Just bought a 35l bag of grandiol multi purpose compost from lidl for 1.89 . Totally unlike last years black stuff (they've listened). Its Brown, very similar to b and q verve . Very nice texture. Works out ever so slightly cheaper than the B&Q 125 lt.Just hope it works.
I hope Lidl have done something about there grow bags and that in 2017 they dont stink of old railways sleepers.Having said that tomatoes grown in the compost grew well once i had decanted contents of bag into large pot.As a grow bag it was pretty useless as the contents were compacted and compressed.
A worthwhile buy at £1.29 but i wouldn't grow all your plants in it.
I now have an allotment and for the first time ever, I have a lovely pile of home made compost from our heap! I feel quite proud !! So I will be using this for my tomato pots this year - no more smelly black crusty stuff - and the added bonus of knowing just what went into it.
Moominmama. You will need to add some base fertiliser to it. Chempak make a suitable one, or Phostrogen, or give it a good handful of Blood fish and bonemeal. 2 oz to a 2 gallon bucketful. You may also need to add something to alkalise it if it is acidic such as dolomitic limestone or calcified seaweed. Home made compost is brilliant for soil texture, but does not have a lot of nutrients.
Stinky ALDI bag here! I poured it on the grass to let it air out but no good. Its so strong it's actually made me light headed. Looks and feels ok but don't think I can use it.
Stinky ALDI bag here! I poured it on the grass to let it air out but no good. Its so strong it's actually made me light headed. Looks and feels ok but don't think I can use it.
I bought a bag of grandiose multi purpose compost from Lidl last summer and have had it stored in my shed. My Grandchildren bought home two small potted Christmas trees after visiting Santa at a local garden centre and asked me to re-pot them into larger flower pots. l opened this bag of compost and was shocked to find inside two complete plastic carrier bags full of conkers. Admittedly, there was some compost as well but you might expect some rubbish in the bag but not bagged conkers. Certainly will not be buying this brand in future.
My biggest mistake was buying “soil conditioner” from an expensive, well respected garden centre near me. My garden was a swarm of small blue flies and I still blame this stuff for the twisted stems on some of my plants, although that could have been contaminated horse manure also bought from that garden centre.
The flies did eventually vanish along with the crippled plants, but I no longer trust anything like that. Maybe nature does not need any shop bought additives in our gardens.
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Just bought a 35l bag of grandiol multi purpose compost from lidl for 1.89 . Totally unlike last years black stuff (they've listened). Its Brown, very similar to b and q verve . Very nice texture. Works out ever so slightly cheaper than the B&Q 125 lt.Just hope it works.
I bought lidl compost last year and this and it smells of compost how strange I must have got a bad batch.
I hope Lidl have done something about there grow bags and that in 2017 they dont stink of old railways sleepers.Having said that tomatoes grown in the compost grew well once i had decanted contents of bag into large pot.As a grow bag it was pretty useless as the contents were compacted and compressed.
A worthwhile buy at £1.29 but i wouldn't grow all your plants in it.
I now have an allotment and for the first time ever, I have a lovely pile of home made compost from our heap!
I feel quite proud !! So I will be using this for my tomato pots this year - no more smelly black crusty stuff - and the added bonus of knowing just what went into it.
Moominmama. You will need to add some base fertiliser to it. Chempak make a suitable one, or Phostrogen, or give it a good handful of Blood fish and bonemeal. 2 oz to a 2 gallon bucketful. You may also need to add something to alkalise it if it is acidic such as dolomitic limestone or calcified seaweed. Home made compost is brilliant for soil texture, but does not have a lot of nutrients.
OK. Thanks for this. I'll go with the BF&B. Fingers crossed!!
Stinky ALDI bag here! I poured it on the grass to let it air out but no good. Its so strong it's actually made me light headed. Looks and feels ok but don't think I can use it.
It's the peat free stuff
I bought a bag of grandiose multi purpose compost from Lidl last summer and have had it stored in my shed. My Grandchildren bought home two small potted Christmas trees after visiting Santa at a local garden centre and asked me to re-pot them into larger flower pots. l opened this bag of compost and was shocked to find inside two complete plastic carrier bags full of conkers. Admittedly, there was some compost as well but you might expect some rubbish in the bag but not bagged conkers. Certainly will not be buying this brand in future.
My biggest mistake was buying “soil conditioner” from an expensive, well respected garden centre near me. My garden was a swarm of small blue flies and I still blame this stuff for the twisted stems on some of my plants, although that could have been contaminated horse manure also bought from that garden centre.
The flies did eventually vanish along with the crippled plants, but I no longer trust anything like that. Maybe nature does not need any shop bought additives in our gardens.
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