Home made compost is going to be full of weed seeds. Bought compost has already been sterilised
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I'm thinking about being brave and using my own compost, particularly as I have some lovely loam to mix in after lifting the back lawn last year to make more room for veg.
Is there a 'smug' smiley face on here?
Personally I've always thought 'seed compost was a bit of a con. You pay more for something that's 'less', ie compost with sand mixed in? Or am I wrong?
Still a wee mite fresh up here in the west of Scotland, although my window sills will be getting fuller very soon (cue annual argument with OH) :-)Clay soil is just the big yins way of letting you know nothing good comes easy.
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I don't use my home grown stuff for cutting seed I find it to rich. I use a mix of 50/50 old and new MPC which seems to work for me.
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Originally posted by Potstubsdustbins View PostI don't use my home grown stuff for cutting seed I find it to rich. I use a mix of 50/50 old and new MPC which seems to work for me.
ColinClay soil is just the big yins way of letting you know nothing good comes easy.
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Our lottie shop sells Humax. I bought one sack of the seed compost (60ltrs) and a few of the MPC (75ltrs). £4.75 each
When I fill the modules, MPC fills the bottom 50%, then I put in some seed compost, then the seeds then top off with more seed compost. I know I'm not saving much, but it makes me feel as if I am.Whether you think you can or whether you think you can't, you are probably right.
Edited: for typo, thakns VC
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I buy the cheapest mpc I can find, pick out the biggest lumps by hand and then sow... as another poster said, seeds have to make it in all conditions in the wild without any help from us - I sometimes think we molly-coddle things a bit too much. Although if I was paying £1 per seed I might think twice about this, yes!sigpicGardening in France rocks!
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Originally posted by Maccabee View Postif you can recognise the seeds you've sown surely that wouldn't pose a problem. Just pluck out the weedsAll gardeners know better than other gardeners." -- Chinese Proverb.
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Originally posted by singleseeder View PostWhen I fill the modules, MPC fills the bottom 50%, then I put in some seed compost, then the seeds then top off with more seed compost. I know I'm not saving much, but it makes me feel as if I am.
Verve peat-free MPC
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Probably Westland seed compost on top of MPC
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I use whatever is on offer at the time, if westlands is offering 3 for 2 then thats what the seeds are gonna get this time. Any big bits just go back on the compost heap to break down a little, and that will end up on the soil one way or another soon enough."He that but looketh on a plate of ham and eggs to lust after it hath already committed breakfast with it in his heart"
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I like seed compost because it is generally finer and easier to fill small module trays with. This year I've used left-overs of last year's B&Q bag, New Horizon and Wilkos own brand. All very different- the B&Q one was very peaty, the NH very light/ fluffy (and once tamped down a little and watered, doesn't seem to go very far) and the Wilko one quite sandy. But everything seems to be germinating. I have had a couple of rogue seedlings in the Wilko one though.
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