On 4/3/08 18:58, in article ,
"®óñ© © ²°¹°-°²" wrote:

On Tue, 04 Mar 2008 17:53:23 +0000, Sacha
wrote and included this (or some of this):

If people use compost for starting seed off in a greenhouse - do they
use general purpose compost or "seed planting" compost?
Does it matter?

It's important to use seed compost because it won't over feed your
germinating seedlings. Some/many seedlings won't even germinate in ordinary
compost and as my husband says, "don't save pennies and waste pounds".

I have absolutely no problem using a "general purpose compost"

(Toms, lettuce, cucumbers etc etc)

Then the OP must choose your personal experience over my husband's
professional experience of 60 years. That's what newsgroups are about -
read the information and make your own choice.
His family grew lettuce, tomatoes and cucumbers commercially in Essex before
he moved to Devon.
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Sacha
http://www.hillhousenursery.co.uk
South Devon
'We do not inherit the earth from our ancestors, we borrow it from our
children.'