The reason for using JI 3 is that it is a soil based compost with a certain amount of long term fertiliser in it. Your fruit trees need a good soil based growing medium. It is usually sold in any half decent Garden Centre. The trouble is that the quality of the soil used varies enormously. A 50% peat compost would not really be good for fruit trees in the long run.

Agree with Owdboggy. Should be readily available, and certainly worth using it - comes in smaller bags because it's heavy, you probably just haven't noticed it at the garden centre.

You would benefit from using a compost like this if the trees are are to be planted in containers, Donna, but I would not be using it in the ground. I would hope to have some garden compost available to dig into the soil first and then fork some bonemeal in.

Agree with Bulbaholic too - I assumed you were putting them in pots...

So did I, since the question was about compost.

Yes, they're only minature trees and they've come with 30L pots, so I was going to give them a couple of seasons in the pots first to see how they thrive.

I see B&Q have 30L bags for £5.28. Job done!

OK, Donna, fair enough.

I've just bought some no.3 from Homebase for £4.98 per bag.

And I shall be selling cheaper than that in three weeks time! Worthy