Compost

RandallFlagg

What's your favourite compost for planting delphiniums?

RandallFlagg

equalsql

I like the John Innes multi purpose compost for most tasks. Can't say I was impressed with Jack's Magic though which I found to be dry and almost powdery, didn't absorb water well and was very quick to allow evaporation.

VimFuego

I generally use whatever multi purpose is on sale (we get through a fair bit of compost here) and mix it 50/50 with sieved garden compost for seedlings, potting on and so on. Agree with the Jack Magic comment, used some at a clients and was not impressed. 

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Corner .....

ESBlonde

Like @VimFuego says, garden or home made compost is often better in terms of the feed content with out adding expensive fertiliser, but needs to be sifted to remove the worst excesses of twiggs etc. Many shop bought composts are seemingly variable in quality and I sometimes buy stuff just to top up hanging baskets and the like.
Leaf mould is a great additive for compost and especially as the main ingredient of seed compost. I use broken down pine needles as addetive for ericatious composts.

JezWynd

Slight tangent: Why do they measure it in litres?

Westland Gro-sure has been working for me. Plants seem to like it.

mudslide73

Now we're down to business. I don't get through as much as before but I liked Wyvale before we started with our own bins. It still amazes me how good the compost can be from grass cuttings and leaves. 

scrumhalf

For those of us of a certain age:

RandallFlagg

In the keep net they go...

mudslide73

Back handers lol. 

jdgm

I use the cheapest I can get.

speshul91

Westlands multi purpose

Sambostar

strtdv

JezWynd said:

Slight tangent: Why do they measure it in litres?

Westland Gro-sure has been working for me. Plants seem to like it.

They sell it by volume rather than weight because the moisture level varies considerably I'd imagine

jonnyburgo

We use our own stuff we have 4 bins on the go. We use the shop stuff for starting out and we have a horse farm round the corner so as much horse shit as we can use.

pintspiller

Generally Westland. B&Q stuff is bollocks. I go to the council yard occasionally and get trailer loads for free. But you need to sieve it.