Wickes substituted compost with substandard product and claim the replacement is identical.

CardinalWolsey

I had this issue once - although it was my other half that accidentally bought the wrong compost. I decided to stick with it and I found after a while that it grew on me.

ToxicWomble

All talking a pile of **** 

Fosterdog

How do you know that it's inferior to the Wickes compost? Compost being a natural product can vary greatly from batch to batch even within the same brand, a bag you buy this week can be a completely different consistency to a bag you buy next week.

cymruchris

Fosterdog said:

How do you know that it's inferior to the Wickes compost? Compost being a natural product can vary greatly from batch to batch even within the same brand, a bag you buy this week can be a completely different consistency to a bag you buy next week.

Maybe the OP's plants can read - and they won't put up with anything less than Wickes compost!! They could be triffids.

gettingtheresometime

If I could get any sort of compost I'd be happy....

roddydogs

This thread is getting on my Wickes.

powerful_Rogue

roddydogs said:

This thread is getting on my Wickes.

Leaf it out, for peat sake.

molerat

My choice of multi purpose compost is usually based on which is the cheapest and over the years I have had variations in quality from "excellent" to "there is less wood chips in a bag of wood chips" even with major "quality" brands.  How do you know it is not the same product or as good a product you would have received considering the variation across batches ?  Wickes don't have a man out the back making their own you know.

roddydogs

Avoid pound shops, you only get a small bag for £1, the last lot i had was full of small flies

molerat

roddydogs said:

Avoid pound shops, you only get a small bag for £1, the last lot i had was full of small flies

Had loads of flies in a major brand as well.