Home |
Search |
Today's Posts |
|
#1
|
|||
|
|||
buying compost
People seem to know the cheapest/best place to get compost on here!
I need about 10 bags or more to pot up stuff generally, especially cuttings that have now rooted or need moving on. Where's the best place to get it from? i wasn't too impressed by the quality of a local Wyevales compost, very coarse and not that good for the plants by the way they grew. Janet I once bought a lump of pressed coir or I may have received it as a freebie with other purchases, anyway although it was only coir it produced the most amazing root systems and growth on potted up plants and I wonder if I added long term fertiliser to it whether that might be an option? Several gardeners I know order from individual suppliers who seem to travel up from the south coast with lorries and deliver say 20 bags at a time. This compost seems heavier, more like pure John innes but I am never sure I can trust the quality . -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
#2
|
|||
|
|||
buying compost
"Janet Tweedy" wrote in message news People seem to know the cheapest/best place to get compost on here! I need about 10 bags or more to pot up stuff generally, especially cuttings that have now rooted or need moving on. Where's the best place to get it from? i wasn't too impressed by the quality of a local Wyevales compost, very coarse and not that good for the plants by the way they grew. Janet I once bought a lump of pressed coir or I may have received it as a freebie with other purchases, anyway although it was only coir it produced the most amazing root systems and growth on potted up plants and I wonder if I added long term fertiliser to it whether that might be an option? Several gardeners I know order from individual suppliers who seem to travel up from the south coast with lorries and deliver say 20 bags at a time. This compost seems heavier, more like pure John innes but I am never sure I can trust the quality . -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk Slightly O/T investigate your local tip! Mine takes all the garden waste and composts it. Most gets sold in bulk but if I tip(!) up with my car and bags they weigh the car as I go in. I then fill the bags from an enormous, steaming, heap return to the weighbridge where they calculate the difference and charge me accordingly. I usually come away with a Peugeot 306 estate with 4 very large tip bags in the back for about £9 and I'd expect to pay more than double for the same weight/volume from my local garden centre. If I had a trailer they have a digger and will fill it for me but I don't so I have to shovel. It makes a remarkably good growing medium. I filled one raised bed with it as an experiment and things are growing nicely. In other raised beds I've been mixing it with the earth (which has a tendency to dry out) and it's working a treat. |
#3
|
|||
|
|||
buying compost
"Graham Harrison" wrote in message ... "Janet Tweedy" wrote in message news People seem to know the cheapest/best place to get compost on here! I need about 10 bags or more to pot up stuff generally, especially cuttings that have now rooted or need moving on. Where's the best place to get it from? i wasn't too impressed by the quality of a local Wyevales compost, very coarse and not that good for the plants by the way they grew. Janet I once bought a lump of pressed coir or I may have received it as a freebie with other purchases, anyway although it was only coir it produced the most amazing root systems and growth on potted up plants and I wonder if I added long term fertiliser to it whether that might be an option? Several gardeners I know order from individual suppliers who seem to travel up from the south coast with lorries and deliver say 20 bags at a time. This compost seems heavier, more like pure John innes but I am never sure I can trust the quality . -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk Slightly O/T investigate your local tip! Mine takes all the garden waste and composts it. Most gets sold in bulk but if I tip(!) up with my car and bags they weigh the car as I go in. I then fill the bags from an enormous, steaming, heap return to the weighbridge where they calculate the difference and charge me accordingly. I usually come away with a Peugeot 306 estate with 4 very large tip bags in the back for about £9 and I'd expect to pay more than double for the same weight/volume from my local garden centre. If I had a trailer they have a digger and will fill it for me but I don't so I have to shovel. It makes a remarkably good growing medium. I filled one raised bed with it as an experiment and things are growing nicely. In other raised beds I've been mixing it with the earth (which has a tendency to dry out) and it's working a treat. But does it leave a smell int car ...............................Leslie -- Posted via NewsDemon.com - Premium Uncensored Newsgroup Service -------http://www.NewsDemon.com------ Unlimited Access, Anonymous Accounts, Uncensored Broadband Access |
#4
|
|||
|
|||
buying compost
"Therefore" wrote in message . .. "Graham Harrison" wrote in message ... "Janet Tweedy" wrote in message news People seem to know the cheapest/best place to get compost on here! I need about 10 bags or more to pot up stuff generally, especially cuttings that have now rooted or need moving on. Where's the best place to get it from? i wasn't too impressed by the quality of a local Wyevales compost, very coarse and not that good for the plants by the way they grew. Janet I once bought a lump of pressed coir or I may have received it as a freebie with other purchases, anyway although it was only coir it produced the most amazing root systems and growth on potted up plants and I wonder if I added long term fertiliser to it whether that might be an option? Several gardeners I know order from individual suppliers who seem to travel up from the south coast with lorries and deliver say 20 bags at a time. This compost seems heavier, more like pure John innes but I am never sure I can trust the quality . -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk Slightly O/T investigate your local tip! Mine takes all the garden waste and composts it. Most gets sold in bulk but if I tip(!) up with my car and bags they weigh the car as I go in. I then fill the bags from an enormous, steaming, heap return to the weighbridge where they calculate the difference and charge me accordingly. I usually come away with a Peugeot 306 estate with 4 very large tip bags in the back for about £9 and I'd expect to pay more than double for the same weight/volume from my local garden centre. If I had a trailer they have a digger and will fill it for me but I don't so I have to shovel. It makes a remarkably good growing medium. I filled one raised bed with it as an experiment and things are growing nicely. In other raised beds I've been mixing it with the earth (which has a tendency to dry out) and it's working a treat. But does it leave a smell int car ...............................Leslie -- Posted via NewsDemon.com - Premium Uncensored Newsgroup Service -------http://www.NewsDemon.com------ Unlimited Access, Anonymous Accounts, Uncensored Broadband Access Actually, no. Mind you the dump is only 5 minutes away. Now, if it was manure that might be different. |
#5
|
|||
|
|||
buying compost
In article , Graham Harrison
writes Slightly O/T investigate your local tip! Not a chance!! I know what goes into the compost as i put it there Ground elder, horsetail, etc etc. Weeds that never die!! And what about pathogens? -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
#6
|
|||
|
|||
buying compost
"Janet Tweedy" wrote in message ... In article , Graham Harrison writes Slightly O/T investigate your local tip! Not a chance!! I know what goes into the compost as i put it there Ground elder, horsetail, etc etc. Weeds that never die!! And what about pathogens? -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk You beat me to it Janet. You can get compost that is certified as fit for use but it seems many Councils are not prepared to implement the processes required to get certification. The compost produced locally by our Council is partly used in local parks and gardens where at least any potential outbreak of the dreaded lurgy could be controlled unlike spreading the stuff amongst several thousand households. I think I've mentioned it before but the green bags of waste around here contain garden waste which includes cans, crisp packets, nappies, dog and cat poo, plant pots etc.--in fact they contain anything that might be found in a Garden. |
#7
|
|||
|
|||
buying compost
On 2009-11-20 09:11:10 +0000, "rupert" said:
"Janet Tweedy" wrote in message ... In article , Graham Harrison writes Slightly O/T investigate your local tip! Not a chance!! I know what goes into the compost as i put it there Ground elder, horsetail, etc etc. Weeds that never die!! And what about pathogens? -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk You beat me to it Janet. You can get compost that is certified as fit for use but it seems many Councils are not prepared to implement the processes required to get certification. The compost produced locally by our Council is partly used in local parks and gardens where at least any potential outbreak of the dreaded lurgy could be controlled unlike spreading the stuff amongst several thousand households. I think I've mentioned it before but the green bags of waste around here contain garden waste which includes cans, crisp packets, nappies, dog and cat poo, plant pots etc.--in fact they contain anything that might be found in a Garden. We've been finding out about compost needed on a large scale (about 10 tons) in Jersey. Apparently the local States arrange for all the plants used in parks and bedding schemes to be composted in one particular place and you can go there and buy it on a decreasing scale, depending on the quantity required. It's £32.00 for 1000 litres and £24 for 10,000 or more plus 3% sales tax. I don't know what the quality is like and if it's suitable for potting on but as a soil improver, that's pretty cheap. -- Sacha www.hillhousenursery.com Shrubs & perennials. Tender & exotics. South Devon |
#8
|
|||
|
|||
buying compost
In article , Sacha
writes We've been finding out about compost needed on a large scale (about 10 tons) in Jersey. Apparently the local States arrange for all the plants used in parks and bedding schemes to be composted in one particular place and you can go there and buy it on a decreasing scale, Hmm well i have walking on Saturday and on Sunday and Ceroc in the evening so not sure I might have time to nip over to Jersey for my requirements this weekend but thank you Sacha -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
#9
|
|||
|
|||
buying compost
rupert writes
I think I've mentioned it before but the green bags of waste around here contain garden waste which includes cans, crisp packets, nappies, dog and cat poo, plant pots etc.--in fact they contain anything that might be found in a Garden. I saw a man tipping empty plastic plant pots into the 'garden waste' skip at the local 'recycling centre', so I questioned him. "It's from the garden" he said. But he went off and found one of the assistants, and came back and thanked me for setting him right. So even the most inappropriate stuff can be put in there with good intentions. -- Kay |
#10
|
|||
|
|||
buying compost
In article , K
writes I saw a man tipping empty plastic plant pots into the 'garden waste' skip at the local 'recycling centre', so I questioned him. "It's from the garden" he said. But he went off and found one of the assistants, and came back and thanked me for setting him right. So even the most inappropriate stuff can be put in there with good intentions. Shredded plastic post I wouldn't mind but some of the worst weeds and diseases I would!! -- Janet Tweedy Dalmatian Telegraph http://www.lancedal.demon.co.uk |
#11
|
|||
|
|||
I bought a few loads from a compost farm who converts green waste from East Herts tips. But now East Herts are collecting compostable waste from the house and are telling householders to include ALL FOOD WASTE with the green material...YES EVEN MEAT WASTE!!!.
I will not be buying such compost again! Slightly O/T investigate your local tip! Mine takes all the garden waste and composts it. Most gets sold in bulk but if I tip(!) up with my car and bags they weigh the car as I go in. I then fill the bags from an enormous, steaming, heap return to the weighbridge where they calculate the difference and charge me accordingly. I usually come away with a Peugeot 306 estate with 4 very large tip bags in the back for about £9 and I'd expect to pay more than double for the same weight/volume from my local garden centre. If I had a trailer they have a digger and will fill it for me but I don't so I have to shovel. It makes a remarkably good growing medium. I filled one raised bed with it as an experiment and things are growing nicely. In other raised beds I've been mixing it with the earth (which has a tendency to dry out) and it's working a treat.[/quote]
__________________
Gardening in East Herts |
Reply |
Thread Tools | Search this Thread |
Display Modes | |
|
|
Similar Threads | ||||
Thread | Forum | |||
Buying Organic Compost | Gardening | |||
Buying compost in bulk | United Kingdom | |||
Buying compost | United Kingdom |