Miracle-Gro Premium All Purpose Compost, PEAT FREE, 40 Litre

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There are also some very good commercial products on the market, including Strulch, which is made from straw. There are many bark mulches or other mulches made from parts of trees that have been chipped. Make sure these have been well composted before you buy or they'll take nitrogen from the soil as they rot down. What does mulch do? Ideal for all bulbs such us tulips, daffodils, hyacinths and crocus. Perfect for use in indoors and outside. Coverage The amount of woody prunings. While these are chipped and graded before being composted, it’s not unusual to find large chunks in your compost. These make it hard to use for sowing seeds and potting on seedlings and plug plants.

Plants that will stay in containers for a long time, such a pots of summer bedding or shrubs and trees in pots, benefit from a controlled-release fertiliser. These will feed your plants for months, and pots filled in May will usually last into September before the fertiliser starts to run out. After this, supplement with a liquid feed to keep your plants looking good until the first frosts. The best peat free compost was Miracle - Gro concentrated enriched compost with a test score of 73% with Vital Earth multipurpose compost 2nd with a test score of 65% Peat-free compost used to be very hard to get hold of, with very little choice in most garden centres. The situation is now better than it was, but we're hoping to see great improvements over the next few years as the ban on peat use comes into effect from the end of 2024 in England and Wales. Coir is a fibrous material made from coconut husks and is milled to make a peat-like material for horticultural use. It mostly comes from southern India and Sri Lanka, and small amounts are sourced in South America.How to repot: Wash the containers and water the plant. Place a layer of compost in the base of the pot. Tap out the plant from the old pot, loosen the root ball and place in the centre of the pot. Fill the space around the root ball, ensuring the compost level covers all the roots. Firm lightly, water thoroughly and let drain. We're starting to see a few composts made from biodigestate. This is a by-product of anaerobic digestion for electricity generation using the stalks from cereal crops and animal slurry. These are put into vats and fermented, giving off a gas which is burnt to create electricity. Once the process has finished, the remaining material is then bagged up for use as a soil improver, mulch or compost. How to get the best from peat-free compost Which? have been researching the issue, systematically. Their results are published in the January/February issue of Gardening Which. I haven't seen the full report, only a summary of their results...

You can cover ground with gravel or larger stones. These have many of the benefits of biodegradable mulches, including reducing weed germination and retaining water, but obviously they won't rot down to improve the soil. Brands tested included Westland, Bulrush, Verve(B&Q) New Horizon, Levington, Miracle gro, Homebase, Vital Earth, Arthur Bower'sA peat naturally holds plenty of water, you may find you need to water peat-free composts more. Peat-free composts are often very free draining, and so little and often in the key. This means you can keep your plants well watered without wasting water or washing out nutrients by over-watering.