My peat-free update

Good start, but peat-free needs more watering, says Garry

-  Garry Coward-Williams

REGULAR readers will know that in April I started a simple trial of peat-free compost by growing potatoes in containers, half with peat and half with peat free.

This is not a scientific study, but a spur-of-the-moment idea when I found myself with leftover seed potatoes after planting out a border.

So on April 23 I planted 12 containers of potatoes — six in peat compost and six in peat-free using Westland’s New Horizon Veg compost

Most bags had two seed potatoes in each but some only had one as I was interested to see if more space would benefit the crop. No fertiliser was used at planting, but I will feed later in the cycle.