Re: Recommended store bought compost - Photos of composts

**sanderson** Sat Mar 02, 2024 8:20 pm

Thank you for the feedback.

**sanderson** Tue Mar 26, 2024 5:56 pm

Anyone in the Billings, Montana area use Rocky Mountain Compost? One yard delivered for $152. It looks like it may still need some screening, but at $5.63/ cu ft, I think that is a decent price. https://rockymountaincompost.bulkdelivery.app/product/14-compost

**sanderson** Fri Apr 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 Fri Apr 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** Sat Apr 20, 2024 1:35 pm

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

**sanderson** Sat Apr 20, 2024 3:08 pm

True.

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

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