Westland Citrus Potting Compost Mix and Enriched with Seramis, 8 L

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Can refer to either home-made garden compost or seed/potting compost: • Garden compost is a soil improver made from decomposed plant waste, usually in a compost bin or heap.

Cut out all water shoots arising from the bottom or middle portions of the main branches, and shorten those arising near the tips of the branches. You’ll hear people say that you should avoid putting citrus into your worm farm at all costs because worms don’t like the acid levels of compost. Citrus peels are harder, and as discussed above they contain d-limonene which some bacteria don’t like. Fill in around the edges with more compost ensuring the top feeder roots are covered with 2cm of fresh compost. I used to put orange peels in my worm compost bin (still said to be a no-no on many worm composting sites) and yet they ate them quickly, in just a few days.The reasons given were always unclear and ranged from citrus peels in compost would kill off friendly worms and bugs to the fact that composting citrus peels was simply too much of a pain. This is an old myth dating back at least to when I started seriously composting 40 some odd years ago. What’s more, Subpod looks great - a stylish addition to any garden that even doubles up as a garden seat. For best results, plants should be repotted early in the year just before the new spring growth starts but they can be repotted at any time in the summer.

Watering: In hard water areas use rainwater whenever possible to maintain the slightly acid conditions of the compost. Ideally, you’d do as you would with any other product added to the compost pile: that is, since citrus are considered “greens,” you’d balance them out with an equal or greater quantity of “browns. This is simply because the oils will evaporate long before you actually get around to using compost in your garden soil.

A surprise to me–we have both winter and summer fruiting citrus and our garden’s compost pile is always full of rapidly vanishing peels or fruit gone bad.

There are strategic ‘worm flow’ holes placed around the sides of the Subpod, allowing worms to freely move between the food waste inside and the surrounding soil. The truth is that citrus – peels, fruits, and leaves – are actually beneficial to many composting mixtures. We’ll discuss these and other benefits further down, as well as teach you the correct methods for composting citrus. As long as you are tending to your compost pile regularly, you could have the final product in as little as four weeks.When setting up your compost pile to include citrus, it’s important that you place the citrus in the middle of the pile. Citrus are not hardy in Britain, they are best grown in pots outdoors in summer then brought back inside for winter. Our worm farms, with their range of accessories, can be used in any size of space, from balconies to small courtyards. Don’t let the controversy around composting citrus fruits put you off by adding them to your compost bin. I chucked a load of citrus in my compost, then wondered if it was okay…but didn’t feel tempted by the idea of diving in it to root it back out!