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J.A. Bowers Ericaceous Compost

Description: Brand: J.A. Bowers / Type: Compost / Soil

Newest Review: ... a few handfuls. In one corner of the garden I had a young Azalea growing and to be honest it was failing, the leaves were ... more

... looking sad and the whole plant was looking decidedly off colour. I decided that it was planted in the wrong spot, by the side of it stands a large rhododendron that was guzzling all of the goodness out of the earth, hence the Azalea was literally being starved of nutrients and moisture. Plants are very like humans, feed them well and they will flourish. So, in order to give the young Azalea a kick start I decided to put it back into a large terracotta pot so that it could convalesce. I needed compost for the job and...more

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J.A. Bowers Ericaceous Compost: Feed me up Buttercup. (674 words)
by - written on 07/11/09 (Very useful, 55 readings)
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Here we are heading into the Winter months yet it only seems a short time ago that I was putting my garden to bed in readiness for the cold weather. I like compost and in particular I enjoy to use the right compost for the right job. Our local garden centre stocks numerous types of compost but I always seem to come home with a bag of Bower's. I suppose it is a case of better the devil that you know than the one that you don't, I have always used Bower's compost and feel confident that it is capable of doing the task in hand. I suppose I could go over to Lidl's and buy a much larger bag of compost for a lot less but I don't know exactly what is in that ... Read the complete review