Levington PEAT FREE Multipurpose Compost, 40 Litres

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Typical garden soil, or topsoil, often lacks the nutrients needed to make plants flourish, and if you’re growing on a balcony or even indoors, you’ll definitely need some kind of growing medium to fill your pots with.

While it’s possible to make your own in a compost bin from food scraps and garden waste, this is both labour- and time-intensive, taking about a year to generate a usable result. The bacterium responsible for the potentially fatal Legionnaires’ disease has been found in some composts sold in the UK. Watch out for reformulated compost - manufacturers frequently change the mix of ingredients they use and the fertiliser, and this is speeding up as the ban on using peat comes ever closer.These are very similar to multipurpose composts, but may have a slightly different balance of nutrients. Miracle-Gro is famous for its all-purpose plant food and lawn food, as well as an extensive line of composts.

A1: Levington compost contains forest by-products, carefully processed into wood fibre to help you grow plants that improve your environment and make the world a more beautiful place. Unfortunately, there are some areas that we are unable to deliver to including Northern Ireland, The Isle of Man, The Isle of Wight, Scottish Isles and The Channel Isles. In a nutshell, compost is a mixture of decomposed organic matter that releases nutrients to help your plants grow. Specially developed, with a unique combination of NPK and trace elements, vital minerals for maintaining plants growth and health.As every compost can vary from bag to bag, it’s worth checking for lumps before filling any pots or cells as well. All three tests are carried out by an expert at a horticultural institute, and the compost for seeds and young plants test takes place in a temperature and humidity-controlled greenhouse. Use compost in a well-ventilated place; keep the greenhouse or potting shed door open and avoid breathing in dust. Just to make it more complicated, there are plenty of variants of these potting composts, too, even if they’re in a different field to garden compost. It doesn’t matter if you’re an experienced green-thumbed gardener or just starting out with a few seeds for the first time, you’re guaranteed to get plenty of joy from spending more time with nature and nurturing your green oasis.