Gardening/Allotmenting

[Accy cyclist]

I'm slightly concerned about some leaves/fronds looking a bit brown and 'chewed' on the ends. What might have caused this? I doubt it was frost as we've had a relatively ice and frost free winter. Could it be insects I wonder, or are those leaves just dying off?🤔

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What are those little tan coloured things between the trowel and flask, on top of the soil? Are they slow feeding plant food, or slug repellents maybe?🤔

 

[Elybazza61]

What are those little tan coloured things between the trowel and flask, on top of the soil? Are they slow feeding plant food, or slug repellents maybe?🤔

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Looks like slow release fertiliser and those leaves are probably just old.

I'd get a small bag of grit and lay it on top of the compost, it will help hold the water in .