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Which activated carbons work best in aquariums? Why do some work better than others? Why are there so many conflicting statements around what activated carbon does? Armed with knowledge you can save money on your carbon and still get excellent performance!
Post By Tony Callaghan On 07/03/2018
Do you have some potting compost left in your containers? Don’t throw it away!
Post By Tony Callaghan On 14/12/2017
Soil and compost specialist company, SoilFixer, has confirmed its move to the agritech innovation and incubation hub, Farm491, which is based at the Royal Agricultural University (RAU) in Gloucestershire.
Post By Tony Callaghan On 28/11/2017
We have many gardeners and allotment owners testing samples of SF60 to see what impact it has on vegetable growth.
Post By Tony Callaghan On 27/09/2017
We look at how to make a batch of compost in three to six months; i.e. make a batch over winter ready for spring use. We explain why some compost heaps take three to six months to break down to quality compost and others take 12 to 18 months.
Post By Tony Callaghan On 26/09/2017
Amazonian Dark Earth (ADE) also known as Terra Preta ('black soil' in Portuguese) is highly fertile ancient man-made soil found in areas of the Amazon basin inhabited by humans. They are so fertile, scientists have been researching them in the hope of recreating the long-lost recipe for use in today
Post By Tony Callaghan On 19/07/2017
Repairing weed killer damaged brown grass lawn patches using SoilFixer SF60 Super compost.
Jason Daff (one of our testing community) set up trials using Levington’s F2 commercial growing media as the control. He added 10% and 20% SF60 with the F2. A fourth set of seeds were grown with F2 topped up with a commercial slow release fertiliser (Osmocote).
Post By Tony Callaghan On 19/05/2017
We had some leftover basil stalks bought for cooking from a local supermarket. I decided to try and keep them an extra week by putting them in a glass of water. They sprouted healthy looking roots. It triggered the idea to transplant them into biochar and see how they prospered compared to a comm
In this post we catch up with the trials growing polyanthus (Primrose) in a growing mix supplied by SoilFixer compared to a commercial compost mix.