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14-04-2012, 02:52 PM posted to uk.rec.gardening
Farmer Giles
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Tomatoes and sowing compost
On 14/04/2012 11:00, Baz wrote:
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On 13/04/2012 13:51, David WE Roberts wrote:
Two things:
I set out looking for seed sowing compost at the sheds, and the best
they did was a JI No. 1 which seems to be for cuttings, or a very small
bag of compost for seeds but nothing in bulk.
So I took the pragmatic decision to use GroBag compost.
Most stuff so far seems to be germinating, but not the tomatoes.
So is it necessary to have a particularly fine compost for tomato seeds,
or am I just unlucky with my seeds - T&M Ildi and Mr. Fothergill's
Principe Borghese?
Is there anywhere (national chain) which sells seed compost?
Or is JI No. 1 adequate?
I can't remeber having these problems in the past, but it is a good few
years since I grew tomatoes from seed.
I just sow them into multi-purpose compost, and have done for over 30
years without problems. Put the compost in a tray, moisten it and gently
press the seeds in. Cover with about quarter of an inch the compost, put
a sheet of newspaper on top and place the whole lot in a plastic bag and
put it somewhere like the airing cupboard. Doing that, mine always
germinate very quickly.
Yes. But I put mine on a window cill, its the same really but at night on a
cill the temperature can go down dramaticaly. I think (probably wrong) it
helps to harden them off.
I think that is wrong. The seedlings would not appreciate the cold nights.
Do you grow them on the sill, or just put them there to germinate?
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