[simbamara]

I have bought some Lidl Peat free compost,waiting to use it.Will report back on the results.What vegetables,herbs,salads need peat free compost?
Have been recommended Levingtons M3  compost by a professional grower for using to plant seeds in containers.
Anyone know where I can buy it in London please ?
Thanks

Simbamara

[arugula]

I'd have thought if it is readily available to the public, you are surrounded by DIY barns and garden centres in NW London, so you shouldn't have a problem. Alternatively, you could ask the professional who recommended it to you, where they buy it.

[JayG]

Don't know whether you have been influenced by Monty Don in last week's Gardener's World where he advised to pot up into peat-free compost (can't remember what though!) 

Can't think of any property of peat-free that makes it uniquely suited to certain plants - I suspect that MD was none-too-subtly pushing the "save the peat bogs" line, which is no doubt a worthy cause, but it has to be said that some forum members have found problems with certain low-peat or no-peat mixtures (as they have with others, to be fair.)

[Mum2mj]

Hi, I bought the lidl compost & found it awful. It was really full of bark & big stones! Some were 2cm big. Managed to grow sone sunflowers in it - I couldn't use it for smaller seeds, i really hope you get a better batch

[simbamara]

Thank you all so much for the replies.