Best Supplier Of Compost 2023

Haven't you got a sunroof ?

 

If its not a 'trade secret', what would you add as a nutrient, and in what quantity?
It might be fair to point out that the price you have quoted is for a bulk (ie a full truck, 20 cu mtr !)and presumably excludes freight/delivery costs.

 

You used to be able to buy Chempak base fertiliser for adding to peat bales.
I contained lime and all the nutrients for turning it into potting compost.

Not sure if you can still get it.

 

I was thinking roof rack.

 

Comes out of the hopper with a funnel...........

 

The prices were only estimates and would depend on the processing involved to meet my requirements. When I first inquired I was actually quoted £7 per ton from one company and £12 from another.

Newcastle council green waste recycling was one of them, it is £12 per ton on their website collected, but this has only went through the shredder and turned numerous times. I was told by a member of staff it has a density of between 400/600kg per m3, that's roughly £6 per cube. I would expect to pay less than that if I was purchasing 50/60 cubic metres at a time, especially if it has not passed through a trommel.

Sandhills garden waste recycling centre | Newcastle City Council

As for what nutrients I add, that depends on what the compost is for. I do 2 types of soil conditioner, one without added nutrients and one with. The one with, I add 6kg of Blood, Fish & Bone per cubic metre, but that is classed as a soil conditioner, not compost. For compost, I use Yara PG mix, 500g per cubic metre for seed sowing up to 4kg per cubic metre for well established plants. For our MC, peat based or peat free we use at a rate of 1.5kg per cubic metre.

 

This year we have been doing 50% of our patio plants in peat reduced and 50% peat free, you literally can't tell the difference.

 

@gks Are you feeding or watering the different composts differently or does it all get the same treatment.

 

Both composts have osmocote 5-6 month incorporated, so no need for us to feed. Watering has been the same, but April has not been a warm month for us. We also have the fans blowing to keep the temperature down, it has been slow this year for sales.

 

Well one of the green waste sites that I was planning to visit this week has caught fire. In fact one of the other sites I had also planned to visit had a fire that started on the 31st August last year and was eventually extinguished in November. It's actually quite common for fires to break out at waste recycling sites especially at sites where organic waste is being recycled.

 

We have been contacted by a commercial interior design company based in London regarding supply of peat free compost. We have quoted a price but before they will commit to the order I have to send them some samples for them to smell. Apparently they have used other peat free composts on other projects and are getting complaints of the odour from the compost from the clients. As mine is mixed with 50% coir there is little odour, so hopefully they will follow through with this order, I could end up being there preferred choice of compost supplier.

 

Small percentage of fine charcoal would perhaps give a usp?; and absorb odours .....

 

Hiya. I’m interested to know what you think of Osmocote. How does it compare to say Miraclegro slow release?

 

I have only ever used the controlled release Osmocote for commercial growers, which was Miracle gro (Scott's Group) before ICL aquired them.

The commercial sector has access to various formulations compared to the retail sector. The Miracle gro slow release tends to have enough feed for 6 months and is the only product to the retail sector, it looks very similar to Osmocote Exact mini.

Where for the commercial sector you have the following in different longevity. We use Osmocote Pro as it is ideal to use with water soluble fertilisers. We use 5-6 month for bedding, hanging baskets etc and 8-9 month and 12-14 month we use to make container compost for nursery stock and ericaceous compost

• Osmocote Exact Mini
  • Mini 5-6M
  • Mini 3-4M
• Osmocote 5
• Osmocote Exact DCT
• Osmocote Exact
• Osmocote Exact Tablet
• Osmocote Pro
• Osmocote Start
• Osmocote Bloom
• Osmocote Topdress
• OsmoTop
• Osmocote - Specials

 

I remember when you could buy Osmacote off the shelf in garden centres, then Miracle gro came along and it wasn't Osmacote any more.

I think you could only get the one kind though.
I did notice today that they do a tree and shrub version an ericaceous one and a rose one along with the general purpose.

I couldn't be bothered to stand there and check the different formulations.