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Cultivation => Composts => Topic started by: Tony Willis on September 15, 2016, 02:48:23 PM

Title: Garden Centre 'John Innes'
Post by: Tony Willis on September 15, 2016, 02:48:23 PM: The joy of having potted 200 pots of bulbs with 'sterilised' ,weed free John Innes from the garden centre
Title: Re: Garden Centre 'John Innes'
Post by: David Nicholson on September 15, 2016, 03:44:44 PM: Name and shame the manufacturer Tony?
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Post by: Lawrence on September 15, 2016, 04:58:27 PM: Tony
Give Keith Singleton John Innes a try it is superb, bit late now I know
Title: Re: Garden Centre 'John Innes'
Post by: Tony Willis on September 15, 2016, 05:01:04 PM: Quote from: David Nicholson on September 15, 2016, 03:44:44 PM
Name and shame the manufacturer Tony?

Already thrown the bags away it came in and so no I cannot. It is not much fun having to clean the pots knowing there are probably still lots of seeds to still germinate under the top dressing.
Title: Re: Garden Centre 'John Innes'
Post by: Tony Willis on September 15, 2016, 05:10:27 PM: Quote from: Lawrence on September 15, 2016, 04:58:27 PM
Tony
Give Keith Singleton John Innes a try it is superb, bit late now I know

yes it is wonderful but not for sale locally. Here we have to have two pallets delivered direct from them which is far too much.
Title: Re: Garden Centre 'John Innes'
Post by: Graeme on September 15, 2016, 07:46:30 PM: are you sure it is the JI - looks more to me like it might be the grit

I had the same issue a few years ago and it was the grit
Title: Re: Garden Centre 'John Innes'
Post by: Yann on September 15, 2016, 08:44:12 PM: Tony i hope you're a tweezers virtuoso :-\
Title: Re: Garden Centre 'John Innes'
Post by: Tony Willis on September 15, 2016, 09:19:41 PM: Quote from: Graeme on September 15, 2016, 07:46:30 PM
are you sure it is the JI - looks more to me like it might be the grit

I had the same issue a few years ago and it was the grit

Yes it is the compost,other pots I have used the grit on are fine
Title: Re: Garden Centre 'John Innes'
Post by: johnw on September 16, 2016, 03:24:11 AM: Quote from: Yann on September 15, 2016, 08:44:12 PM
Tony i hope you're a tweezers virtuoso :-\

Any Etudes in particular you might suggest? Henselt or Henkel?
Title: Re: Garden Centre 'John Innes'
Post by: mark smyth on September 17, 2016, 11:46:50 AM: JI over here is just a mix of sand and peat
Title: Re: Garden Centre 'John Innes'
Post by: SteveC2 on September 17, 2016, 02:43:36 PM: So glad it is not just me Tony! I had always assumed the seeds were wind blown.
Title: Re: Garden Centre 'John Innes'
Post by: mark smyth on September 17, 2016, 07:02:05 PM: A lot of chickweed came up in my plunges last year after repotting