Wilkos own is good. I have never known a bag to be returned. I think the main difference is jack Magic is Westland compost so in part you are buying into the brand. They add a bit of seaweed and some nice bright packaging and charge a bit more.
i have used both but only buy JM if I get it on offer.
I also have had some success using wilkos coir. It is great if you have to get it home on the bus or have no way to carry a heavy bag of compost.
i started all my dahlia tubers in it last year and it was no different than starting them in compost. But you do need a decent sized bucket to soak it.
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I use a fair bit of Wilko stuff and always found it as good as any branded.
I have just in the last few days ordered all my seed compost loads of canes and other bits and pieces.
I always get it delivered OK its an extra four quid but by the time I go to our local store and pay for parking petrol etc and all that carrying its cheaper, and the nice man delivers it right to the where I want it.
Just a note the longer canes can sometimes be a bit thin at one end OK for general use sweet pea or tomato support etc but not runner beans, squashes and the like.
I bought some bare root perennials two weeks ago and potted them up straight away. All are now showing strong new shoots. I bought aquilegia Black Barlow, geranium Splish Splash, echinops nitro and a very chunky peony Sarah Bernhardt bare root that had 6 large eyes on it. The peony is for a friend's birthday in June who has always admired my garden peonies. I bought some more allium bulbs last autumn, they are now all shooting up strongly through the earth. I always check through all the packs of my chosen bulbs/ plants and choose the biggest, healthiest and freshest looking before l pay because I'm fussy that way.
The plant food is good too. I buy my rose fertiliser and general liquid feed from Wilkos for my potted plants to give them a boost. The coir hanging basket liners are very good quality and less than half the price of garden centres.
The seeds are good too. I had a great germination rate with Wilko seeds last year, the peas tasted wonderful and a salad mix had a good selection of leaves to cut.
I have never yet bought their potted plants. They often look really thirsty and hungry, but that could just be my local branch.
Anyone wanting to buy wilkos thugs. They are now in store at£5 each but these are the same plastic thugs sold in the laudry isles at£4 each. The only difference is the laundry ones are in pale pastels and the gardening ones in black or dark green. If you only want them for weeding and garden waste save yourself a pound and buy the laundry ones.
To see a world in a grain of sand and heaven in a wild flower Hold infinity in the palm of your hand and eternity in an hour.
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Wilkos own is good. I have never known a bag to be returned. I think the main difference is jack Magic is Westland compost so in part you are buying into the brand. They add a bit of seaweed and some nice bright packaging and charge a bit more.
i have used both but only buy JM if I get it on offer.
I also have had some success using wilkos coir. It is great if you have to get it home on the bus or have no way to carry a heavy bag of compost.
i started all my dahlia tubers in it last year and it was no different than starting them in compost. But you do need a decent sized bucket to soak it.
Thanks Sussex Sun! Very informative!
I use a fair bit of Wilko stuff and always found it as good as any branded.
I have just in the last few days ordered all my seed compost loads of canes and other bits and pieces.
I always get it delivered OK its an extra four quid but by the time I go to our local store and pay for parking petrol etc and all that carrying its cheaper, and the nice man delivers it right to the where I want it.
Just a note the longer canes can sometimes be a bit thin at one end OK for general use sweet pea or tomato support etc but not runner beans, squashes and the like.
Impressed with my crocus so far but the iris reticulata are definitely not Joyce as packaged
can't complain for a £1 though!
I’ve just painted my holiday let with Wilco Nutmeg white emulsion, it’s covered over a drab peach colour with just one coat. £10.95 for a large can.
I buy lots of stuff, it’s all been good.
I bought some bare root perennials two weeks ago and potted them up straight away. All are now showing strong new shoots. I bought aquilegia Black Barlow, geranium Splish Splash, echinops nitro and a very chunky peony Sarah Bernhardt bare root that had 6 large eyes on it. The peony is for a friend's birthday in June who has always admired my garden peonies. I bought some more allium bulbs last autumn, they are now all shooting up strongly through the earth. I always check through all the packs of my chosen bulbs/ plants and choose the biggest, healthiest and freshest looking before l pay because I'm fussy that way.
The plant food is good too. I buy my rose fertiliser and general liquid feed from Wilkos for my potted plants to give them a boost. The coir hanging basket liners are very good quality and less than half the price of garden centres.
The seeds are good too. I had a great germination rate with Wilko seeds last year, the peas tasted wonderful and a salad mix had a good selection of leaves to cut.
I have never yet bought their potted plants. They often look really thirsty and hungry, but that could just be my local branch.
Anyone wanting to buy wilkos thugs. They are now in store at£5 each but these are the same plastic thugs sold in the laudry isles at£4 each. The only difference is the laundry ones are in pale pastels and the gardening ones in black or dark green. If you only want them for weeding and garden waste save yourself a pound and buy the laundry ones.
Aren't there enough thugs in the world without Wilkos selling them? I don't know what the world's coming to .......
Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.