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Title: seed compost
Post by: lolabelle on March 29, 2009, 09:05:07

Last year I used seed compost for starting off my plants in my plastic greenhouse, are the any benifits to carry on using this, or can I start them off in ordinary compost ???

Title: Re: seed compost
Post by: gardentg44 on March 29, 2009, 09:08:45

I always use a general potting compost,

the one i would recomend is Humax,

a good allrounder

Title: Re: seed compost
Post by: saddad on March 29, 2009, 10:20:09

I always use multi-purpose from the lottie shop or somewhere like B+Q or Homebase... :-X

Title: Re: seed compost
Post by: lolabelle on March 29, 2009, 12:14:56

thanks for that, I thought I could but wanted to check. thanks again LB ;D ;D

Title: Re: seed compost
Post by: Lauren S on March 29, 2009, 12:19:10

This year I've tried peat free coir compost.. good germinations rates all round. It's a bit hairy though :o ;D

Title: Re: seed compost
Post by: nextgridgardener on March 29, 2009, 19:20:53

most seed composts are sterilized to prevent damping off which can be real problem with certain seeds.

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