Thursday, 26 April 2012

First results

6:30pm after a lot of rain, temp cool maybe 10 degrees - 24 hours after first placing down
Concrete slab - 2 slugs
Yeast waste - 3 slugs
carpet - 20 slugs
Piece of wood - 7 slugs

Carpet by a distance!! It was much damper underneath than the others. The yeast thing was disappointing but I think it is due to it being stored for a while and turning all lumpy. I shall try out soon with proper beer dregs. Also the wood looks like it was tempting them but it is considerably smaller than the carpet (less than one half size) so will equal out next visit
Interesting but this is only the first day I want to see the result through the whole growing season. I expect some variation with weather changes - i.e. the conc slab is sitting on green grass so I reckon once the grass has rotted and given it might well retain moisture better in drier times this could do better in the peak of summer.

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