Comments on: Seed Starting Mix: The Scoop http://www.smallgreengarden.com/seed-starting-mix-the-scoop/ Less space, more salad. Mon, 19 Jul 2010 07:52:05 -0700 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.9.1 hourly 1 By: Kate http://www.smallgreengarden.com/seed-starting-mix-the-scoop/comment-page-1/#comment-47 Kate Fri, 05 Feb 2010 19:25:16 +0000 http://www.smallgreengarden.com/?p=485#comment-47 That sounds like a potting mix I'd like to dive into (thinking fondly of the time I hand-mixed the soil in my raised bed). Nicely done! Potentially off-putting imagery aside, I'm starting seeds in a "homegrown compost"/perlite mix myself this year, since I'll be starting more seeds indoors this year and wish to spend less time transplanting/potting-up the sprouts. While I have read that non-sterilized mixes (and particularly compost) can harbor a teeming lot of pathogens, I have yet to have an issue with my compost mix. I suppose I might be a little more fanatical when starting tomatoes...oh, tomatoes, you're so bad to me, but I just can't quit you... By way of signing off: keep up the growing, and please keep us posted! That sounds like a potting mix I’d like to dive into (thinking fondly of the time I hand-mixed the soil in my raised bed). Nicely done!

Potentially off-putting imagery aside, I’m starting seeds in a “homegrown compost”/perlite mix myself this year, since I’ll be starting more seeds indoors this year and wish to spend less time transplanting/potting-up the sprouts.

While I have read that non-sterilized mixes (and particularly compost) can harbor a teeming lot of pathogens, I have yet to have an issue with my compost mix. I suppose I might be a little more fanatical when starting tomatoes…oh, tomatoes, you’re so bad to me, but I just can’t quit you…

By way of signing off: keep up the growing, and please keep us posted!

]]> By: katiedL. http://www.smallgreengarden.com/seed-starting-mix-the-scoop/comment-page-1/#comment-42 katiedL. Sun, 31 Jan 2010 18:31:47 +0000 http://www.smallgreengarden.com/?p=485#comment-42 thanks for this! last year i had some issues with my seed starting. i used only coir and the babies stopped after sprouting their firs sets of true leaves. i figured it was a nutrient problem (as i've heard that coir doesn't have any and i was late in realizing the need for fertilizing). i think this year i'm going to add some vermiculite to the coir and just a little of my worm castings to help get the seedlings going better. thanks again! thanks for this! last year i had some issues with my seed starting. i used only coir and the babies stopped after sprouting their firs sets of true leaves. i figured it was a nutrient problem (as i’ve heard that coir doesn’t have any and i was late in realizing the need for fertilizing). i think this year i’m going to add some vermiculite to the coir and just a little of my worm castings to help get the seedlings going better.
thanks again!

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