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RE: Musing Posts

in #musing-threads6 years ago

My Grandad used to play classical music to his tomato plants and swore it helped them grow and produce more and juicier fruit. Thanks for just bringing back a beautiful childhood memory.

So my gardening tip to improve your own yields and quality are to make your own fertiliser by digging in rotting leaves in the autumn, and then in march hoe in chicken poo! I swear this routine improves my garden no end.

Always make your own compost from almost any garden waste (except weeds because they might seed in your beds!), Try not to use chemical fertilisers and enhancers and let nature just do its thing, and to this end, always rotate your main crops each year and if you can, let a patch of land 'rest' by not growing anything on it for 12 months. Nutrients get used up and all land needs a little replenishment time.

Other than that, just enjoy your garden and the great outdoors. It is possibly the healthiest most satisfying hobby there is.

Good luck with the plants and I hope you can post some of the stuff you grow on your blog :-)

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Thanks for the answer! I'm interested in how you Grandad got started playing classical music for his tomato plants?