Different composts explained, when to spread, and how much
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Published 2021-02-05
I use my garden and samples of different composts to answer these questions. The timings are here.
Timecodes
00:00 Introduction
01:00 Best time to spread, it’s not fertiliser, does not leach nutrients
02:55 How much compost to spread
05:45 Why the soil level barely rises
06:40 How much compost per 1/16 acre allotment
09:00 TYPES 1 Homemade compost
10:00 2 Green waste / municipal compoost
10:55 3 Fresh horse manure
12:00 Difference between hay and straw
13:00 4 Old horse manure
13:30 5 Old wood chip, and new
14:40 Three month old homemade compost still hot
This is my earlier Compost Making Q & A video, November 2020 • Compost Making Q&A
Find out more in module 5 of my first online course, all about making and using compost, and how it improves soil www.charlesdowding.co.uk/product/pln_no-did-garden…
See my July 2020 You Tube video about making compost, balancing green and brown • Compost Making, balancing green & bro...
This about using compost and cardboard to clear soil of weeds youtube.com/watch
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And this quick explanation about using compost in no dig • No dig explained in 3 minutes
Filmed and edited at Homeacres on 8th November 2020, by Edward Dowding my son.
Homeacres is a no dig, market and teaching garden in zone 8, temperate oceanic climate in the UK, latitude 51N.
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All Comments (21)
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I have too much compost, said no gardener ever! :-)
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You're living the life that most of us only dream of.
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Best teacher on YT honest and care for more than just the land but life as how it should be, Respect.
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"Homeacres" is what all gardening should be like. Relaxed, not as in lazy but in sensible, educated and realistic. No videos about "tricks and schemes" and how to get 100kg of potatoes from one plant while growing it in a teacup on your windowsill.
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Makes me want to go and aerate and sieve my compost. Imagine the number of people you’ve inspired and will continue to do so for years to come by sharing your wealth of knowledge. So grateful Charles.
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I love talking about your videos with friends and watching their eyes widen and they really start to think.
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Makes me yearn for warmer weather here in Canada!
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Charles, I am reading "No dig gardening" and preparing to start my very first vegetable garden in our backyard, with no gardening experience. I am learning so much from you and feel very fortunate that I am learning from the best. I can't imagine a more exciting Friday night than watching a video on compost!
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Glad to see you have put timestamps on the video! Your channel just seems to get better and better!
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Gracias por los subtitulos en Español. Es un honor nutrirse de su sabiduría señor Charles Dowding
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No doubt, fall is the best time to add your compost/organic materials. He is correct. I cover my vegetable garden with fall leaves, and maybe some grass clippings, every November. Throughout the year, I add my organic kitchen waste. That's all I do. The garden does the rest of the work, automatically. That's all I do.
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Charles your compost station is a magnificent structure
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What a lovely, chilled out person you are Charles. I couldnt imagine you getting angry. Your approach to gardening is inspirational and a good motivator to others. Thank you for taking the time and trouble to share the fruits of your labours.
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My wife bought me your book for my birthday, in December, after watching your videos. We are now fully adopting no dig on our allotment plot and can wait to see how the produce changes
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By watching your videos, doing your course work, and reading the book Wilding, i am getting your concepts. We have been brainwashed in the gardening world. Thanks again for being an Educator to me and thousands of others.
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Thank you Charles 💕 You’re voice is so lovely that I almost forgot you were holding horse poo in your hands! Lol You bring spring with you everywhere you go 😊
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11 sad people out there :( Charles my fiance and I purchased a 10 acre plot of land here in zone 8b in Washington, and you have helped me get a start before even moving onto the property. Thanks to you I have a sowing plan, I know how to sow, I know how to make compost, I have planned out most of the garden, with a lot of help from your sowing calendar. Thanks so much for all of the content you've put out. I also signed up for both of your online classes, though I have yet to finish them. b
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Hey Charles you got the most wonderful garden, when I grow up I want my garden to be just like yours only in Arkansas. Thanks teacher and God bless. (Old guy from Arkansas)🇺🇸
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Switched all my gardens to no dig and LOVE how much the weeds are reduced or gone!😁💖🌿🌞
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"Compost is not soil." That's exactly what I needed to hear. I'm sketching my fall prep now. I'm confident now and ready for no dig! Thank you.
