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Melcourt Professional Growing Media
Tristan_He:
Yes... something like 2 stockists in Scotland...?
I'm really lucky, one of only two stockists in N Wales happens to be my local garden centre.
David Nicholson:
The "where to buy" map appears to have been set up on an 'enthusiastic' rather than an 'actual' basis.
Graeme:
--- Quote from: David Nicholson on October 10, 2016, 09:22:14 AM ---The "where to buy" map appears to have been set up on an 'enthusiastic' rather than an 'actual' basis.
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thats really odd - just found a massive nursery near me that I did'nt know was there - be paying a visit in the near future and will have a look at the Melcourt compost if it is good - cheers David
http://www.daleabbeyplants.co.uk/find-us/
David Nicholson:
I'd give 'em a ring before you go Graeme and make sure which, (if any) Melcourt products they have in stock.
Dave M:
I can wholeheartedly vouch for Melcourt’s peat free, bark-based compost products. The technical knowledge and research side of the company is top notch, if you are after something specific it’s worth giving them a ring. Their retail composts (http://sylvagrow.co.uk/category/latest-news/) are superb for a range of general use and won accreditation from Which? and endorsed by the RHS. I recon these are the best peat free composts currently on the market for the general public, their SylvaGrow with added JI is superb (http://www.melcourt.co.uk/product/multipurpose-compost-retail/). As others have mentioned however it’s a shame that they are not wider stocked, particularly up north in the UK but you could ask your local retailer to look at stocking it. They are expanding and given the quality of some of the competing peat free products on the market it wont be long before they are more widely available.
As for their professional products they are also superb. A number of nurseries and growers use their Sylvamix products as part of mixes for growing on a range of plants including alpines. http://www.melcourt.co.uk/products/professional-growers/sylvamix-peat-free-growing-media/
I use their Growbark Pine, mixed with inert grit and perlite for growing Sarracenia peat free and it works better than traditional peat based mixes with its open structure and low nutrient levels. It’s also a medium that I add to mixes for a range of alpine, ericaceous plant and woodlander composts. http://www.melcourt.co.uk/product/melcourt-growbark-pine/
Sarracenia, ferns, Hepaticas, Cyclamen, snowdrops, ericaceous shrubs and a few other species get mulched and pots topped off with their Propagating Bark. It’s a really nice fine high quality bark chip useful for tidying pots and suppressing weeds. http://www.melcourt.co.uk/product/melcourt-propagating-bark/
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