Dear All,
I live in England, where at the moment it is very cold indeed with snow. In addition to the herbs and vegetables that I have growing that can grow here at this time outside, I have a greenhouse which I grow Aloes in; many hundreds of them. I use them as a medicine. I grow 2 species; Aloe vera and Aloe arborescens, the second of which is from South Africa.
More to the point, here we have a very clayey soil, which is highly unsuitable for the Aloes as drainage is essential (if I were to dig up some soil and use them in the pots). Therefore, I can't really use it for them. Until now, and for years, I have just used "Top soil" from the Garden Centre, with added grit which was the most suitable thing that I could find.
However, I know that this stuff is not entirely natural and I wanted them growing in a soil which has the elements as they were ORIGINALLY composed, not edited.
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I can't seem to find any organic potting compost, just wondering what anybody else does? Anybody else in the UK, what do you do if you grow stuff?
I Hope you enjoy the rest of your day,
Joe
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