Ideas: Which Soil or Compost

There are many types of soils and composts, each different type is specifically designed for a particular job. Whether you are growing your own vegetables, fruit or simply making your garden beds, baskets or pots look neater, Green Onion Landscaping are confident that we can advise you on which soil or compost you will need. We can also supply you with any of the soils or composts mentioned below.

Specialist compost

Specialist composts ensure that your plants receive an ideal blend of compost, loam and nutrients for the best results, for example ericaceous compost is great for acid loving plants like Rhododendrons and Camellias.

Specialist container and basket composts contains nutrients which promote longer lasting flowers and would you believe requires less watering, that is compared to your standard multi purpose compost, which you would find yourself having to water each day!

Multi purpose compost

As the name suggests this compost is suitable for a wide range of uses. Great for seed sowing, vegetable growing,cuttings and potting-on , also fantastic for container plants and hanging baskets.

Soil improvers

Improve the quality of your soil with the following soil enhancers...

Manure provides a 100% organic and peat free way in which to add fertility to your garden and improve your crops. Manure enriches tired garden soil and most importantly is a natural source of organic matter.

Why not visit your local farm  and see if you can collect some cheap or free manure to enhance your garden soil.

We can supply manure at a very reasonable price so give us a call.

Top soil is something which can also be used to bulk out your existing garden's soil, borders, beds or containers. Green Onion Landscaping use top soil as a base when laying a new turfed lawn.

There are also peat free composts which can enhance drainage and help to evenly distribute water throughout your soil. These types of compost are ideal for use in beds and containers.

Bark

Bark it not only decorative and environmentally friendly it can also provide an ideal mulch for borders, it retains moisture and supresses weeds if used with a weed control fabric.

Sand and grit

Grit can be used whilst potting plants. It is used to add structure to the soil, aiding drainage which is very useful in heavy soils. Horticultural sand should be mixed with compost when sowing seeds; this aids when transplanting seedlings. It can also be used for dressing the tops of lawns.

Grow bags

If you don't have a raised vegetable bed built it doesn't matter, everything you need to grow your own produce is supplied in these cleverly designed  grow bags ..You can grow your own vegetables or fruit, grow bags are amazing!

Each grow bag contains a carefully balanced amount of soil which has been enhanced with all the nutrients needed to enable you to grow your own delicious produce.

We have a page which is dedicated to raised hay beds which is another way in which you can easily grow your own fruit and vegetables.Take a look at this.

Creating a raised bed

Fill the raised bed with soil and enrich the soil using one of the manures mentioned above. Add some top soil and grit to improve your soils structure and to help with drainage.

The benefits of a raised bed are numerous: The soil in raised beds warms up much quicker in Spring, this allows earlier planting. Raised beds are easier to keep weed and pest free. Raised beds help excess water drain away quickly. Frames for covers are easy and inexpensive to make for raised beds.

The ground ( grow bag) is less likely to become compact as you do not need to keep walking across it. The roots of the vegetables and fruit are able to grow further and more efficiently as soil can hold more water and air when people do not keep treading on it.

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