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Whats your secret recipe for your seed starting mix that you like to use?

I mix Vermiculite and Perlite with miracle grow seed starting mix, I also cook my seed starting mix in the microwave to kill any disease that might be in the mix.(if you cook it to long and you will stink your house up,,lol)

Whats your secret recipe?

3/19/2009 6:04:47 PM

Picton,ON ([email protected])

Promix BX with Myke.....works great!

3/19/2009 6:32:30 PM

I'm with John on the Promix,,,use what the people that make a living starting plants use. Hard to beat the research and controlled production of these products. Available at most greenhouse facilities in my area.

(geeze Brooks, Miracle grow?)

3/19/2009 6:35:18 PM

ExtremeVegetables.com

Pro mix here too.

3/19/2009 6:45:08 PM

Taylorsville, California

equal parts vermiculite,perlite and peat moss,dash of myco,

3/19/2009 7:25:20 PM

Coventry R.I.

For sure PRO-MIX THIS YEAR,,,

3/19/2009 7:29:30 PM

Western NY

Pro-Mix BX. slight dusting of myco, tiny bit of kelp meal, tiny bit of worm castings mixed in.

3/19/2009 7:31:40 PM

Ohio

Yep, been using it for years Dan,,lol

3/19/2009 7:46:27 PM

Georgetown, Ontario

Pro-Mix BX...keep it simple.

3/19/2009 7:58:02 PM

Massillon, Ohio

Brooks.....don't know if this is true or not, but a couple years ago I used Miracle Grow starting mix, and someone said there was something in it that would kill the mycorrhizae. I can't remember who, but at the time, thought he was a reliable source. Maybe someone can chime in with the truth.

3/19/2009 7:58:14 PM

Www.extremepumpkinstore.com

Pro Mix BX - 5 yrs

3/19/2009 8:30:41 PM

Fairport,NY

PRO-MIX ULTIMATE ORGANIC MIX
Canadian Sphagnum Peat Moss
(65-75% by volume)
Sea-based Compost (from composted shrimp shells & seaweed)
Limestone (for pH adjustment)
Perlite
Mycorise® - endomycorrhizae inoculant

3/19/2009 8:38:33 PM

Owensboro, Ky.

andy W, curious...and maybe not a factor...why buy a semi-high dollar sterilized starting mix (promix bx) and then add some non sterilized substances into it? Doesn't that defeat the purpose of using the sterilized starting mix? Ya never know where them worms have been!!! LOL Peace, Wayne

3/19/2009 8:42:28 PM

Minnesota

I get a 12 pack, head out back, by the time I'm done with my 12 pack I find a area that looks like good black dirt, then I just fill my container. (not really) promix.

3/19/2009 9:25:20 PM

Brooklyn Corner, Nova Scotia

Me, I go two parts peat moss, one part vermiculite and a little Myke. Over 90% germ rate although I don't plant as much as most of you. I'll probably stick with what works for me.

3/19/2009 9:38:35 PM

Boise City, Oklahoma, USA

BM1, a soilless commercial nursery potting mix, it's about 70% peat moss... I get it by the huge compressed bale(bagged).

3/19/2009 11:03:25 PM

Cincinnati,OH

Where do you get pro mix Bx

3/19/2009 11:09:03 PM

Bemidji Minnesota

styrofoam, broken glass, and nails.

I intend to sort out the strong, from the weak.

3/20/2009 12:05:44 AM

Midway, UT

I just did some test plantings with Fox Farm's Light Warrior soiless mix and compared it with Jiffy Mix. The Light Warrior was by far the better planting mix. Light Warrior contains mycorrhizae fungi, sphagnum peat moss, horticultural perlite, earthworm castings, granite dust, humic acid, and oyster shell (for pH adjustment). It is much lighter than the Jiffy mix and water moves more easily through it. The Light Warrior plants are literally double the size of the Jiffy Mix plants. Most of the local garden centers have Fox Farm products but I'm not sure how big of a national presence they have.

3/20/2009 12:54:38 AM

Ohio

bahahahahahahah! meathead!!!!!!! Thats funny right daerrr

3/20/2009 4:57:17 AM

Ohio

meat head, you need something to hold in the water, Id use old paper shavings, cardboard and motor oil.

3/20/2009 5:02:51 AM

Gold Hill, Oregon

i like richards idea get a 12 pack and find the black dirt. the only problem is thats where all my urea is. lol.

3/20/2009 5:41:01 AM

Upstate S.C.

Ron, just do a search on Yahoo, you can find it everywere its not to expensive either bout 30 bucks...Im about to order some now...

3/20/2009 7:30:09 AM

Georgia

Pro Mix BX

3/20/2009 8:42:41 AM

Little-TON - Colorado

This Fertilome ProMix I tested with did very well this year...my peppers are Pimping......and this year adding to the ProMix....kelp meal along with the mycho...Dusting the rootZ in the RhiZo....

ItZ a new rap ....

3/20/2009 8:52:34 AM

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Old School from Cornell

Equal parts by VOLUME - mix it up well in advance or use a wetting agent to break the surface tension of the sphagnum

Fine milled sphagnum
perlite
vermiculite
water

3/20/2009 9:41:11 AM

Boulder County Colorado USA planet Earth

trying new stuff this yr. So hopefully better lol

3/20/2009 10:27:35 AM

Belgium Europe

Cheapest potting soil i can find.It's only for a few days.

3/20/2009 11:42:54 AM

Minnesota

I don't even bother, I chuck my seeds out the window like Jack in the Beanstalk did..thats the only way you'll have a chance.

3/20/2009 2:46:57 PM

San Diego

super soil potting soil, used it for 7 years, great stuff!

3/20/2009 5:03:34 PM

Ohio

Im going to try some different stuff this year, Im gonna pick me a bag of 4M Pro up at Parks Garden center on my way to the OVGPG meeting tomorrow. Dave Stelts talked me into it,,,lol!!

3/20/2009 7:44:25 PM

Sort of Sunny Sometimes, WA

Got shamed into buying Promix. . . guess I'll have to take my 2 bags of Miracle Gro back.. . . . unless I can sell it to Brooks. . .hahahahaha

3/20/2009 8:01:04 PM

Ohio

Muracle grow works fine for me Boomer, I never had any trouble using it,,lol

3/20/2009 8:47:10 PM

nOVA sCOTIA

Mussel Mud and nothing but Brooks.!

3/20/2009 11:15:21 PM

Cochecton, NY

My in-laws own a greenhouse, so I will be stealing a couple of buckets of starter mix from them when I go down for Sunday dinner tomorrow.

3/21/2009 9:05:04 AM

Decatur, IL

I think a few people have checked to see if the fertilizer in the Miracle Grow planting mix had any effect on mycorrhizae. They found that it had no effect on its growth. I believe phosphorus limits the growth of mycorrhizae, but apparently there's not enough in the Miracle Grow mix to cause any harm.

3/21/2009 11:34:35 AM

Sasolburg South Africa

I do not have all the US ingrediants so I use coco fibre. I take 50/50 coco fibre and good old worm castings this go halfway in my large plastic bag than 100% coco fibre to fill it up. A little bit of my hydrophinic furtilyzer and fish emalsion, The coco fibre take too much water so you had to leave it after watering for 3 days before planting. Do not water till pumpkin apear. After 5 days it will become potbound so you had to plant it out after 5 days. Work for me no come backs.

3/21/2009 12:13:57 PM

San Luis Obispo, Ca.

I wish I had an idea? I am open to suggestion?

3/21/2009 12:16:03 PM

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The one time I used Miracle Grow it had Osmocoat in it. 25% of the seedings diseased & died.

3/22/2009 12:04:43 AM

WNC Usa

I use Micracle Gro potting mix

3/22/2009 6:10:15 PM

Minnesota

Use black dirt like the indians did (I think thats how they did it) with a fush underneath.

3/22/2009 10:47:38 PM

Newmarket, NH USA

Fafard 3b with a little composted cow manure and a pinch of lyme. Carefull of miracle grow it can burn your seedlings it has fertilizer in it.

3/23/2009 8:51:36 PM