home made compost

[hawthorns]

i am looking to mix my own compost up. it will consist of peat, garden soil and sharp sand. will i need to add any bonemeal or the like. i will be growing carrots, turnips, lettuce and spring onions in the spring.

[NOG]

Where do you get the peat from? none of the ingredients you have mentioned have any nutritents in them so I would add GrowMore. But you could be better to make your own compost and just add the sand.

[hawthorns]

got the peat from local garden shop. would bonemeal suffice as feed

[Snadger]

A bit of bone meal wouldn't go amiss. It is very slow acting and adds a smidgen of nitro and a bit of phosphate which is good for root developement!
You could add John Innes base instead which isn't particularily expensive!

You may find this site informative, but if you do a search on John Innes compost on google you will find many others!

http://www.gardeningdata.co.uk/soil/...john_innes.php

[Sue]

Peast is a bit of a no-no now, damaged to bogland and all, could use coir as a base instead?
Sue

[hawthorns]

reading into it im gonna try and get coir compost instead of peat

[Sue]

Hawthorns
Several catalogues including Kays do those big coir blocks. Much easier to transport than heavy sacks. They're about the size of three housebricks, you put them in the wheelbarrow or v large trug, add water and stand back!
Sue