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Are there ANY good multi purpose composts?

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karmalady Sun 13-Apr-25 09:43:17

I am so peeved, yet again I opened a new bag of westland multi purpose with john innes. It is blooming rubbish. I have potted on some brassicas today, had to use that. Twigs, sticks, leaves and goodness knows what else in the lumps

The only answer might be to sow seeds later, pot on once and quickly put in the ground

I am about to re-sow my squash, they came up, then I potted on and now they are yellow

Plus that compost dries out in the blink of an eye

Westland seed compost is just about ok

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DrWatson Wed 16-Apr-25 00:17:29

My gardening consultant said to check the Which Facebook threads about gardening?

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Sarahr Wed 16-Apr-25 19:21:19

I generally use B&Q compost. I add perlite. Often mix in some of my own compost too. I did buy one of the more expensive branded composts last year and wasn't impressed.

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karmalady Thu 16-Oct-25 09:34:24

I saved compost this year, from all my strawberry containers, no strawberries at home now. This compost is in 2 big trugs and under cover, nice and dry. I will add worm castings to that also compost enrichment boosters like wood ash and bonemeal etc and then I will sieve this for seeds.

I have completely lost faith in the commercial composts but do still have a few bags of jacks magic stored in my garage. Next year I will do similar

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jusnoneed Thu 16-Oct-25 10:01:20

My OH had problems with germination of seeds earlier this year, then changed the compost he was using (woody and bits) to Verve seed and potting compost from B&Q. Seeds germinated well.
www.diy.com/departments/verve-peat-free-cutting-sowing-compost-35l/5063022049766_BQ.prd

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