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potting mix frustration
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"Farm1" please@askifyouwannaknow wrote in message "0tterbot" wrote in message the big problem i have with it atm, as i don't have any potted plants at all atm (except one tomato) is that i grow seeds in it, & they come up & it's all good for a while, but then the seedlings just stop growing, To grow seeds you need a seed raising mix and not a potting mix. It can be bought at garden centres in similar plastic bags but it's quite different to potting mix. but afaik the only difference is seed mix is finer! like i said i have no problems with the seeds coming up - it's the bit after that i don't like. am i misinformed? i have asked people about this, & they all say that it's finer, but there's no other difference. No, it's a different mix. Potting mix (nowadays) is made from pine bark (some bits finer than others) with different things added such as water crystals and long life fertiliser (it looks like small coloured beads in the mix). The really cheap stuff is vitually pure pine bark and is not good. Seed raising mix has sand in it and perlite/vermicultite and coir fibre and it also has some nutrients as well. http://www.yates.com.au/Products/Pot...urposePottingM ix/ThriveSeedRaising.asp I did a bit of a hunt for you on how to mix various seed an potting mixes and found these sites which may help you: http://www.yates.com.au/Products/Pot...urposePottingM ix/ThriveSeedRaising.asp http://www.selfsufficientish.com/seeds.htm But back to t he problem you're having with the seeds living. At what stage does this happen? could they be dieing from a damping off problem? i have, however, taken on board chookie's suggestion to give it vitamins :-) Chookie suggested adding "vitamins" to the potting mix you are using. Since the brand of potting mix you are using isn't working this would be worth a try as would adding water crystals and something like a granular food that becomes soluble over a long time - I think Osmacote is such a brand. Most of the cheaper brands seem to mostly be pulverised pine bark and I can't imagine anything doing well in them but givent hat it will cost you to add all these essential ingredients it may just be cheaper int eh long run to buy a good quality potting mix and be done with it. I now buy Debco Terracotta and Tub all the time as it seems to be a good product and I've had no problems with it. |
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