In message , Derek
writes
On Fri, 13 Apr 2012 13:51:16 +0100, "David WE Roberts"
wrote:


Most stuff so far seems to be germinating, but not the tomatoes.

Its a bit chilly, so may take longer, mine are up (just)
Had a talk from a rep from westlands last week, he explained that
seed compost needed to be finer than most compost if it was to work
for very small seeds, he showed us ten bags of the range and
explained the difference between them, the most telling comment was
that the one marked 'for hanging baskets' was the same stuff as the
multi purpose, , not trying to mislead the public, but helping out
those who want something for the hanging basket and don't want to
appear stupid.

The ones advertised as being for containers and baskets often have water
retaining granules added.
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Chris French