Best supplier of compost 2024

That quite expensive best not be that price where I go .
I doubt they'll do large bags of peat free due to the weight its much heavier than peat based .

 

Health and safety has been the excuse for reducing bag sizes IMO, I'm even seeing 40ltr bags in some places.
Its the old selling con that is happening all the time these days shrinkflation.

 

We've been using this Growmoor peat-free compost for the last 2 years. Good for most things with some JI added, so I'll be interested to try the stuff @pete mentioned which already contains JI.

 

So confusing with peat and peat free and the cost.
I am resorting to collecting mole hills.

 

If we dont hear from you again we will assume you were dragged underground but a mole who resented his hill being taken.
Be careful.

 

As you clearly have time on your hands(!) , you and others may be interested in this:
https://committees.parliament.uk/oralevidence/13559/pdf/
which apparently is the latest (July 23) from our rulers.

 

Yeah, that's what prompted me to expand my home composting so that I can produce most of our own MPC. My original wooden bays rotted away so I invested in a plastic modular system. Nice and big - got upto 67°C last year and produced loads of good compost.

 

I have only glanced through it but when, Baroness Jones of Whitchurch quotes the following. "Ben, you opened the door to my question on when peat will be banned. We know that the retail deadline is 2024 and on the commercial side it is 2026. Obviously, you represent a large number of organisations." She should of said, the retail deadline is planned to be by the end of 2024 and 2026 as many retailers even many members on here thought is was going to be from the beginning 2024. There is so many mixed messages coming from so called know it all's and the press, yet nothing on the government website backs it up, no legislation.

My accountant said, the government don't tend to like having to many legislations and mandates, democracy goes out the window. But stating there will be, pushes manufactures, growers, retailers and joe public to go peat free without actually passing a bill to make it unlawful.

 

I used Miraclegro peatfree multipurpose last year which was the best of the ones I tried the previous year. However all the peat free ones seem to be based on composted wood which doesn't drain so well as the old JI composts. I have bought some compressed blocks of coir to mix with it for sowing and with home made compost for potting. Hopefully my seedlings won't be so prone to damping off. I might try just coir and sharp sand (50:50) for cuttings and some of the tiny seeds.
The coir on its own is good for microgreens which I have been trying this winter as my winter lettuce all damped off. The cheapest and best so far are pea shoots from supermarket dried peas and sunflower shoots which I grew from sunflower seeds for birdseed.

 

Those look really good - where did you get them?

 

They're made by a company called Tekplas

Compost Bin Composter | 500 - 2500 Litres | Tekplas

 

Indeed, but for me
3 bays = £387
10 pallets = nix!
Also have no side ventilation which makes aerobic conditions less likely, certainly wouldnt be drilling those!!

 

Thanks for the info! I have 2 bins made of recycled wood (which weren't cheap) a few years ago but they weren't properly rot treated and are gradually crumbling - not a good buy. I have been looking to replace them with pressure treated wood ones but they are expensive. I prefer the ones with slotted sides as they are so much easier to empty and move stuff from one bin to the next.