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Midway, UT

I'm planning on doing round two of a soil and soil-less seed starting mix study and need your recipies. What I'm looking for is the best soil (or soil-less) potting mixes that you have used to start your plant in. They can be either the store bought varieties or your own secret mixes. I did this same study last spring and will post results from both studies for all to see at the conclusion of the study.

11/12/2008 9:55:27 PM

Midway, UT

After you post about your soil you can then tell me how to correctly spell recipe. ;-)

11/12/2008 9:59:23 PM

Going Green

in 2007 102 out of 120 plants germinated in this mixture.....1 part potting soil, 1 part sand, 1 part coffee grounds, 1 part peat, and 1 part composted manure in a 4" peat pot..

I sand my seeds from 1/16" from tip all around to within 1/16" on the other side. Put sanded seed in sandwhich bag and blow in warm moist air by mouth. Put in chamber that maintains a 80 to 90 degree temperature for 5 days and plant point down after 5 days in starting mix described above at a depth of 2 inches. Starting mixture should be moist but not wet and should be in a heat controlled chamber which will maintain a 80-90 degree temperature!

It has served me well.

11/12/2008 11:07:22 PM

Mill Bay, British Columbia

Have a look here, this has been discussed/debated quite abit.

http://www.bigpumpkins.com/msgboard/ViewBoard.asp?b=9

11/13/2008 12:02:42 AM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

I sprout outside the dirt, then once it has put out a rootlet, go to a commercial nursery potting mix, BM-1, that has been soaked for at least 24 hours and put up in a cut side gallon nursery pot (tape up the side cuts) lined with newspaper. They like 85F for sprout and start, so the sprout box is kept at that and after, I have a place on greenhouse bench that stays about that temp plus sun for the start.

11/13/2008 8:22:26 AM

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1 part fine milled sphagnum
1 part perlite
1 part vermiculite
1 part water

Cornell published that mix years ago & it's never failed me.

11/14/2008 10:47:09 PM