Levington PEAT FREE Multipurpose Compost, 40 Litres

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These are very similar to multipurpose composts, but may have a slightly different balance of nutrients.

Most of the product line includes chemicals and synthetics, but the Performance Organics range doesn’t. Acid-loving plants such as azaleas, camellias and rhododendrons need an ericaceous compost that has a lower pH, meaning it’s veering into acidic soil territory. So how do you choose the best compost when you’re sowing seeds, potting on young plants or using it to relocate established plants?

From compost to plant food, weed control to lawncare, take a look at our comprehensive range of products to keep your garden healthy and happy. The best compost will provide all the nutrients and support needed for seeds and veg to grow and thrive, while the worst will leave you with meagre crops and feeble plants. These include small amounts of sand, grit or vermiculite in seed and potting composts, bark in orchid compost and mostly gravel and sand in cacti composts. Our team of highly qualified advisers provide you with specific recommendations regarding the correct nutrition for your crops and which inputs can be added to customise you growing media mix.

There’s a high loam content in this compost, as well as added vermiculite to help retain moisture around each seed. When we used this compost it worked really well for potting on tomatoes, courgettes, runner beans and sugar snap peas: all the plants grew fast and stayed healthy throughout the season, flowered well and bore fruit. Carefully produced for the professional growing industry ICL has a range of products that can be used in a wide variety of cropping situations.We can't recommend reformulated brands because there's no guarantee the new product will perform as well as the one we tested.

These high end technical products are coupled with unrivalled technical excellence, provided by ICL’s experienced and qualified team of horticultural experts. These substrates are of the utmost quality and are produced at ICL’s state-of-the-art growing media facility in Anan.Depending on what you’re planting – seeds, houseplants, vegetables, roses or cacti – there are different types of compost that are best suited. Backed by cutting-edge technical products such as Osmocote controlled release fertilisers, this package is seamlessly integrated with the choice of Levington Advance (peat-based) and Levington Advance Sustain (peat-free) growing media.

The Levington Advance range of standard growing media includes the finest ingredients which have been developed and tested over time to provide plants with an environment they will love to grow in. You will need to water carefully as the top of the compost can often look dry or wet, but the rest of the pot could be wet or dry.

It’s worth actively looking for “peat free” on any compost’s label; otherwise, it’s likely to contain some peat. There are a lot of compost varieties to choose from, and it can feel a little overwhelming at first glance. All three tests are carried out by an expert at a horticultural institute, and the compost for seeds and young plants test takes place in a temperature and humidity-controlled greenhouse.