Westland Horticulture took over the previous manufacturer of New Horizon Organic & Peat Free Multi-Purpose Compost (William Sinclair Horticulture Ltd) in 2016. Since then, they have reformulated this peat-free compost so that it no longer contains any ‘green waste’, which is what the old tried and trusted New Horizon was based on. The new-look bags of New Horizon (below) now contain the same basic mix that’s also sold as Gro-Sure Peat Free All-Purpose Compost (a blend of coir, wood fibre and bark).
new-horizon-peat-free-compost-new-mix Westland tell me that the two mixes are the same; the only difference is that New Horizon contains an ‘organic’ fertiliser, while Gro-Sure Peat Free contains inorganic fertilisers, including one that’s controlled release (the small pale-coloured orbs found in the compost).
So it’s goodbye ‘old’ New Horizon. But – you guessed it – there’s even more good news. Gro-Sure Peat Free (the same mix that’s now in New Horizon bags) has been a good doer for me in my garden, and has performed consistently well in my compost trials. It has a different feel to it that what you might be used to with the original New Horizon, but it’s well worth a try.
gro-sure-peat-free-all-purpose-compostThe reason New Horizon no longer contains green waste is because Westland believe that ‘green waste is simply not up to the standard or consistency required by all and is not delivering the results our consumers deserve’.
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