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05-04-2009, 05:45 PM
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| | | Peat Free
I`m not sure if I`ve been duped or not.
In my search for peat free compost, (it`s not easy to find a viable peat free product around here), I came across Westlands " Peat Free Multi- Purpose". Which is described as a mix of 50% peat free compost and 50% West+.
West+ is described as " a sustainable peat replacement ingredient".
Its got FSC accreditation (apparently) but what is a sustainable peat replacement ingredient. I`m thinking that; if you cannot describe it as peat free, then it must have peat in it?
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05-04-2009, 07:00 PM
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| | | Re: Peat Free
I use my council for compost completely peat free made from the garden cuttings placed in the large green bins. but gardeners world had a good slot about this subject if you have iplayer take a peak or check on line gardeners world.  hope that's useful
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07-04-2009, 02:28 PM
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| | | Re: Peat Free
Just a word if peat is believed to be an absolute necessity for something - if you look in the Organic Gardening Catalogue there is a product that is peat but it is not extracted peat but peat collected out of natural ran off into streams etc - therefore it is, apparently, sustainable peat.
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09-04-2009, 01:12 PM
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| | | Re: Peat Free
There was a gardeners world special on this the other week.
I never realised how misleading branding and packaging can actually be.
From now on, I'm making all of my own compost and feed.
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