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).  Summary Basil in F2 + 2...

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 For those not familiar with SoilFixer's testing program, here's a quick recap:  Our goal is help gardeners make “super compost” by adding o...

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...

We’ve been testing our soil additives by growing radishes in five sets of beds. And it makes interesting reading!  Spreading and digging in soil additives, be that lime, compost, colloidal humus, biochar or fertilisers, takes a lot of time and effort. The soil additives are costly; some are ...

One of our long-term goals is to use our knowledge of compost, biochar, soil and colloidal humus to create a fantastic container mix for hanging baskets and vegetable raised beds.  But this isn’t easy! Ask those who have been trying to redevelop the John Innes 1,2,3 compost range since the d...

Soilfixer report 50% increase in potato crop yield achieved in raised vegetable beds amended with various biochar, humus and compost mixes.  The ‘second early’ Charlotte potatoes are now out of the raised container test beds. Wow! We have 50% more potatoes from the beds with additives than t...