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Compost Review 2024
New shoot:
A thread to discuss and share experiences of different composts.
Link to last years thread:
https://chat.allotment-garden.org/index.php?topic=137240.0
rowlandwells:
in the February issue of Which gardening there is a article on the peat ban [page5] and it says the legislation needed to ban peat from sale wasn't included in the Kings speech in November 2023 there is speculation the ban will no longer be introduced but It goes on to say DEFRA intends to get the legislation through parliament through a private members bill and that there urging retailers to sell peat free and it goes on to say that manufacturers have said there still committed to switching to peat free as they have heavily heavily in new machinery to make this happen and that Westland have have already invested £70m so far
well well watch this space if Defra go for a private members bill it could take some time to get this through parliament depending what happens in the next 6 months :lol:
AnneB:
I haven't bought any yet this year but I was at the RHS garden at Harlow Carr yesterday.
They have a multibuy offer on Sylvagrow peat free multipurpose 40l bags at 4 bags for the price of 3. If you buy 4 it works out at £7 a bag.
Worth looking at if you have an RHS garden near to you.
Odders:
Peat use by gardeners is a minuscule amount & really doesn't justify its banning.
A more sensible approach would have been to introduce a levy on each bag, with the funds going towards the restoration of peat bogs, most of which have been damaged by agriculture, NOT horticulture.
R0b1et:
--- Quote from: Odders on February 05, 2024, 00:28 ---Peat use by gardeners is a minuscule amount & really doesn't justify its banning.
--- End quote ---
Unfortunately the main issue with the argument is that this statement is false
"Currently, nearly three million cubic metres of peat are sold for horticultural use every year in the UK, one third of which comes from UK peatlands. The main users are amateur gardeners (66%), followed by industry (34%) and a small percentage by local authorities (<1%) (Defra 2010)."
That peat bogs take millions of years to establish become pretty minor from there.
The peat ban is intended to move to agriculture, fairly quickly, just the home gardener is the first, as the easier to shift.
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