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Quality of Compost

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  • 07-04-2011 1:48pm
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    deisemum
    Registered Users Posts: 5,588 ✭✭✭


    I need to buy compost for vegetable growing in containers but are there any brands that experienced gardeners have found to be better than others?


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    Sonnenblumen
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    Mix garden soil with peat free compost (50:50), plenty of good texture, mositure retention and strength. If you have no access to garden soil, buy topsoil in small bags and mix 50:50 with peat free compost.


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    redser7
    Registered Users Posts: 2,730 ✭✭✭redser7


    I successfully grew veggies last year in containers using general pupose compost. You can add liquid feed every so often. Just an option


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    deisemum
    Registered Users Posts: 5,588 ✭✭✭deisemum


    Thanks

    I had great success last year and used compost only in the majority of containers and had a bit of leftover topsoil so mixed that with comost for some containers.

    I've got a lot of leftover compost that I grew potatoes in and because of crop rotation is it ok to put that in a compost bin and use next year or the year after or can I use it again with added fertiliser to fill shorter containers and bags for salad and herb crops and just get knew compost for potatoes and tomatoes.

    I've also got 3 big raised beds and 2 smaller ones.


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