top soil brand?

carlb1981 · Dec 12, 2013

Just a question on behalf of a friend, what brand of top soil is safe to use mixed with sand as a substrate? My friend has a bosc monitor and the 1st bag we used in his viv was fine but when he changed it out and used the same brand again he found slow release fertilizer balls in it so he's currently using eco earth but its drying out quite quick and doesn't seem stable enough to support a burrow. would someone be able to kindly post what they use and a link to the brand would be awesome as any help he's had so far they've just said top soil and not given him a brand to use.

Thanks Carl

johne.ev · Dec 12, 2013

Always used b&q sterilised top soil & b&q play sand when i kept monitors.

mitsi · Dec 12, 2013

Just normal topsoil from a diy shopp will do

carlb1981 · Dec 12, 2013

The only topsoil he found at b and q said it had 40% compost in and he's been told to avoid compost is that right?

carlb1981 · Dec 12, 2013

B&Q - Verve Top Soil 35L customer reviews - product reviews - read top consumer ratings

that's the only stuff they do now i think

johne.ev · Dec 12, 2013

No thats not the one i used to use. One i always used was in a red bag, though it was four/five years a go.

Ron Magpie · Dec 12, 2013

Yeah, better to avoid that. Homebase and (sometimes) Wilkinsons sell straightforward sterilised topsoil without additives.

mitsi · Dec 12, 2013

Homebase sell it thats where
I got mine from

carlb1981 · Dec 12, 2013

Thanks guys I'll tell him to check homebase or Wilkinson out

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