Compost, Fertilisers & Recycling

£3.39 for a 30 ltr bag puts it more expensive than a lot of potting compost plus £8 delivery. I dont think they want small orders, so why put it into such small bags?

I used to collect spent hops from a local brewery for my allotment. The car would smell fabulous and quite heady if collected on a warm day. Made a very effective mulch

Any thoughts on this product please? Just looking at prices of BFB when I came across it. Made from leftover crops by the look.

Although you should avoid spreading it around acid soil loving fruit such as blueberries and other berries.

Correct, if there is nothing growing inside the bag, or its not left outside to get soaked, then the fertiliser will still be in the compost.When somebody buys a full pallet and they are intending to store some for the following seasons, just keep it in a dry shaded area, ideally a shed or...

Help this is quite technical. I am very grateful you brought the measurements down to imaginable proportions! I would reckon the 1kg/mtr is about what has gone on annually over the years. I don’t think many people realise how much big loads of manure break down to, not much. I have a flowerbed...

We tend to just use peat compost and control the water content by hand - but not very well because most things in the greenhouse get watered by hose. We rarely have any trouble that way. We have a great big black sack full of Perlite in the shed but never bother to use it. I think that...

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What to do if you think it's all rubbishThere has been many threads relating to quality peat free media, or rather the lack of quality. I invite you to enjoy the work of Innovative Farmers in tackling this problem for growers large and small (thats you and me) Three hours of detailed work to...

Anything will do for covering it - plastic bags, tarpaulin, carpet etc. If you have large bits of cardboard you can use those with some compost bags over the top. That will protect it from excess wet, but the card will also break down and become part of the mix. If you're able to 'fashion' a...

Its all a question of scale

If the alternatives were of sufficient quality to do the job I would also be in favour of reducing peat but everything I have tested so far gets nowhere near the same result. It may be a closer result if I had time to molly coddle the plants but there never is sufficient time.So I shall...

It was just a point of interest. If I was really worried about it I would have added the water whilst I was turning the material. The new heap is more likely to get rained on than the original. It is only a few feet further along the garden, but not as overhung with trees.

Have you got room for a builder's bulk bag? I use a couple of them quite successfully

I always have yeast as I occasionally get the urge to make bread. I've even got some molasses and usually have honey. Too late this year but I definitely need a better tomato crop next year.

Agree, you cant prove it one way or another, personally, and they know that, for me rooting powder stopped working when they took the fungicide out of it and we went all organic.

I agree with @Thevictorian in that the needles won't absorb moisture to any extent because of their nature. Pine cones don't really break down much either, or certainly not quickly. We also don't know the overall size of the other tree, and whether it was actively planted as opposed to one...

The mushrooms will do no harm and possibly help the growth of your plants.

A whole load of different suppliers: Composted bark - Recherche Google Just go round garden centres until you find one you like.