"Paul Luton" wrote in message
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On 19/01/2010 15:29, David WE Roberts wrote:

"Dave Hill" wrote in message
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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

No.
But...
I have tried the HomeBase Peat Free GroBags a couple of years back.
I mixed in some stable manure and topsoil and used it to grow vegetables
in pots.
I found it a lot better than the peat based GroBags.

"Which?" slated the Homebase peat-free. The B&Q has apparently been
reformulated so no-one has experience. New Horizon Growbags came equal
second in a test of all seed composts and had a respectable score for
growing on. (now I just have to find a local stockist !)

What can I say?
Which and I will have to disagree on this one.
I presume they tested the GroBags not the larger compost bags?