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What Compost is best

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  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    It certainly is rubbish, I bought some a few years ago, Which Report had given it top marks, don’t know who tests for which magazine. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    has anyone used Waitrose compost? I seem to remember it getting good reviews , but I've never tried it.
    Devon.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Waitrose compost is over half way down the list both for seeds/cuttings, and containers. 
    https://www.which.co.uk/reviews/compost/article/all-compost-test-results
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    I'll stick with the Westland MPC with added JI, "BOGOF" at Mole valley.
    Devon.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I  like Westland products. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    I had a duff bag/ batch last spring when none of my seeds germinated . Hey ho, won't hold it against them.
    Devon.
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I only use Erin Malloy for seeds, with a sprinkle  of vermiculite. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • DampGardenManDampGardenMan Posts: 1,054
    Hostafan1 said:
    I'll stick with the Westland MPC with added JI, "BOGOF" at Mole valley.
    I'm on my way! How much are they asking?
  • Uncle MortUncle Mort Posts: 77
    My local garden centre in Birmingham stocks Clover, I was talking to the owner and he told me its the best he has found.

    My lupin and Delphinium seedlings appear not to be complaining,
  • JennyJJennyJ Posts: 10,576
    I've been using b&q's multipurpose off and on for years and I think I've only ever had one bad batch (and that was just a bit coarse, there wasn't plastic or anything in it). Maybe I've been lucky. I had some really rubbish stuff from Morrisons last year though - it ended up in the bottom parts of large pots that I put my tulips etc in last autumn, and the rest as mulch.  It was very cheap, but I've had very cheap stuff from Lidl which was fine.  I suspect the common factor is that the cheaper ones are more variable (maybe from different sources at different times) whereas the more expensive ones have a more standard recipe.
    Doncaster, South Yorkshire. Soil type: sandy, well-drained
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