Bad compost! (B&Q)

WhiteHorse

Yes, bugs can live in bags of compost. You would be amazed it what they can endure.

forgotmyname

The bags i get usually have tiny holes in them, Left half a bag on the path for 3 days, Found the perfect
earwig collector, Wow never seen so many. Must have attracted them from miles.

yumyums

It is annoying especially when you read that you should only use fresh compost for sowing seeds to avoid disease, etc, then you end up with a bag full of bugs!
Anyway at least I know now if it happens again to scrap it all, maybe even return the compost (can I do that?) and start afresh.

forgotmyname

Maybe its the time of year? Spotted a few little flies around the old hanging baskets. Covering the surface seems like a plan.

Sally_A

The HortuculturalTVchannel that aired 2 sundays ago recommended using a small pot of almond essence or oil amidst your plants - the sweetness makes them kamikaze into the liquid and die.

I'm sure if you google it or look on Youtube you can see the prog again.

PS. Note to self - must buy some.

Sally_A

Sorry, got that hopelessly wrong it's www.thehorticulturalchannel.tv

:o

Lotus-eater

My OH's hyacinth's that she got from the garden centre a week or so ago, has today suddenly started throwing out tiny black flies. Uh Oh I thought, as I put it in the back garden.
Nothing else I have seems to be infected yet.

Makes you wonder about garden centres though, they must be a breeding ground for them. And to get rid of them what do they use?

emiff6

Lotus-eater wrote: »

My OH's hyacinth's that she got from the garden centre a week or so ago, has today suddenly started throwing out tiny black flies. Uh Oh I thought, as I put it in the back garden.
Nothing else I have seems to be infected yet.

Makes you wonder about garden centres though, they must be a breeding ground for them. And to get rid of them what do they use?

Customers!! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

cba321

emiff6 wrote: »

Customers!! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

:rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:Like it!!

Lotus-eater

emiff6 wrote: »

Customers!! :rotfl::rotfl::rotfl:

Very true.:D

But I was thinking along the lines of what chemicals do they use on their pots and I presume on their edible ranges too. It does make you wonder.