BEST SUPPLIER OF COMPOST 2018

I used to buy my MPC near to my office in Warrington , it was Clover lovely stuff. Now retired I am using Wickes compost - seems fine

 

I used Wickes compost in containers for growing potatoes last year and it dried out very quickly, plants in 35 litre pots were collapsing despite soaking with water every day, and I had the bottoms of the pots buried in the ground.

Will be trying something else this year.

 

The Lidl compost was rather impressive this year, must stock up next time round as it sells out very quickly

 

I missed all the end of season reduced mpc at Wilkos last year, and have 20 x 35 litre pots to fill, plus I'm getting another 10 x 70 litre pots, so need 1,400 litres of compost just for those alone, and want a good deal on some decent stuff (that isn't going to dry out every day).

Might have to start collecting molehills.

 

We got a load of Levingtons from the gardening club in Enfield, cheap (with 25% extra free or so) and very good quality. We're hoping they do the same deal this year.

 

I use Violet Farm multi compost in 60L economy bags and a bag or two of B&Q 120L multi for large tom pots.

 

As the Wickes MPC seems to have watering problems . The other main supplier is B and Q who sell MPC under the Verve brand name . Has anyone any experiences with this.
Problem is , at Wickes I can drive up and load up the compost directly into the car , then pay for it. At B and Q it means parking up walking half a mile through the store loading the heavy MPC up and take it back to the car.

 

I gave up using Verve MPC for 2 reasons:

1) When using it for potting up, plants were reluctant to extend their roots into it.

2) If inadvertantly allowed to dry out, it would then virtually refuse to hold any moisture no matter how frequently you'd water.