park has open spaces and lots of trees :-)
They happen to dump the leaves down the bottom of our car park behind some trees.
And they start collecting next week.
They have given permission for us to help ourselves and might even be able to get a truck load to my allotment :-)
So i am arranging a group of people will allotments next friday to go out and fill as many black sacks as we can and get them in the car!
This means i only have to leave the bags in the car over night before going to the allotment saturday and that leave me this weekend to make a bin to put it all in :-)
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ACE
Hectare
Posts: 7,429
Re: Leaf Mould
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Reply #23 on:
November 08, 2006, 18:42:23 »
Don't mess about with black bags, stop at any building site and cadge one of their big sandbags, you can line your boot with it and load loads of leaves. The bags are bio-degradable so you can put your leaves in them for a year and they will all be ready for use next autumn.It even saves making a container for them.
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cambourne7
Hectare
Posts: 6,136
Growing in the back garden having lost lotty
Re: Leaf Mould
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Reply #24 on:
November 08, 2006, 18:53:31 »
i have tried to get the big bags, but the builders on our site slice the bottom open when there lifted by JCBs so the contets spills out :-(
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tlc
Quarter Acre
Posts: 53
Re: Leaf Mould
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Reply #25 on:
November 08, 2006, 19:42:36 »
can I be cheeky and ask a leaf mould question on this thread please? We seeem to have loads of sycamore seeds mixed in with the leaves on the roads near us - would these rot doen with the leaves or will they start to sprout when I sue the leaf mould?!
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manicscousers
Hectare
Posts: 16,474
www.golborne-allotments.co.uk
Re: Leaf Mould
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Reply #26 on:
November 08, 2006, 19:47:04 »
hope they rot as we've got loads as well :o
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tlc
Quarter Acre
Posts: 53
Re: Leaf Mould
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Reply #27 on:
November 08, 2006, 19:56:06 »
maybe I'll brave the strange looks and twitching curtains from the neighbours then!
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manicscousers
Hectare
Posts: 16,474
www.golborne-allotments.co.uk
Re: Leaf Mould
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Reply #28 on:
November 08, 2006, 20:00:25 »
we got loads from asda,asked permission first, no dog mess! used our old compost bags :)
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cornykev
Hectare
Posts: 9,893
Sunny Cheshunt just outside North London
Re: Leaf Mould
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Reply #29 on:
November 10, 2006, 21:02:36 »
Got a park next to my allotment, so Saturday I have two jumbo back bags to fill, I also know the park keeper so have asked him to throw any bags he has my way. ::).
May the corn be with you.
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manicscousers
Hectare
Posts: 16,474
www.golborne-allotments.co.uk
Re: Leaf Mould
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Reply #30 on:
November 10, 2006, 21:05:23 »
our leaf bin's full to overflowing, and there's just soooo many leaves out there, need more space, we're waiting for the leaves to settle so we can top up ???
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kt.
Hectare
Posts: 4,805
Teesside
Re: Leaf Mould
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Reply #31 on:
November 10, 2006, 23:35:10 »
Never used leafmould before. I have learnt leads here. Will use them on my carrotts and spuds next yr. At my work we have probably enough leaves to fill over 500 black bags. I best make a small contribution to their disappearance.... ;)
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cambourne7
Hectare
Posts: 6,136
Growing in the back garden having lost lotty
Re: Leaf Mould
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Reply #32 on:
November 10, 2006, 23:41:21 »
The thing is that the leaves will redguce in mass so if the leaf bin is overflowing at the moment its not a problem. Collect more in sacks and then top the leaf bin as they start to break down :-)
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Robert_Brenchley
Hectare
Posts: 15,593
Re: Leaf Mould
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Reply #33 on:
November 11, 2006, 10:17:37 »
Sycamore seeds will germinate. If you're piling the stuff cover it to kill them. If you're spreading it, just pull them out as they come up. It's nothing to worry about.
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manicscousers
Hectare
Posts: 16,474
www.golborne-allotments.co.uk
Re: Leaf Mould
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Reply #34 on:
November 11, 2006, 13:10:27 »
5 more bags of lovely leaves, ray put them in old compost bags, put holes in the sides and we'll leave them behind the shed :D
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cornykev
Hectare
Posts: 9,893
Sunny Cheshunt just outside North London
Re: Leaf Mould
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Reply #35 on:
November 11, 2006, 13:50:50 »
Just come back from the lottie filled two jumbo and two dustbin black bags from the park next door, still loads more blowing about.
May the corn be with you.
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saddad
Hectare
Posts: 17,903
Derby, Derbyshire (Strange, but true!)
Re: Leaf Mould
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Reply #36 on:
November 11, 2006, 14:34:08 »
I remember collecting leafmould from a mixed woodland when I had a greenhouse in the 70's, then we moved... went back five years later to see trees pushing through the roof!
;D
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artichoke
Hectare
Posts: 2,276
Re: Leaf Mould
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Reply #37 on:
November 11, 2006, 16:21:19 »
http://www.gardenorganic.org.uk/todo_now/veg_gard_now.php
This is a site where three beds have been used organically for several years, but only one has had an annual dose of leafmould. It shows that leeks, in this case, are MUCH bigger in the leafmould bed. I use leaf mould anyway, but will be actively collecting extra from now on to mulch over winter, especially in my brand new plot.
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supersprout
Hectare
Posts: 4,660
mulch mad!
Re: Leaf Mould
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Reply #38 on:
November 11, 2006, 16:26:05 »
thank you artichoke, great information! :D
hi ho hi ho it's off with a baggie I go ;)
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