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PEAT FREE compost

Have a go NickHave a go Nick Posts: 352
in Problem solving

Hi folks,

has anyone had problems with PEAT FREE compost this year?

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  • Joe_the_GardenerJoe_the_Gardener Posts: 876

    No.

  • Steve 309Steve 309 Posts: 2,753

    Yes.

  • Steve 309Steve 309 Posts: 2,753

    ...to expand slightly, I started a trial of growbags and compost for greenhouse tomatoes.  The New Horizons Organic Peat Free growbags and compost were awful.  Lots of bits of undecomposed wood, plastic (hard and soft) and even bits of wire.

    Unfortunately I'm not going to be able to complete the experiment but it seemed that the plants in that compost were doing significantly less well that the others - more yellow leaves, fewer fruits etc.

    I think that the demand for peat free compost is outstripping the supply so they're having to cut corners.  If they really care they ought to make sure the stuff's properly decomposed and free of paratoxics.

  • flowering roseflowering rose Posts: 1,632

    no .

  • treehugger80treehugger80 Posts: 1,923

    we had trouble with the new horizons stuff last year at my works, however 20 bags didn't get used, after the winter stacked in our container at work they'd rotted down great! image

  • bekkie hughesbekkie hughes Posts: 5,294
    Trying to use less compost, have been using that compressed coir stuff, very good for what ive needed it for, not sure if i would want to grow toms in it image
  • Joe_the_GardenerJoe_the_Gardener Posts: 876

    I've had about ten bags of New Horizon this year and they've been fine.

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