GARDENING - IRISH GROW BAGS???

Pauge 2

Hi, can anyone help me I live in Firhouse, Dublin 24. I am looking for Erin or Shamrock Grow Bags and this year I'm finding it hard to find a shop or garden center that stock these, there are lots of English grow bags but I find these are not a good as the Irish ones, I have my tomato plants ready to put in the green house but no bags yet, please help

eoinshan

I found Erin growbags in Woodies. Cork branch, though I assume they'd have the same stock in your nearest one.

Pauge 2

Thanks eoinshan, I tried a couple of Woodies here in Dublin, but they only have the Westland ones, which I may add I bought 2, just to try them, so far they look OK, I find a lot of the English ones have only bark mulch, which is not so good, I also bought some Shamrock multipurpose compost, I reckon the same compost as is in the Growbags, but I could be wrong.
regards
Partick

lucylu

Westland are a company in Tyrone which uses mainly peat from Irish Bogs.

Bord na Mona also supplies B&Q and own-label products, while Westland claims 33 per cent of the UK domestic garden market including branded and own brands, such as Wickes and Homebase. I]


Taken from the Following article.
http://www.hortweek.com/News/863360/Peat-products-manufacturers-view/

Interesting Reading ...
http://www.bbc.co.uk/gardening/today_in_your_garden/ethical/peat.shtml
http://www.irishexaminer.com/ireland/idqlsnkfid/
http://www.noticenature.ie/files/peatlands.pdf

Pauge 2

Thank you LucyLu, That was very interesting information, yes I did notice the Made in Co. Tyrone label on the Westlands bag, thanks again.
regards
Patrick