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On 16/3/06 16:29, in article
, "Gardening_Convert"
wrote:
fantastic many thanks
Would I be able to use normal multipurpose in an attempt to keep my
costs down (and stop the wife from complaining !!)
I asked Ray about this and he's not in favour of it. ;-( He said that if
you MUST, then mix it with JI3 and make the proportion of JI3 higher. His
experience of using multipurpose is that it makes things get rather 'leggy'
and that it dries out very quickly. It's definitely not his favourite
medium, put it that way!
--
I use multipurpose (often mixed with some vermiculite and a bit of
sand/grit) for herbs. I agree that it it can dry out or at least that
it's trickier to resoak after it has dried out. But like the OP I have
it around so it's easier and cheaper.
The legginess is interesting. Basil certainly can tend to get leggy but
I thought that was the nature of the beast. Parsley on the other hand
doesn't in my experience get leggy even when grown in the shade which it
seems to quite like.
Janet G