I wish there were a way to find answers to simple questions available in our pockets at all times.
Wait till you find the number 2 he left in there.
Is it not because they’re no longer allowed to add *Peat*‽ 😏
John Innes was a Victorian philanthropist who set up the John Innes Centre in 1910 and which is now one of the world’s leading plant science research centres. By the Second World War, the institute had invented several easy-to-make and reliable recipes for plant-growing media (basically a mixture of soil, sand and long release natural fertilisers) and open-sourced them to the country for the war effort. Subsequently, they’ve become the standard for early stage seed and potting composts in the UK and elsewhere, and the research institute now has a rather plaintive page pointing out that they can’t help people with their compost problems and that they aren’t part of Big Compost.
TLDR: there’s no dead guy innes compost.
Edit: oops!
Btw don’t grow the seeds you find in your weed in this stuff. They love it and thrive, totally illegal.
At least Peat isn’t there.
Went to buy some compost yesterday and when I got to the till and said I wanted the *x litre bag of multi purpose* the member of staff asked:
“Do you want the compost with or without John Innes”
“Who?”
“John Innes”
“I’m sorry I don’t know who he is or what relevance he has to compost. I just want some mud to put plants in.”
“It doesn’t cost any extra.”
“Well, I guess we will have John Innes then.”
john innes is just a different growing media. (soil/loam based) As the industry is going peat free by the end of the year. john innes will be one of the main ingredients used in peat free compost for its water retention (along with coir / coconut husk). Peat free compost has had issues with drying out too fast. still does but its getting better. Melcourt sylva grow is one of the best on the market atm.
iss got John Inness in it, innit?
I used to mix various recipes of Innes compost at college, mix it up the steam it for a bit to kill the nasties etc, apparently I stank of it due to opening when it was done
If you want the corpse-free stuff you need to get the John Outtes instead. It comes in a green bag.
Humans make the best compost according to the outer worlds
My dad always told me that John Innes was basically the term used by the manufacturer for added urine, freely given by their staff.
I’ve probably just realised HE was taking the piss..
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Don’t mock John, that man knows shit.
A sod in yer sod?
I wish there were a way to find answers to simple questions available in our pockets at all times.
Wait till you find the number 2 he left in there.
Is it not because they’re no longer allowed to add *Peat*‽ 😏
John Innes was a Victorian philanthropist who set up the John Innes Centre in 1910 and which is now one of the world’s leading plant science research centres. By the Second World War, the institute had invented several easy-to-make and reliable recipes for plant-growing media (basically a mixture of soil, sand and long release natural fertilisers) and open-sourced them to the country for the war effort. Subsequently, they’ve become the standard for early stage seed and potting composts in the UK and elsewhere, and the research institute now has a rather plaintive page pointing out that they can’t help people with their compost problems and that they aren’t part of Big Compost.
TLDR: there’s no dead guy innes compost.
Edit: oops!
Btw don’t grow the seeds you find in your weed in this stuff. They love it and thrive, totally illegal.
At least Peat isn’t there.
Went to buy some compost yesterday and when I got to the till and said I wanted the *x litre bag of multi purpose* the member of staff asked:
“Do you want the compost with or without John Innes”
“Who?”
“John Innes”
“I’m sorry I don’t know who he is or what relevance he has to compost. I just want some mud to put plants in.”
“It doesn’t cost any extra.”
“Well, I guess we will have John Innes then.”
john innes is just a different growing media. (soil/loam based) As the industry is going peat free by the end of the year. john innes will be one of the main ingredients used in peat free compost for its water retention (along with coir / coconut husk). Peat free compost has had issues with drying out too fast. still does but its getting better. Melcourt sylva grow is one of the best on the market atm.
iss got John Inness in it, innit?
I used to mix various recipes of Innes compost at college, mix it up the steam it for a bit to kill the nasties etc, apparently I stank of it due to opening when it was done
If you want the corpse-free stuff you need to get the John Outtes instead. It comes in a green bag.
Humans make the best compost according to the outer worlds
My dad always told me that John Innes was basically the term used by the manufacturer for added urine, freely given by their staff.
I’ve probably just realised HE was taking the piss..