On 13/04/2013 15:34, Judith in England wrote:


I wonder do people use the seedling specific composts for starting off seeds or
just use the general purpose stuff?



Depends on the seed. Most compost is just too coarse for small seeds.

I have just germinated 60+ sweet pea seeds between sheets of damp
kitchen roll and a layer of bubble wrap. Beats the hell out of all that
messing around with pots. I have dropped some of the seedlings straight
in the soil, so we'll see what happens. Not a single failure by the way :-)