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06-05-2006, 09:27 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening

wrote:
They will decompose and disappear. roots can easily grow through them,
as they can old cardboard cores from toilet rolls, and they are much
cheaper.

I collected toilet roll cores from the toilets at my work all year, and
have now planted in them all. All the seedlings that have come up have
been much healthier than those planted in previous years in 10cm pots,
and they are very easy to plant out.

I'd also like to thank the person who last year suggested that I use
John Innes compost. I'm now using something made by Westland called
'peat free compost with added John Innes', which I can heartily
recommend: much finer than normal peat-free compost, and much better at
retaining water. It contains something that Westland called 'West+', a
'secret ingredient' harvested from a 'sustainable resource'. I suspect
this is moss; the compost looks as if it contains quite a lot of it.
I'll just have to trust them on its sustainability.

Rhiannon