Cherry Ong has been sharing with us the little side-yard garden in her Richmond, British Columbia, garden. She calls the space the Fern Fairway, and she’s shown us how it looks during the warmer months of the year (The Fern Fairway in Summer). Today she’s sharing how it looks in winter.
The best peat free compost for delivery 2024
09.02.2024 - 14:10 / gardenersworld.com
Peat is an acidic growing medium, which thanks to its excellent water and nutrient retention is traditionally used in garden composts. With a low pH it’s ideal for growing acid-loving plants such as blueberries, heather and Camellia sinensis, and peat-based composts have been widely used in horticulture – most garden composts contain some peat, and most garden centres still sell plants growing in pots of peat-based compost. However, due to its environmentally damaging effects, from late this year, the sale of peat-based composts in gardens and DIY stores will be banned in the UK.
Issues with peat-free composts, such as expense, availability and performance have hindered its take up in the past but thankfully, compost manufacturers have responded to these concerns with research and investment and a broad range of high quality, peat-free composts are now widely available, with some even costing less than their peat-based counterparts.
Peat free composts contain a variety of organic, sustainable ingredients as alternatives to peat. Proportions of these core ingredients are mixed with inorganic materials such as perlite, grit and sand as well as fertiliser. Specialist composts use the above as a base and other ingredients are added depending on what they’re for. These include:
- Coir, or coconut fibre. This by-product has good water holding ability and a porous structure, but doesn’t retain nutrients well.
- Woody materials, such as wood fibre or composted bark. Easily tailored to suit different plants, these provide an open structure and have good drainage
- Green waste. Collected and composted by local authorities, this is high in nutrients and must abide by industry standards to ensure consistency
- Sheep wool. A waste product
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