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Has anyone found  a reasonably priced source for coir. My last year's source of Poundland and Wilko seem to be a nonstarter this year.  Ebay are taking the Michael, selling what used to be a £1 10L brick for £5.99!

Thanks Veggie.

Spending a dull drizzly afternoon trawling the Web has come up with the cheapest at 75L for £11.20 free p&p
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/385531643011
I'll need some perlite too so will have to cost it up to see if it might be better buying in peat free compost (if i go peat free), but that won't be half as much fun.
20L perlite free p&p for £13 on Ebay.

https://www.diy.com/departments/coco-coi...009_BQ.prd
B&Q £11.99 free delivery.

Can't believe how much the price of coir has rocketed in recent years. We were buying the big blocks for £5 or less back in 2020.

Cheapest I can find is Elixir Gardens, though only if you order multiple blocks - 5 x 70L blocks for £45 for example. Use the newsletter code elixir10 to get 10% off. Delivery is free.

(04-02-2024, 06:04 PM)JJB Wrote: [ -> ]Thanks Veggie.

Spending a dull drizzly afternoon trawling the Web has come up with the cheapest at 75L for £11.20 free p&p
https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/385531643011
I'll need some perlite too so will have to cost it up to see if it might be better buying in peat free compost (if i go peat free), but that won't be half as much fun.
20L perlite free p&p for £13 on Ebay.

I got 100L of perlite from eBay £23.50 delivered last week. Smaller bags are always way overpriced.

(04-02-2024, 07:03 PM)Veggie Wrote: [ -> ]https://www.diy.com/departments/coco-coi...009_BQ.prd
B&Q £11.99 free delivery.

That's worth looking at.

Forgot to add the links:

Coir - https://elixirgardensupplies.co.uk/produ...s-10l-70l/

Perlite - https://www.ebay.co.uk/itm/154244049352?...4346629521

I've never used perlite but I do have a sack of vermiculite leftover from when the Aga was installed. I mix some of that into the coir when I remember.