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Problem with commercial compost
On Sun, 29 Mar 2015 10:23:15 +0100, Broadback wrote:
I use a lot of compost every year, 4-5 large bags. the last 2 years of so it has been a PITA. It is so compressed that I am spending more time and energy loosening it it using it. Has anyone else experienced this? Is there a commonly available make that is not usually compressed, of have you some easy way to loosen it? TIA I had a family friend of my parents (a pseudo-Uncle, if you like) who was a keen gardener. He used to make bulk compost using a small electric cement mixer. Remembering this, it occurred to me that if you really wanted to break up commercial compost, and especially if you wished to mix your own by adding to the compost, then if you have storage then buying all your compost at the start of the season, then hiring a mixer for half a day might be feasible. In the past I have hand mixed (on a spot board with a shovel) commercial peat/peat free potting compost, JI No. 3, farmyard manure, GroMore and chicken manure. It would be much easier to do this with a mixer if I had a large storage box to keep this in. Cheers Dave R -- Windows 8.1 on PCSpecialist box |
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