Just opened my Wickes multi compost. Very disappointed it is full of large bits. Totally unsuitable for small seeds and does not wet easily. I am sure it is simply recycled waste. I can buy that for £1 a bag. And Wiltshires offering is much much better. Very unhappy with it.
I opened mine yesterday after finnishing a bag from last year. So horrified at the contents. So different.
I do think we should complain but I think they would offer a refund if we took it back. As a LOF (lone/old/female) this would be difficult. The staff loaded it for me and a fellow plotter lifted it out.
Is it Wickes Peat Free Compost you bought?
Nutrient rich. Multi pupose compost. 4 bags for £13.
Wickes peat free that I trialled last year looked exactly same as the 'new recipe' 50% peat version this year.. ::)
Apprantely they've had lot of returned bags in shops..so last time I went to Wickes they had open bag next to the pallet for customers to see before they buy.
I would not use it in containers..and certainly not for hanging baskets..time will tell how it will perfom. But I did use it straight into ground..it is ideal stuff when you have to garden in almost pure sand 'soil'. But otherwise I'm not impressed.. :(...no yet.. ::)