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Peat free compost

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  • LG_LG_ Posts: 4,360
    edited June 2018
    I've used the MiracleGro peat free this year too and found it good. Not for seeds though - it's enriched. For seeds I used sieved New Horizon and had no problems.
    Agree about the B&Q Verve peat free though - absolutely awful!
    'If you have a garden and a library, you have everything you need.'
    - Cicero
  • jeanbeejeanbee Posts: 6
    Thanks for posting.I currently have the miracle gro, so fingers crossed.
  • Has anyone tried a peat free compost called Melcourt RHS Grow peat Free compost?  I have been recommended to it, but would like to know your opinions before I purchase it from the GC
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    They haven’t got that in our GC Guernsey Donkey. Never heard of it. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • Neither had I, so I will have to investigate further, I am sure the price will be excessive though.
  • Detective @Lyn thank you for finding this - I googled the name last evening but found nothing on it.  £18.99 for a 50L bag - fine if you just have a small garden but for me the price just isn't viable and yet in time the demand will hopefully bring the price down to a more realistic cost.

  • wild edgeswild edges Posts: 10,497
    I use Melcourt Sylvagrow MPC and it's been really good for the stuff I grow. It's three 50L bags for about £18 at the garden centre down the road, sometimes cheaper.
    If you can keep your head, while those around you are losing theirs, you may not have grasped the seriousness of the situation.
  • That's a more affordable price @wild edges and thanks for your thumbs up to the product too.  We will take a look at our Blue Diamond GC next time we are visiting.
  • FairygirlFairygirl Posts: 55,117
    I've never seen Melcourt compost  in our GCs - but you can get it online at various places. Need the room for a truck to offload it though. I'd like to try it and see if it's worth having.

    I might take a closer look next time at a GC - although that might be a while. It'll be 'tat central' in those just now  :#
    It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....



    I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
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