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    Your LETTERS TO WENDY

    Sep 06, 2022 2 minutes

    Varying levels of success with peat-free

    I READ with interest Val Bourne’s article, ‘Compost Woes’ (AG, 30 July). Like Val, I have been trying to become peat-free for a couple of years, but find it difficult, due to the shortage of quality peat-free products on the market at local garden centres and supermarkets.

    I have resorted to making my own seed by HRH The Prince of Wales and Stephanie Donaldson, but this has been restricted by the volume of leaf mould I am able to produce. However, I have been impressed with the results obtained from this, with seedlings regularly developing excellent root systems.

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