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    My compost woes

    Jul 26, 2022 2 minutes
    with Val Bourne, AG’s organic wildlife expert

    ANY of us who like to raise our own plants have been suffering compost woes, whether we’re trying to go peat-free or not! This year many of my plants failed to thrive: they developed chlorotic (or yellowing foliage) and withered away. At first, I put this down to the cool temperatures of spring, but they failed to recover once

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