Calis Beach and Fethiye Turkey Discussion Forum
Calis Beach Forum => Expat & Property Owners Q and A Forum => Topic started by: Phil on July 02, 2015, 11:04:39 AM
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We have recently started to plant some hedges, shrubs and plants in our garden.
The maintenance company do a pretty good job of watering and general tidying up.
We used copious amounts of the black soil to mix in with the top soil when we planted, but I have begun to notice that because so much water is put on the gardens that the soil is beginning to take on the consistency of dust.
The large amounts of water seems to wash all the body out of the soil. It becomes harder for the soil to hold any water and it must also wash all the nutrients and goodies out.
In the UK I would add a well rotted compost ( a polite term of animal poo etc ) to give the soil more body and help it retain water, but I was wondering what the Turkish solution was ?
Is there also a chemical fertiliser we should be putting on to replace the nutrients ?? How often should this be applied.
Cheers !
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I think I would get some well rotted Horse manure delivered from one of the stables in the area
and dig well in. That should help the soil to retain the moisture. Should certainly help, or perhaps
bags of peat, but that may be more expensive.
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That black stuff that's sold as soil is rubbish. No way is it soil. The best thing to buy is worm soil also known as black gold which can be purchased from a place down a side turning on the right as you come from Erasta on the Gunlikbasi road. It's not advertised and I can't remember the turning exactly but well worth finding.
One big bag costs 60TL but it goes a long way, it's enough for 4 of the huge tomato greenhouses the local farmers use.
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Christine Thomson in Uzumlu is donating free horse manure to anyone willing to collect it. She used to be on here but is also on Facebook..
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Nichola - have you been able to recall where the place was you mentioned .... or have you passed it recently ??
I am out soon and would like to try and find it
Many thanks
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The alternative to Uzumlu for horse manure is the stables at Yaniklar, but you'll probably have to arrange collection.
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Ooooh, we need a bag of that too ! Our soil is awful, I'm sick of buying plants as over half die.
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If you're going for manure, avoid goat manure. As you know, goats eat almost anything and their droppings usually contain a huge amount of seeds, most of them are from weeds. Use goat manure and within weeks you'll be overrun with weeds. Go for well rotted horse, donkey, cow or chicken manure.
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Great advice KKOB, we're still trying to get rid of weeds 4 years on after putting goat poo on our garden !
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Phil will try to remember to drive past it tomorrow and get a landmark for you.
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The worm soil place is down a turning on the right hand side about 2km from the roundabout by the otogar and Carrefour. You will pass the BP garage and the original Kippa on the Gunlıkbaşı road and shortly after start to look out for a small crossroads.
The turning you need to take is on the right literally just past another turning on the right. On the corner as shown in the images is a building something to do with electric. Not the best photos I am afraid.
Once you take the right the worm farm is just there, first turning on the left past a small house. You can't really miss it once you have turned off.
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Brilliant !
Thanks so much Nichola.
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You're welcome, happy gardening :)
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Thanks for the directions Nichola, the photos really helped, and John found the place on Tuesday around midday.
Unfortunately there was no sign of anyone to buy any from.
If anyone manages to find anyone, please post the time they caught them!
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Found the worm farm,and someone there,
Don't think we will be using it though, at an initial price of 50TL for 25 kilos which dropped to 30TL when he saw the shocked look on my face I think the guy saw me coming. Interested as to what the locals? pay for it
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Thanks for that George. As usual short sighted business people who don't know that we all talk!