Posted by Dave Hill on January 19, 2010, 9:41 am
I bought a few bales of B & Q peet free compost to use in the boxes my
dahlia tubers stand in for propagating.
I don't know how it will do, I wouldnt like to use it for growing on
plants, it seems to consist of just composted bark & wood fibre,
I should think it will require a lot of nitrogen to break it down.
Any one else tried it?
David Hill
Posted by Sacha on February 28, 2007, 9:16 am
On 28/2/07 11:16, in article ut0rbhBoSW5FFwAN@ukonline.co.uk, "Janet Tweedy"
> I haven't had much luck with peat free compost especially in sowing
> seeds, though I once got a solid block of coir from the Worm compost
> people as a freebie and I found that newly rooted cuttings of shrubs etc
> did superbly well. (Never sure why though!)
>
> I came across this website about coir on the net when looking to compare
> the price of proper seed composts.
> http://www.fertilefibre.com/
>
> What do the experts think? It seems expensive but useful if you want to
> stay as 'green' as possible :)
>
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I'm afraid we are firmly peat users and likely to stay that way. We've seen
and occasionally been given plants grown in other mediums and they perk up
like nobody's business once they're given a pot of peat to live in.
--
Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
http://www.discoverdartmoor.co.uk/
(remove weeds from address)
Posted by John McMillan on March 1, 2007, 8:05 am
> > I haven't had much luck with peat free compost especially in sowing
> > seeds, though I once got a solid block of coir from the Worm compost
> > people as a freebie and I found that newly rooted cuttings of shrubs etc
> > did superbly well. (Never sure why though!)
> > I came across this website about coir on the net when looking to compare
> > the price of proper seed composts.http://www.fertilefibre.com/
> > What do the experts think? It seems expensive but useful if you want to
> > stay as 'green' as possible :)
>
> You won't find many experts not using peat sadly. Fertilefibre is
> great and I've used it many time (sold from my local garden centre)
> but last year I used my own made compost, sieved1 ltr to one handfull
> of vermiculite. Everything came through successfully and I did lots of
> flowers and veg. This year I want to try the Genie 1, which is a JI
> but without peat nor added fertiliser. It sounds really 'green' and
> has been backed up by many environmental people and organisation. I
> however cannot find it anywhere!
There's a company called West Riding Organics in Huddersfield
http://www.wrorganics.co.uk/ who, as far as I understand,
have some system for extracting peat from moorland streams
without excavation. Has anyone used their products or is it
a myth?
Posted by La Puce on March 1, 2007, 8:10 am
wrote:
> There's a company called West Riding Organics in
Huddersfieldhttp://www.wrorganics.co.uk/who , as far as I understand,
> have some system for extracting peat from moorland streams
> without excavation. Has anyone used their products or is it
> a myth?- Hide quoted text -
I've heard of this indeed. They 'rake' the bottom of rivers. But I
couldn't tell you more. I'm going off asking. Will be right back.
Posted by La Puce on March 1, 2007, 10:38 am
wrote:
> There's a company called West Riding Organics in
Huddersfieldhttp://www.wrorganics.co.uk/who , as far as I understand,
> have some system for extracting peat from moorland streams
> without excavation. Has anyone used their products or is it
> a myth?- Hide quoted text -
Moorland Gold it's called - check the link - this is a great link btw
with lots of details and suppliers lists. I like Tamar and Tamar
supply it. Must be good stuff. I'd like to know where the 'company' is
based and which reservoirs they use though.
http://www.thecps.org.uk/content/view/53/40/
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> seeds, though I once got a solid block of coir from the Worm compost
> people as a freebie and I found that newly rooted cuttings of shrubs etc
> did superbly well. (Never sure why though!)
>
> I came across this website about coir on the net when looking to compare
> the price of proper seed composts.
> http://www.fertilefibre.com/
>
> What do the experts think? It seems expensive but useful if you want to
> stay as 'green' as possible :)
>