I purchased some Sylvagrow yesterday for the first time. Spoke to a lady at GC she said she was going to mix with some of her own made. She liked the idea it was RHS endorsed. Guess it will sell for that reason. Three 50 litre bags Should be £29.00 ish on offer at £ 18.00. I did wonder if it was old stuff they were selling off but decided to give it a go and see.
I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
That's a helluva price @GardenerSuze - £29! I could never justify that. I wonder if it is older stock then. Perhaps the price meant it wasn't selling...
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
@Fairygirl I agree would never had paid full price, wanted to try as I have seen so many gardeners mention it here. Used my Christmas Garden Vouchers so it better be good! Going to use it to pot up plants when I move so decided it was worth a go,
I have worked as a Gardener for 24 years. My latest garden is a new build garden on heavy clay.
Hope it works for you @GardenerSuze. I noticed some of the Miracle Gro stuff yesterday when I was out - a fiver for 50litre bag I think. I tried it last year and it seemed fine. Can't remember what I used it for though....
It's a place where beautiful isn't enough of a word....
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
I collected triquetrum seeds in Cornwall in July/August from plants I has seen flowering in April. Mea culpa. When I move, I will leave it quietly behind.
The giant hogsweed I will chop off at the roots. My Rh ponticum are not weeds in Surrey, I think the banning was just one of those granny EU ideas. The Himalayan balsams will no doubt return.
location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand. "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
I purchased some Sylvagrow yesterday Three 50 litre bags Should be £29.00 ish on offer at £ 18.00. I did wonder if it was old stuff they were selling off but decided to give it a go and see.
Wow! Now I feel even more justified in making my own composts.
I normerly buy (formerly bought) old and damaged bags at a discount. But a good question is how long does compost last? The only deterioration I can think of is some of the slow release fertilisers might change to fast release. Maybe they will have become "chemicals", horrors.
location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand. "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
Nice to see you again too @Fishy65 - hope you're doing fine even if the young plants haven't! I'm still wondering what QD means - can't figure that out... Sylvagrow gets mentioned a lot as being very consistent, but as several of us have said before, it isn't available everywhere.
Hi Fairygirl. QD stands for Quality Discount I think. They stock a variety of products including garden items. Two smallish bags of Levington's compost was £10 from Asda.
I promised to feedback on the Levington peat free seed compost - used it today for my first batch of seed sowing. It was actually pretty good - good light texture, quite consistent and not many lumps. It took up the water really well when i stood my seed trays in a water bath too. So far, so good ……but lets see what germination is like 🤞🏻
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I wonder if it is older stock then. Perhaps the price meant it wasn't selling...
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
Going to use it to pot up plants when I move so decided it was worth a go,
I live in west central Scotland - not where that photo is...
The giant hogsweed I will chop off at the roots. My Rh ponticum are not weeds in Surrey, I think the banning was just one of those granny EU ideas. The Himalayan balsams will no doubt return.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
I normerly buy (formerly bought) old and damaged bags at a discount. But a good question is how long does compost last? The only deterioration I can think of is some of the slow release fertilisers might change to fast release. Maybe they will have become "chemicals", horrors.
"Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
I bought a bag last year and have only just opened it, I will definitely try it for seed sowing this year!
I’m hoping my homemade compost will be ready in time to top my veg beds!