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Peat
Posted on 22 Apr, 2008 3 comments
I wonder if anyone listened to radio 4’s gardening question time the other day. I heard a bit of it when they were discussing compost and to my suprise all three of the panel were using it seemed peat based composts, They did not say they had found a satisfactory alternative, one of the panel was looking though the other two did not have any quarms about using really. I am not using peat myself, so we will see if it makes a difference to my veg.
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24 Apr, 2008
My understanding is that there is no getting away from the fact that peat is a good growing medium. The question for me is, however: is it worth it? Considering the potential damage we may be doing, and considering I am not interested in producing show-quality blooms and plants, do I really need to use peat-based compost routinely? For me, the answer is no. I grow 2 blueberries and I use ericaceous compost for them, but that is 2 plants out of however many hundred. The rest don't need peat, so why use it?
25 Apr, 2008
Yes I agree there with you. Also I have a blueberry plant, did not realise its ericadeous compost for them, I think its still in the pot I bought it in - I got it from a blueberry farm.
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Hi I heard very similar on Gardeners World last week.Monty was really knocking the peat free compost. I was really surprised too.