I have just emptied 2 compost bins and have loads of beautiful compost.
Is it advisable to use this compost for tomatoes in my greenhouse or
should I do what I have always done and use sterilised John Innes ??

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John Griffiths
Baxenden Lancashire
http://www.johngriffiths.net

John
If it's good compost then you can use it for almost anything including your
tomatoes! The only thing I would be careful about is using it on acid loving
plants!

Badger


"John Griffiths" wrote in message
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I have just emptied 2 compost bins and have loads of beautiful compost.
Is it advisable to use this compost for tomatoes in my greenhouse or
should I do what I have always done and use sterilised John Innes ??

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John Griffiths
Baxenden Lancashire
http://www.johngriffiths.net

I use my compost for just about anything including Tomatoes in the
Greenhouse
"John Griffiths" wrote in message
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I have just emptied 2 compost bins and have loads of beautiful compost.
Is it advisable to use this compost for tomatoes in my greenhouse or
should I do what I have always done and use sterilised John Innes ??

--
John Griffiths
Baxenden Lancashire
http://www.johngriffiths.net

John Griffiths wrote in
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I have just emptied 2 compost bins and have loads of beautiful compost.
Is it advisable to use this compost for tomatoes in my greenhouse or
should I do what I have always done and use sterilised John Innes ??

As other posters have said, your tomatoes should be fine in your compost (I
am growing peppers in mine this year) but you may want to cover the surface
to reduce the number of weed seedlings, unless your compost bins are huge
and get really hot.

My compost produces oodles of goosegrass seedlings for example - they are
easy enough to weed, of course, but a bit annoying in the well-fed warm
environment of a greenhouse, where I don't always spot them immediately
among the other foliage.

Victoria

In article , John Griffiths
writes
I have just emptied 2 compost bins and have loads of beautiful compost.
Is it advisable to use this compost for tomatoes in my greenhouse or
should I do what I have always done and use sterilised John Innes ??


Thanks to all who replied - I had some idea that I should be trying to
sterilise the compost - don't know where I got that from. It looks and
feels wonderful stuff and has saved me a lot of money.
Thanks again
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John Griffiths
Baxenden Lancashire
http://www.johngriffiths.net

John
One suggestion would be to use Jeyes Fluid to sterilise your compost!

Badger


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In article , John Griffiths
writes
I have just emptied 2 compost bins and have loads of beautiful compost.
Is it advisable to use this compost for tomatoes in my greenhouse or
should I do what I have always done and use sterilised John Innes ??


Thanks to all who replied - I had some idea that I should be trying to
sterilise the compost - don't know where I got that from. It looks and
feels wonderful stuff and has saved me a lot of money.
Thanks again
--
John Griffiths
Baxenden Lancashire
http://www.johngriffiths.net

Badg
I did think of that but then thought I would have to leave it a long
time before I could use the compost
John

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Badger writes
John
One suggestion would be to use Jeyes Fluid to sterilise your compost!

Badger


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In article , John Griffiths
writes
I have just emptied 2 compost bins and have loads of beautiful compost.
Is it advisable to use this compost for tomatoes in my greenhouse or
should I do what I have always done and use sterilised John Innes ??


Thanks to all who replied - I had some idea that I should be trying to
sterilise the compost - don't know where I got that from. It looks and
feels wonderful stuff and has saved me a lot of money.
Thanks again
--
John Griffiths
Baxenden Lancashire
http://www.johngriffiths.net





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John Griffiths
Baxenden Lancashire
http://www.johngriffiths.net