On May 12, 6:08*pm, "harryagain" wrote:
"Judith" wrote in message

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Previous years I had bought B&Q compost * - and this choice was reinforced
by
Which?'s best buy result.

This year they have changed the compost - and it is appalling. *The bag I
bought was full of bits of wood - some bits of polythene and also white
mould
on some of the wood.

I have just tried an Aldi bag - and it is much the same (but cheaper). *It
even
had a section of an old green plastic plant tie in it. *There was an awful
lot
of unrotted small wood chippings in it.

I guess this all comes about by local authorities making "compost" from
the
recyclable rubbish. *I know that my own does; I have never bought any
directly
from them as I was just not happy at not knowing what was in it. *What if
someone had put some old plant material which had been treated with
weed-killer
in their recyclable refuse?

Moan over.

What do other people use for general purpose compost (growing tomatoes in)
and
also compost for seeds and seedlings?

I just buy the recycles centre compost and riddle it for planting seeds. Mix
in some sand.
All compost is full of fungus, how else can it rot down?
Never have any problems.

If you wanted to get rid of the fungus, it would have to be disinfected.- Hide quoted text -

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It takes time but the message get out eventualy.
I posted about the B & Q Multi pourpous compost a few weeks back.
They have changed supplier and what has been the "Gardening Which best
buy" for many yeard must now be a "Don't Buy".
Not only that but they have now put the price up and are still
retaining the reviews for last couple of years so missleading any one
reading them into thinking it's the same stuff.
I have been using around 15 bakes a year but am also looking for a sew
supplyWhy B & Q?
Well for a start, seived and with pearlite added it was a good mix for
dahlia cuttings.
Also they were just 2 miles down the road, (now almost 4) and used to
have 1 or 2 artics of compost a week delivered, so it was always
fresh, and they acted as stock holder for me. and with the Wed
discount it all saved me money.
David @ the wet but sunny end of Swansea Bay.