BEST SUPPLIER OF COMPOST - 2017

Had a heads up.. @fat controller compost is £2.42 for 60l in homebase (£2.80 odd for 40l and 6£ odd for 120l) so had a trek to Brecon and picked up 7 bags, didn't want to over load my little car and just in case its pants. Anyone tried it?

 

Not having a Homebase near me until now I've not tried their compost so any comments on it would be good to hear. I have a feeling it will be a similar make-up to B&Q's Verve.

 

I think it might be similar too, Verve wasn't too bad for me before but the reviews say different. Homebase's website is now saying 1.92 for 40L

 

B n Q's Verve has always been a very good quality MPC

 

I need enough to fill three 45 gallon drums shortly, I am not concerned about quality, £2.42 for 60ltr sounds ok, will have a trip HB

 

@martin-f , B n Q do a 125 litre bag which may be economical . Now , just checked , about 4 months ago there were a lot of 1 star reviews for Verve MPC - quality poor and would not wet . May have just been a poor quality run of batches ? Wickes had the same problem with batch quality a few years ago. This was well documented in posts on here , approaching 1000 I think
So buyer beware , may be worth buying one test bag first.

 

I used this MPC from Growise last year and I was very impressed with it, fine and crumbly and great for baskets, seed sowing and cuttings

 

Well I've taken my chances and at that price I can't sniff at it.. even if it is only good for chucking about as bit of a mulch or used at the bottom half of pots.

Edit: it looks and feels good.. time will tell

 

I've used Verve for many years but the quality hasn't been the same over the last few. It does dry out very quickly and if I was to use it in large planters or drums like yourself @martin-f I'd be inclined to mix it with some good topsoil. I also think the amount of fertiliser in it has been reduced too. My seedlings and young plants haven't grown so well for the last couple of years.

I noticed moss peat was back on the market last year, something that we used many years back for starting seeds and cuttings until the rumpus over the desecration of peat bogs blew up. I may well go back to this if I can't find a reasonable compost.

 

I will only buy peat free compost; it is wrong to do otherwise as peat extraction destroys our natural peat bogs, a valuable natural habitat, for what is after all a luxury market.