Choosing to use peat-free compost is now widely regarded as the way forward for gardening. Generations of gardeners have used peat to raise seeds and grow plants because of the reliable way it ...

Peat-based compost/potting soil is one of those things. In the UK, the sale of peat-based compost will finally be banned starting in 2024, after voluntary phasing out was a complete and utter failure.

What is peat-free compost? Peat was once seen as a cheap and plentiful material that gardeners found easy to use. However, peat harvesting releases huge amounts carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and ...

Gardeners who use peat-free compost have been warned they could be at risk of killing their plants by overwatering. The new varieties of compost do not look 'wet' after watering, meaning the green ...

Here's how to get started. If you can’t make your own compost, most garden centers sell bags of it (just make sure to check the ingredients to avoid added peat), and some municipalities offer it ...

Q: I am having a hard time finding compost to use. Will a peat moss that a local nursery sells work like compost? A: No, it won’t. When compost decomposes it does two things: It keeps the soil ...

The Department for Food, Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) said on Saturday the sale of peat-based compost would be banned in garden centres and supermarkets within 18 months. The Humberhead ...

When peat dries out it emits rather than stores ... coconut fibre or sheep's wool or make your own compost Put your garden waste in council bins for use locally Peatlands provide a habitat for ...

Peat made up less than 30% of the compost sold to gardeners in the UK in 2021, a report from the horticultural industry has shown. The latest annual figures show the use of peat in the retail sector – ...

On the 16 April we have the last opportunity to lobby for the 2024 ban on the sale of peat in bagged compost for horticultural use by supporting a Ten Minute Rule Bill speech by England in ...