JA Bowers compost again.

[earlypea]

I always find what Linksyokel posts on compost very informative.

Seems true to me - the brands are totally variable year on year; for example the New Horizon described is sounds nothing like the bags I purchased two years ago (never again) and the B&Q multi this year is not the same as last year's and their award winning seed/potting compost seemed to cling on to water like nothing ever before and most of my beans and squashes rotted away.

Anyway, I decided to splash out on large quantities of something more expensive and I've been very pleased with the results.  If you buy in quantity you get a good reduction and it ends up costing not much more than nipping down to B&Q every few weeks where it seems to be pot luck whether you get a good bag or not.  

[earlypea]

[powerspade]

Powerspade -  I don't have leaf mould, but I have plenty of well rotted compost. What ratio of compost to sand do you use and would the fact that I do not have leaf mould be a problem?

I use:-
1 part sharp sand
2 parts leaf mould
1 part homemade sieved compost