Best Supplier Of Compost 2022

It's not bad @sandymac. More fibrous than I'm used to, but it's okay to work with and it remains to be seen how the seedlings respond. I'll report back at a later point.

 

You could be right about a lack of fertiliser @pete. I've given up using B&Q's Verve for the same reason this year. Although seeds were germinating they didn't put on any growth and looked pale, as you've said.

 

To me it just points out you can put too much emphasis on texture, this stuff feels great, but plants are growing much better in the lumpy stuff.

 

Tried some New Horizon and it had a load of white pebbles in it. Not impressed

 

Does anyone know what does new Jack's Black Magic compost consist of? (Once they say it's nearly peatless now). It has specific smell I don't recognize (not a smell of mould). My marygold seedlings did well in it. Structure wise it seems ok too.

 

Did they float?
Wasn't perlite was it?.

 

The new formula is 50% peat and 50% BIO3, which is wood fibre.

 

Do you have any images of these pebbles? I would class pebbles as flat stones 40mm + in diameter, is it not perlite or horticultural grit?

 

Gosh... exactly... I know now. The smell similar to pine bark bag I use for orchids. Thank you.

 

The first one looks more like something you'd use as a mulch @shiney. Godwins looks much better, a growing update on that would be good please.

 

So now the 2022 growing year is coming to a close, are there any clear winners for these new formula composts ?

Been using the New Formula Jacks Magic and seem to have done ok, no noticable failures .