Quality of purchased compost
Posted: Thu Apr 16, 2020 9:28 pm
I recently bought a bulk bag of compost from Compost Direct as we need quite a bit with setting up the new kitchen garden. Also, most of the garden centres, etc. had closed by the time we were ready for it, so this seemed like a good idea.
I've had loads of different proprietary brands of compost over the years, and the stuff that Aldi and Lidl sell in the spring. Mostly fine, although the cheaper peat free stuff can be a bit lacking.
Anyhow, my bulk compost (veggie gold) is described as a mix of compost, manure and topsoil and supposed to be perfect for vegetable beds. I shan't be buying it again as it's awful stuff. Full of stones (some bigger than a really big baking potato), broken glass and clods of clay. I shall get through it and use it up, but the quality is very poor and not what I was expecting at all.
Prior to the arrival of the plague, I had been planning to get a bulk delivery of the green waste compost from Viridor (not too far from us in Somerset) but they had closed by the time I needed it.
Does anyone else have experience of bulk compost orders and are there any they would recommend?
I've had loads of different proprietary brands of compost over the years, and the stuff that Aldi and Lidl sell in the spring. Mostly fine, although the cheaper peat free stuff can be a bit lacking.
Anyhow, my bulk compost (veggie gold) is described as a mix of compost, manure and topsoil and supposed to be perfect for vegetable beds. I shan't be buying it again as it's awful stuff. Full of stones (some bigger than a really big baking potato), broken glass and clods of clay. I shall get through it and use it up, but the quality is very poor and not what I was expecting at all.
Prior to the arrival of the plague, I had been planning to get a bulk delivery of the green waste compost from Viridor (not too far from us in Somerset) but they had closed by the time I needed it.
Does anyone else have experience of bulk compost orders and are there any they would recommend?