[Willow_Warren]

Hi,

I went to get another bag of Clover general purpose compost only to find they had sold out...

But they did have a small Clover grow bag (it is the yellow one on this page: http://www.cloverpeat.co.uk/CLOVER-RETAIL-COMPOST-1.html), it said it ws 40L on the bag and only £1!  Which did seem extremly good value (although the bag did seem a bit small for 40L but I guess there are some discrepancies between different types of packs/manufacturers) either way it was a good prices.

I bought a bag anyhow as I needed it for potting my tomatoes up, and afterall the grow bag was intended for tomatoes so what harm could it do...

I might be answering my own question shortly as I have identical plants, some planted in Clover GP compost and some in Clover Growbag compost (although some got hardened off earlier than others so will be slightly different environmental conditions).

Anyhow, I just wonder if there would be a different, the texture of the cheap stuff seemed good, similar to the GP really...

Hannah

[mattwragg94]

firstly a 40l growbag for £1 is a bargain, and remember that it does say on the bag 40l when packed meaning that the volume could have gone down due to further decomposition

but back to your main question the only difference between growbag compost and general multi-purpose compost is that the compost in growbags tend to hold water better and have added nutients!, so for example clover growbags maybe made with clover compost with manure added.

[Lawrence]

I don't think I've seen this brand in a shop before, although I have seen it mentioned on this site.
Where do they sell it? It sounds like quite a bargain.
I was going to buy the ones from the 99p shop which are supposed to be 17 litres, because I need about 20 and I thought it be hard to beat that.

[mattwragg94]

I don't think I've seen this brand in a shop before, although I have seen it mentioned on this site.

your not the only one, i also had never heard of it before i joined this site!

[Willow_Warren]

I don't think I've seen this brand in a shop before, although I have seen it mentioned on this site.
Where do they sell it? It sounds like quite a bargain.
I was going to buy the ones from the 99p shop which are supposed to be 17 litres, because I need about 20 and I thought it be hard to beat that.

I've only found it at one place which is an independent farm shop, sells all sorts! All at good prices!

[allotmentann]

I think it is often sold through allotment associations. Ours certainly sells it, and it is very nice, but does contain peat

[Kirpi]

I was just about to ask if they did a peat-free version. Maybe they will read this.

[Lawrence]

I was just about to ask if they did a peat-free version. Maybe they will read this.

According to their website they do, they call it coir peat.?!