Hi Viola, A hearty welcome to the forum. Until I had read your posting I had not heard anything regarding Aphids associated with Peat Free Compost. Over the past year there has been a battle raging twixt peat free and peat usage and not once did the word aphid come up in the 'discussions.' I'm afra...

Hi Viola and PP. I used New Horizon peat free compost exclusively in 2010 and had a very severe infestation of aphids on my peppers which were raised in the conservatory. Last year I used a reduced peat compost (only because I couldn't get hold of peat free locally) and there was not an aphid to be...

All composts sold should be sterile - produced with enough heat to kill pathogens and insects etc. The Sciarid flies like wet compost, so perhaps you were keeping the compost a bit on the wet side, and this could be due to a denser texture in your peat free composts. Since aphids fly about, they wo...

Hi all, I am new to this forum and writing out of sheer desperation as I can't find any help on the internet, the company that makes this product or Garden Organic. My problem is and has been peat free compost. I like using it and have done so for the last 3 years, exclusively. I have grown chillies...