Dalefoot Compost DAL01 Wool Compost, 10.0 cm*65.0 cm*45.0 cm

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As the proteins in wool breaks down, nitrogen is gradually released, acting as a slow release fertiliser which feeds them throughout the growing season and keeps your plants fruiting and flowering. Not only is it 100% peat-free and organic, but it also contains a specially blended mix of nutrients that provides a strong germination rate and a balanced first feed. I am also a reckless gardener and somewhat lazy so I leave my tubers in the ground over winter and just hope they appear again in the spring. Please visit our garden centre in Rutland where our friendly and knowledgeable staff is ready to help you.

The fantastic compost is also delivered straight to your door, so no more struggling hauling compost from the garden centre to your garden. A sustainable alternative to peat, which helps towards meeting the UK's target to withdraw all peat use by amateur gardeners to zero by 2024. Here at Nutley’s, we cherry pick the very best products to help you get the most from your green space, and nothing makes it into our range unless it’s known to be useful, fit for purpose and of excellent quality. The new Wool Compost for Vegetables and Salads (launched at the 2016 RHS Chelsea Flower Show), is ideal whether you are growing herbs on your windowsill, spuds in a potato sack or beans in your back garden. The technical storage or access is strictly necessary for the legitimate purpose of enabling the use of a specific service explicitly requested by the subscriber or user, or for the sole purpose of carrying out the transmission of a communication over an electronic communications network.It can hold up to 20 times its own weight in water and according to the ONS, in the UK alone, peatland represents 27% of the UK ecosystem service accounts. You don’t need to add any fertilizers or plant feed into the compost because it is already packed with loads. Once the use of peatlands are phased out, which is inevitable, this source of habitat will never be replenished in our lifetimes. Contains added comfrey (Bocking 14 strain), an organic source of nutrients with high levels of potassium, phosphorous nitrogen for healthy plant growth, larger flowers and bigger crops.

This 100% peat free wool compost contains a mixture of sheep’s wool and bracken with high natural potash for great results every time. Includes bracken – bracken is FULL of potash (potassium) which is essential for fruiting and flowering. We have found that it works just as well, if not better, than compost containing peat and even has a similar soft texture. Social Association approved – the compost is sustainably made from renewable, natural ingredients on Dalefoot Farm in the Lake District and is approved for organic growing by the Soil Association. The Soil Association is the UK's largest organic certification body and has over 70 years' experience.The compost is fine textured and is perfectly formulated for strong and healthy seed germination, seedling growth and essential root-ball development. the organic gardeners best friend a ‘dynamic accumulator’ packed with nutrients is added into the Wool Compost range.