hi

i see a lot of organic growers useing westlands but its not organic is it !?

so why ar u useing it and wots the nonorganic part of westlands ?

ta b

the john innes is the non organic part and also i think peat aswell, but all the chemicals are usually used up by the time we put into flower anyway so its no bother

ta for reply

but i thought once the chemicals were in the plant thay stay there and cannot b removed !

i think by the time you harvest you wouldnt notice them at all mate, well i dont anyway, and i know alot of others growing with westlands and biobizz and everyone seems to really like it, and i got to say that setup has produced my best tasting results so far

sound good

You are right in that I would prefer to grow organically, but feel the organic composts are often inferior products. Or inflated prices for an inferior product.
I was happy using allmix first couple of grows but found after that the quality appeared different. I don't expect to pay nearly £20 (including delivery)for a sack of compost that caused deficiencies for a couple of grows when all else was good. (temps air movement etc)

Switching to westlands with added JI at 3 sacks for £10 and no deficiencies seemed like a good move. And it did prove to be the right thing for me. I certainly don't notice any difference in taste of the end bud and suffered no deficiencies whatsoever.

im useing gem organic at the mo and not happy with it got a big N deficiency

iv got a bag of new horizon for my next lot hopeing it better than gem 5 quid for 60 ltr

I tried gem for some toms I grew in containers once. It was ok didn't grow any others alongside so dunno how it compared tho.

I have also used new horizon organic, wasn't too keen on that one cos it was all big lumps of uncomposted bark and wood in it. Which is possible not too fair as the grow environment was poor too that time so any probs could have been the result of temps.

EO.

the bag of new horizon looks ok mostly compost looking rather than bark
the gem looks mostly like wood chips and it drains well, too well

hi mate I'm on my first grow and using allmix and biobizz nuits I'm kinda interested in this westlands everyone seems to be talking about on here for my next grow seems a lot cheaper do you need to add anything to it perlite for example I'm new to this so any help much appreciated

No need to add anything mate.

cheers bish much obliged

peats not organic ? might not be ethical but I'm sure its organic ?

its the peat and added ji witch make it non organic and just for info i pmd ot1 a while back with a cple of questions and had a very good pm back from him he had looked at the contents of allmix and westlands mp and whilst none were truly organic he did say that westlands was just as organic as the allmix so why bother with allmix when westlands is 1/4 of the price

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hi again bish whats j innes thats mention seems a few of the lads seem to mix this with westlands again sorry for the ignorance I'm 13 days into flowering ( 12/12) everything looking fine to me feeding 2ml grow, 3ml bloom ,3ml topmax, every 4 to 5 days or when i think they need it I've also got some heaven but not used it yet also using some leafcoat once a week to keep the critters away I kinda feel I'm using to much feed but everything seems fine

you buy the westlands with added ji
blue bag

thanks jiffa

hi

i got my self some westlands + ji poted on some veging plants up from 3 inch to 5 inch pots at the weekend

i can see thers a big diff allready plants look health, growing very well can see growth every day (im going to need more space aaaarrrggg)
roots showing at base of pot

watered them today so thats 4 days between watering , the organic compost needs watering every 2 days (will repot these when i get a chance )

so im converted , westlands all the way now

b

Westlands also do 'Westalnds container and hanging basket compost with added JI', basically the same as the MP+JI except it has some water retaining agents added and it is richer in potash, I can water less often using this stuff.

hehe - i just did a search for Westlands Compost in google - look what site was at number 2

http://www.google.co.uk/search?q=westlands+compost

rofl

Click to view attachmentClick to view attachmentClick to view attachmentHigh everybody,well im growing in coco at the moment ,got me westlands with added ji ,also another westlands look anybody used this,i changed my 2 outdoor fem passion from coco to westlands ji in blue bag ,will i feed ? just a noob ,OSS,oh and a pic my gro tday,22days 12,12,,,,,,,,,,,,

use the darker bag

thanks Dirtbike,,,,

Westlands MP with added JI is a good compost. I have used it often on recent grows. Very consistant and will not catch you out when nute addatives are required.
I will comment that it does have major problems with fungus gnats. Every grow has shown this with this compost.

I changed back to JAB JI #3 for main compost for an important grow as I know exactly where I stand with this compost. Ultra-reliable and consistant.
It does have small fallbacks as to watering, but on the whole, is a very reliable and consistant medium for compost grows when nutes are required.

I hate having to guess on composts. These two are very consistant. Just the nute levels to worry about. Not difficult.

And, IMHO, forget Allmix. I will not use it.