Dalefoot Compost DAL01 Wool Compost, 10.0 cm*65.0 cm*45.0 cm

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You don’t need to add any fertilizers or plant feed into the compost because it is already packed with loads. The fantastic compost is also delivered straight to your door, so no more struggling hauling compost from the garden centre to your garden.

Dalefoot Double Strength Wool Compost is fertiliser strength, peat-free compost and soil conditioner. The range includes Wool Compost Ericaceous (for acid-loving plants), Lakeland Gold (claybuster and mulch), Wool Compost for potting and containers and now there is also Wool Compost for Seeds. For every purchase you make with us, 20% of the profit facilitates the planting of trees on agriculturally poor land in Cumbria. Double strength wool compost can stun s way it wil not stun the plants with nutrientsof a high fertiliser strength so may need to be diluted with homemade or spent compost to a ratio of 50:50.The feel of the compost felt strange to me and I was very unsure how all this was going to work – sheeps’ wool and bracken seemed to me to be a rather strange combination to put on my flower beds! When I got talking to them on their Chelsea stand I discovered that there was something quite different with this compost and when I was told that it was peat free and made from sheep’s wool and bracken, my interest was piqued.

It can hold up to 20 times its own weight in water and according to the ONS, in the UK alone, peatland represents 27% of the UK ecosystem service accounts. the organic gardeners best friend a ‘dynamic accumulator’ packed with nutrients is added into the Wool Compost range. The 103 third parties who use cookies on this service do so for their purposes of displaying and measuring personalized ads, generating audience insights, and developing and improving products. Includes bracken – bracken is FULL of potash (potassium) which is essential for fruiting and flowering. This is something more and more of us in the UK (and globally) are suffering with due to the effects of global warming, and it is being made worse by the reduction of peat in our environment.Dalefoot are refining their compost mix all the time and now have a number of varieties suitable for a range of growing uses. Sticking our head in the sand is no longer an option, this has consequences for everyone and everything. Please visit our garden centre in Rutland where our friendly and knowledgeable staff is ready to help you. It is now added to the compost to boost the microbial diversity, increase trace minerals and boost the overall efficiency of the final product.

Traditionally, bracken has been used as an animal winter bedding material in the Lakes, which was then spread on the land in spring to fertilise the fields. Completely peat-free – this compost is 100% peat-free which means it has great environmental benefits (you can read more about that below!

As the proteins in wool breaks down, nitrogen is gradually released, acting as a slow release fertiliser which feeds them throughout the growing season and keeps your plants fruiting and flowering. Provides important habitats – peat bogs provide unique, natural habitats for many scare species as well as a wide range of nationally and internationally important flora and fauna. From 2024, the sale of peat for use on private gardens and allotments will be banned in England There will also be a final voluntary phase-out target of 2030 for professional growers of fruit, vegetables and plants. Sheep’s wool and bracken are perfectly blended to grow healthy, strong, tasty and nutritious produce. I am also a reckless gardener and somewhat lazy so I leave my tubers in the ground over winter and just hope they appear again in the spring.

Thank you so much for your interest in our products following the Back to the Land TV Programme with Kate Humble. I can safely say that the seed compost has worked for me - I have good healthy baby plants, which I most certainly did not have with the previous organic compost. The rich source of humus with a wide range of trace elements, ensured the meadows and pastures got off to a good growing season. Here at Nutley’s, we cherry pick the very best products to help you get the most from your green space, and nothing makes it into our range unless it’s known to be useful, fit for purpose and of excellent quality.

Made on a traditional farm in the Lake District, Dalefoot composts are all totally sustainable and entirely free of peat. The trees we plant reduce CO2 output as well as contribute to the reduction of flooding and the creation of habitats for wildlife. Soil Association approvedDalefoot’s Wool Compost for Seeds has a fine texture with good drainage to provide a perfect start for seeds. The ever increasing bracken cover is not only taking over the landscape, but also represents a problem to the hill farmer.