Having seen the piece from Marshmello about the wire and other bits and pieces found in the MPC only proves what I have been saying.Councils now have to recycle their green waste.They can only dispose of it to garden waste composting contractors who also take waste from garden contractors etc.On arrival the waste is shredded and then placed in windrows ,it is occasionly turned and at the end of three months it has been composted.It has to reach a temperature of 80 degrees C.The composting takes place mainly in the open so does it always reach this temperature Bacteria etc are killed hopefully
the heat.The compost is then screened.The whole problem is that the councils can only have the waste recycled,they have no other option,there is not one.Who wants this compost,only the MPC suppliers because now there is the restriction on the use of peat .they have no other choice because at the moment there is not one.What is their profit margin bearing in mind that the Councils etc have to pay to get rid of their waste.No doubt for these suppliers this so called compost was their saviour. Have you noticed that it does not say on the bags what the
contents are.I feel very sorry for elderly ladies when I see them in Garden Centres buying this stuff.I hope they wear gloves!!!!Would they buy it if they knew where it came from.It is important to point out thet the majority of this green waste is shrub and tree waste, what goodness is in that.Look in your council recycling centre and you can see for yourself.
I had bad results 2 years ago with B&Qs M PCompost I found greyish mold on the inside and it was very hard nothing like normal compost .
Since this particular compost was in the 'Which ' magazine have you contacted the magazine ?.
Allso on reading the first 2 pages of this thread I am wonering if this compost or the majority of composts companies have joined links with the recycle firms ?
2 miles away from us a neighbour got a grant from the council. He has all the garden waste taken to him for recycle. On his fields are not only waste garden rubish but paper / wood etc.
as it is classed as recycle it makes you wonder what other rubbish is added to bulk it out.
The compost has nothing in the way of food for the plants etc and after applying it to the garden and waterin g it , it hardens up as is described on this forumn- it is hard dry andl lumpy any week roots would snap in contact with this .
I now use arthur bowers but even this has changed over the last year it has what looks like wood shvings added .
I also bought arthur bowers compost i had 6 bags delivered thinking it would be good stuff and to my horror i found in the first bag i opened white plastic coating what looks like it has been stripped off copper wire...The compost itself looks no good for planting seeds in its rough thick crap with loads of shredded up twigs ....So at the moment it looks like even some of the well known brands are getting rubbish
ive got 2 bags of miracle grow compost coming later let you know what that is like when i get it just hope its not the same crap in different packaging
I used 2 large bags of Durstons MPC yesterday.Only found about a dozen small bits of root/ twig. I think this company may actually know what they are doing and may even have some form of quality control.
My B&Q compost has done the same. I planted my early seeds in a bag of last years compost and they grew fine but the seeds that I planted in this years compost have mostly not germinated or the few that have have been very poor. The compost went green ontop very quickly and had a strange smell. My B&Q did not want to know when I asked them about it, they said that they could not guarentee compost as it depended on my care in growing plants!!!
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I am wondering why there haven't been any lawsuits yet ( or are they ) keeping it quiet?
hmmmm...
Having seen the piece from Marshmello about the wire and other bits and pieces found in the MPC only proves what I have been saying.Councils now have to recycle their green waste.They can only dispose of it to garden waste composting contractors who also take waste from garden contractors etc.On arrival the waste is shredded and then placed in windrows ,it is occasionly turned and at the end of three months it has been composted.It has to reach a temperature of 80 degrees C.The composting takes place mainly in the open so does it always reach this temperature Bacteria etc are killed hopefully
the heat.The compost is then screened.The whole problem is that the councils can only have the waste recycled,they have no other option,there is not one.Who wants this compost,only the MPC suppliers because now there is the restriction on the use of peat .they have no other choice because at the moment there is not one.What is their profit margin bearing in mind that the Councils etc have to pay to get rid of their waste.No doubt for these suppliers this so called compost was their saviour. Have you noticed that it does not say on the bags what the
contents are.I feel very sorry for elderly ladies when I see them in Garden Centres buying this stuff.I hope they wear gloves!!!!Would they buy it if they knew where it came from.It is important to point out thet the majority of this green waste is shrub and tree waste, what goodness is in that.Look in your council recycling centre and you can see for yourself.
I had bad results 2 years ago with B&Qs M PCompost I found greyish mold on the inside and it was very hard nothing like normal compost .
Since this particular compost was in the 'Which ' magazine have you contacted the magazine ?.
Allso on reading the first 2 pages of this thread I am wonering if this compost or the majority of composts companies have joined links with the recycle firms ?
2 miles away from us a neighbour got a grant from the council. He has all the garden waste taken to him for recycle. On his fields are not only waste garden rubish but paper / wood etc.
as it is classed as recycle it makes you wonder what other rubbish is added to bulk it out.
The compost has nothing in the way of food for the plants etc and after applying it to the garden and waterin g it , it hardens up as is described on this forumn- it is hard dry andl lumpy any week roots would snap in contact with this .
I now use arthur bowers but even this has changed over the last year it has what looks like wood shvings added .
I also bought arthur bowers compost i had 6 bags delivered thinking it would be good stuff and to my horror i found in the first bag i opened white plastic coating what looks like it has been stripped off copper wire...The compost itself looks no good for planting seeds in its rough thick crap with loads of shredded up twigs ....So at the moment it looks like even some of the well known brands are getting rubbish
ive got 2 bags of miracle grow compost coming later let you know what that is like when i get it just hope its not the same crap in different packaging
I used 2 large bags of Durstons MPC yesterday.Only found about a dozen small bits of root/ twig. I think this company may actually know what they are doing and may even have some form of quality control.
Here is a link to their website http://www.durstongardenproducts.co.uk/products.html
My B&Q compost has done the same. I planted my early seeds in a bag of last years compost and they grew fine but the seeds that I planted in this years compost have mostly not germinated or the few that have have been very poor. The compost went green ontop very quickly and had a strange smell. My B&Q did not want to know when I asked them about it, they said that they could not guarentee compost as it depended on my care in growing plants!!!
following on from my entry I have used the normal B&Q compost and the peat free version. Both were the 3 for £10 offer.. Both totally rubbish
I get the feeling that we're buying back our own recycled rubbish and as always someones having a ruddy good laugh and making heaps of cash.