Re: Recommended store bought compost - Photos of composts

**sanderson** 4/19/2024, 9:15 pm

Espoma is a good company for organic fertilizer, but their Land and Sea Gourmet Compost contains peat moss and limestone. It cannot be used as one of our composts.

OhioGardener 4/19/2024, 9:26 pm

sanderson wrote:Espoma is a good company for organic fertilizer, but their Land and Sea Gourmet Compost contains peat moss and limestone. It cannot be used as one of our composts.

I saw this at one of the big box stores -- think it was Walmart, but not sure -- and was surprised that it was about 1/2 partially composted wood chips. If it were sifted, most of it would not pass through the screen.

I just went to the Espoma site to look it up, and found this listed as the ingredients:

"This product is regionally formulated from 35-45% aged forest products, sphagnum peat moss, humus, limestone to adjust pH, lobster meal & crab meal."

**donnainzone5** 4/20/2024, 1:35 pm

"Aged" and "composted" have quite different meanings.

**sanderson** 4/20/2024, 3:08 pm

True.

With this Espoma product, it's a no-go for too many reasons.

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