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  • Where can I get Ericaceous peat free compost?

    Where can I get Ecratious peat free compost?

    It seems a nightmare to get, Im limited to homebase b&q and wickes.....
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  • #2
    Do you mean Ericaceous compost ?
    http://www.homebase.co.uk/en/homebas...t---50l-443250

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    • #3
      Yeah I did veggie haha, late at night posts do nothing to help my intelligence...#

      I read you can make your own but I would have to wait till christmas when everyone is throwing their pine trees away because there is no natural ones round here x
      If you want to view paradise
      Simply look around and view it.

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      • #4
        i got mine at B&Q


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        • #5
          I normally avoid peat based compost. However, when I needed small quantities of ericaceous compost for planting a camellia, I bought the stuff in the above link. Probably has peat in it. Sadly. I haven't seen ericaceous compost marked as peat free at local garden centres. Apparently Vital Earth make it.

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          • #6
            Spent coffee grounds are beneficial to acid loving plants so if you've got a St4rbucks or Co5ta nearby, ask them for the spent grounds.
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            • #7
              Originally posted by Bigmallly View Post
              Spent coffee grounds are beneficial to acid loving plants so if you've got a St4rbucks or Co5ta nearby, ask them for the spent grounds.
              I've heard that too and meant to pop in. Do they just give you a bag full of them? I would assume you have to compost them down first or they would absorb nutrients from the soil.

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              • #8
                Before I retired, I used to get black bags full from work. It was mainly used round my Blueberry plants.
                Last edited by Bigmallly; 04-08-2014, 10:10 PM.
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                • #9
                  That reminds me - our local Sains cafe has a notice up saying free spent coffee, so worth asking there if you have a store convenient to you.

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