Still from the same suppliers. The simplest product to use without making a mistake is topsoil. You can then add sifted compost to suit your needs. Some suppliers make landscaping soils that are usually a mix of topsoil and compost
Most suppliers aren’t in the business of selling poor quality products but I have found many well known brands that have bits of painted wood etc in theirs, so I’m sceptical of everyone until I’ve seen it myself. My suggestion is to use a good bulk supplier. The guys who sell per ton basically and where you can first see the actual product. The objective is to find the finest compost you can get your hands on and It needs to have been fully composted at the correct temperature at the very least.
Me: "Well known brands". I wonder who he could be talking about. What do you think, Culterra? Culterra: 😐 Me: Also, completely unrelated, have you seen all those old blue cabinets of mine? They seem to have disappeared. Culterra: 😐
I’ve not been a fan of Cultura bagged products in the past. I seem to end up with painted wood chips and other junk in them. I understand their main plant in Jhb is pretty good for the bulk stuff but I’ve not used them before. I use Greens Sand and Newlands Garden center which is close to me. The best thing to do, is go to the various suppliers in your area and view and inspect each product until you find something you want. Good composts are fully fermented and you can barely identify the components. Should be hot whilst still in its heap. If it’s for your lawn, it must be sifted. No chunks.
@@BackyardBushveld Good lord. You're early to rise and quick to reply. I actually recently made myself a trommel filter attachment for my cement mixer. No more back breaking labour for me! 😌 (Slightly less back breaking labour for me) I've been tracking the output of my compost heap for about three years and thus far have saved upwards of R10 000 if one were to equate to the retail price of a bag of compost from a store. For those of your viewers who live in Johannesburg and haven't a compost heap as beautiful and amazing as mine. There are wholesale nurseries along the outskirts of the city in just about every direction that almost always offer good products at prices that make the petrol spent on the drive well worth it and you can always inspect the product first. One need only go as far as Buccleuch from the city centre to find clusters of them. Thanks for all the advice by the way! Always glad to see locally produced content and am especially glad for the location specific advice!
I've recently been attempting to grow barea on a shady patch of dense Johannesburg clay that has been neglected for 40 years and has since evidently transmuted itself into a slab of steel reinforced concrete. Unfortunately I've only experience with Kikuyu and not even very much of that either. So far it's going fairly well but will certainly do better in future thanks to your videos. Will be sure to drop some likes👍
Sorry, I meant lawn dressing not compost
Still from the same suppliers. The simplest product to use without making a mistake is topsoil. You can then add sifted compost to suit your needs. Some suppliers make landscaping soils that are usually a mix of topsoil and compost
Where does one get real compost?
Most suppliers aren’t in the business of selling poor quality products but I have found many well known brands that have bits of painted wood etc in theirs, so I’m sceptical of everyone until I’ve seen it myself. My suggestion is to use a good bulk supplier. The guys who sell per ton basically and where you can first see the actual product. The objective is to find the finest compost you can get your hands on and It needs to have been fully composted at the correct temperature at the very least.
Me: "Well known brands". I wonder who he could be talking about. What do you think, Culterra?
Culterra: 😐
Me: Also, completely unrelated, have you seen all those old blue cabinets of mine? They seem to have disappeared.
Culterra: 😐
I’ve not been a fan of Cultura bagged products in the past. I seem to end up with painted wood chips and other junk in them. I understand their main plant in Jhb is pretty good for the bulk stuff but I’ve not used them before. I use Greens Sand and Newlands Garden center which is close to me. The best thing to do, is go to the various suppliers in your area and view and inspect each product until you find something you want. Good composts are fully fermented and you can barely identify the components. Should be hot whilst still in its heap. If it’s for your lawn, it must be sifted. No chunks.
@@BackyardBushveld Good lord. You're early to rise and quick to reply.
I actually recently made myself a trommel filter attachment for my cement mixer. No more back breaking labour for me! 😌 (Slightly less back breaking labour for me) I've been tracking the output of my compost heap for about three years and thus far have saved upwards of R10 000 if one were to equate to the retail price of a bag of compost from a store.
For those of your viewers who live in Johannesburg and haven't a compost heap as beautiful and amazing as mine. There are wholesale nurseries along the outskirts of the city in just about every direction that almost always offer good products at prices that make the petrol spent on the drive well worth it and you can always inspect the product first. One need only go as far as Buccleuch from the city centre to find clusters of them.
Thanks for all the advice by the way! Always glad to see locally produced content and am especially glad for the location specific advice!
I've recently been attempting to grow barea on a shady patch of dense Johannesburg clay that has been neglected for 40 years and has since evidently transmuted itself into a slab of steel reinforced concrete. Unfortunately I've only experience with Kikuyu and not even very much of that either. So far it's going fairly well but will certainly do better in future thanks to your videos. Will be sure to drop some likes👍