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OK, it is not sterile, but it is free and plants love it.
Why are we not using our own compost?I have one of those messy heaps that looks like rubbish (raspberry prunings, old cabbage stalks etc) until you lift the top layer and find crumbling black delicious soil beneath. Have just done that yet again, and am spreading it thickly everywhere. OK, it is not sterile, but it is free and plants love it.
I don't make enough for my plots and have enough over to sow seeds and pot on I'm afraid....and to be honest I couldn't be bothered with trying to sterilise it!
get in touch with trading standards, I did about lidl's compost
Just started potting up with Bowers compost and also found some glass and plastic in it. Rang the garden centre and they had never had anyone complain about glass in it before . They told us to take it back for a refund.
Quite frankly, you are all getting what you pay for. The proper job compost would retail at between £12 and £15 a bag and you are not prepared to pay that much so you are fobbed off with bags of rubbish.
I use this 'Earth Matters' peat-free compost: http://www.creativegardenideas.co.uk/3-bag-multibuy-westland-earth-matters-organic-peat-free-multipurpose-compostIt's rather open, loose and fibrous, so I mix it half and half with the general peat-free compost or gro-bags from Focus, just because they're the nearest large store to me. If you're used to top quality crumbly potting compost, you'd probably still find it a bit fibrous, but it seems to work fine. I'd increase the proportion of general compost for anything that really didn't want to ever dry out. My only real objection to it is the preachy name. :D
oohhh! hahahaha, hehehehehe, roflmao *takes a deep breath* hehehehehe, hahahaha, 15 quid!!!hahaha hehehe *wipes tears of laughter from my eyes* roflmao, hehehe saw him coming! hahaha.Thats a 'No' Deb. 15 quid! NEVER NOT IN A MILLION YEARS!
It is reported here that the makers cannot remove glass and plastic. They can if they want to, but not without adding considerably to the cost that you refuse to pay.
Go on. Laugh. I dare you! You silly girls are just emphasizing the point I'm trying to make.
You are not prepared to pay the right price for quality so the naffia sell you bagged up Council waste. For the past 25 years the standard of a bag of compost has slowly been dropped to today's abysmal standard.
GodfreyRob says he has successfully germinated lots of seeds in it. Well let me tell you I've successfully germinated lots of seeds in soggy wet carpet but I don't wish to brag about it.
OK. My standards are way higher than yours but to be honest I wouldn't pay £15 a bag either. That's why I make my own.