Stephen Barrow wrote: > > In addition to Dave Robison's reply, and applying Ca in one form or another: > I have added oak leaves to garden beds, with the intention of eliminating a > snail and slug problem , but which also resulted in increased friability (as > would be expected) of the high clay (>45%) soil which I was working with at > that stage. The interesting realisation for me now is that this improved > friability lasted for at least another 8 years, compared to shorter term > benefits from applying compost only. My take on this now is that possibly > the high concentration of Ca added through the oak leaves had the effect > that Dave has described, compared to more diluted Ca through compost. > > The feasibility of this route depends of course on the scale of operation. > > Stephen Barrow
Hi Stephen. Oak leaves also contain Natural Vitamin B I2 which is needed to help stimulate microbial activity on tight clay type soils I collect the leaves oak leaves soak them for several days then simmer them gently for several hours over a gas flame leave for a few more days and then bottle. This is then added to sprays and liqiud feeds at 1%. Sometimes sprayed at 1-10 when slugs snails are around.I also add molasses to these sprays. Cheers Tony Robinson Cheers Tony
