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I am looking after a hampster and wondered if the sawdust+ bedding + food remains which I bag up when cleaning out the cage, could be put on the compost heap ( which is a black bin with a lid ) or might the waste food(dry) encourage rats? Ive had

Hi, I have tiny pin head type mushrooms appearing in my orchid compost. Are they a problem to myslef or the orchid? Should I remove them? If so what is the best way to do this please? These are orchids which have been resting for a while

Can anyone tell me what other plants I can repot using Orchid Compost.  I have had to buy a 10 ltr bag to repot 2 small orchids! I would imagine any type of bromeliads, but i would check first.

I have a compost bin, but find that when adding garden waste to it, I just end up with a smelly pile of rotting substance as opposed to anything that resembles compost, although I have watched and read many articles on this subject, nothing seems

Whats the best thing to do with used compost from pots and seed trays? Compost it, throw it onto the garden, re-use it to fill the bottom of large containers/pots and top the rest with fresh, bottom of hanging baskets. Just a few ideas - I'm sure

Dear Jane,I'm a youth worker in Pontefract, and we took on an allotment for the young people back in may. in july i managed to build a two compartment compost heap using pallets (with a lid), and we've managed to put in grass clippings, old paper

... round shrubs, roses and flowers, along the base of the hedge, around fruit trees and bushes, and over the veg plot. Beans get a good, deep mulch of compost to help conserve soil moisture, too, but it's not just water retention that mulching is good for

I have just upturned my compost bin to mix the waste whish I have been collecting for 12 months adding all kinds of household greens etc and ensuring that I have added thin cardboard etc.I was astonished to see how wet the mixture was, and I can

HI Just watch Fri episode of GW.  Monty was potting up cuttings of herbs and putting them in a gritty compost mix. Can anyone tell me what proportions and how to make this mix up. Thanks A 50 - 50 mix of multipurpose compost & sharp sand will do

At Xmas my wife fell for a CALATHEA plant with beautiful foliage. It is now ready for re-potting. Could someone please tell me whether I should use  multi- purpose compost, ericaceous or something else. Any help much appreciated Hello Northchiel