scottishjohn Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 always the same when you looking for it -you can,t find it and its crap or it costs a fortune I got the other small problem 100cum+ of topsoil - the forest rubbish that has settled on my road over the last 50years its like black gold yes i can move it and dump it in the quarry --but what a waste need someone who needs it and will come and scrap the road and take it away --road is tarmac underneath the down side of not being close to a city Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe90 Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 Completely agree, I need it, can scrape it with my JCB but I am the wrong end of the country ? bugger Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Big Jimbo Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 59 minutes ago, joe90 said: Completely agree, I need it, can scrape it with my JCB but I am the wrong end of the country ? bugger I need it to, but i only have a mini digger, no a ruddy great big JCB. However, not as far as Joe, but still too far. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ferdinand Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 That's nearly 5k worth of topsoil at retail and delivered prices... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
vivienz Posted February 3, 2020 Share Posted February 3, 2020 1 hour ago, joe90 said: Completely agree, I need it, can scrape it with my JCB but I am the wrong end of the country ? bugger Same here! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottishjohn Posted February 3, 2020 Author Share Posted February 3, 2020 3 hours ago, Ferdinand said: That's nearly 5k worth of topsoil at retail and delivered prices... and i warranty it will never be as good as this stuff--black as coal 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 20 hours ago, scottishjohn said: will never be as good as this stuff--black as coal I don't understand soil (even though my ResM was in agriculture), but is colour a good indicator of quality? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ProDave Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 That just sounds like peat to me? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 Seems black soul has a lot of manganese in it. I have no idea if that is good or bad. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soil_color Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
scottishjohn Posted February 4, 2020 Author Share Posted February 4, 2020 black is high organic matter.which is what you want to grow things it would become peat in 1000years+ if it was permanently wet and then it would be brown not black you could probably mix it up to 50% with sand and it would still be very good soil and free draining Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
SteamyTea Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 (edited) Seems there are health problems with high manganese intakes. But as I said, I know little of this. Cornwall has dreadful soil except a few small pockets of land. Does have rain and light though. And warm temperatures. Edited February 4, 2020 by SteamyTea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
joe90 Posted February 4, 2020 Share Posted February 4, 2020 It’s basically leaf mould, which is very good for the garden, I used to make it by collecting leafs in a black plastic bag and leave fir a year . Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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