COMPOST REVIEW 2013

Spruce, they are a pain in the neck! I used bi-carbonate of soda in water as was suggested and it has worked on my house plants. But unfortunately all my trays of seeds are still indoors while it's cold and the gnats are lurking around those. They're contained though in my spare bedroom with the door shut!

The stick sounds a good idea especially for seed trays as I wouldn't use bi-carb on those.

 

Googled it but cant find out what is called , to get my hands on it

Please GC help us ....

Spruce

 

http://www.bayeradvanced.com/insect...1-insect-control-plus-fertilizer-plant-spikes

this what I am after but cant find a UK supplier

 

I had an infestation of fungus gnats last year from my seed trays , in fact I hadn't heard of fungus gnats until then ! Fitted these Vapona stick on fly killers to the windows near my seed trays and it controlled them . This year fitted them day one from the 1st of Feb , and I have hardly seen any gnats
http://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/VAPONA-FL...Weed_Pest_Control_CV&var=&hash=item230fed94ed

 

Bug Clear do one - no fertilizer included as well though.

http://www.amazon.co.uk/Bug-Clear-Ultra-Spikes/dp/B0017RPHV2

 

I've been using New Horizon peat free MP compost (from William Sinclair horticulture) for a couple of years now and apart from a few larger bits have found it quite good especially if mixed with some silver sand to help the drainage. I tried a bag of their seed and cuttings compost the other day for the first time and that was a very good consistency, with no lumps (and no peat).

 

Loofah, fly killer does work for the gnats but it doesn't kill the larvae in the pots, so they continue to hatch. Bi-carb seems to be working for those.

 

That looks like the Verve compost I bought last year. The compost in shiny new bags being sold at my local B&Q is rubbish, so stock up before they ship the new stuff to your B&Q.

Just when I thought it couldn't get any more confusing with old/new formula 70/75 litre bags and guessing what's in them, when I went into Wickes today they had 70 litres bags in the foyer with a sign "4 for £10", but exactly the same stuff outside in the yard "4 for £15". I still haven't got to see what's in them, but I could feel what felt like wooden splinters through the bags.

 

Scrungee, one B&Q is the only large diy store we have on the island so it has a huge turnover in stock. I don't suppose for one minute the Verve I've just bought is from last years supply and they've just had a huge delivery of it.

Why don't you go back and ask them to open another bag for you, the one you saw may have been a bad one.

 

I bought a bag of Bowers General Purpose Compost...
What did you think of the JAB Armandii?
Jenny

 

Armandii, how does it compare to Verve and the cost to please?