"Broadback" wrote

I use a lot of compost every year, 4-5 large bags. the last 2 years of so
it has been a PITA. It is so compressed that I am spending more time and
energy loosening it it using it. Has anyone else experienced this? Is there
a commonly available make that is not usually compressed, of have you some
easy way to loosen it? TIA

Yes that has happened to me too, big lumps that need you to get your hands
in to break up, also I found last year when I had a couple of bags stored
over winter that the next spring I had lumps of fungus in the compost which
I had to remove bit by bit. They keep telling us that peat free is the way
to go but I do wonder if these modern composts are fit for purpose if you
actually want to grow plants as apposed to using in patio troughs etc.
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Regards. Bob Hobden.
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