Newbie needs advice Please :)

[mistyblu]

I am about to start in my new venture of growing salads and veg in pots n containers.

What is the best compost to use? I have been told John Innes #2 to get started in seed trays and then a 50% mix of this and a cheaper compost in a bigger pot when they bigger.

I know i am starting off late but want to go a bit slow to get the feel and understand what im doing

Any good sound advice and help would be great

Thanks Misty

[PAULW]

That sounds good to me, I am using the same sort of mix for my tomatoes and chilli's

[zazen999]

Personally, I use the cheapest compost on offer at the time; there was a thread on here a while back about John Innes compost and alot of people's seeds having rotted before they germinated.

[Fairy Claire]

Personally, I use the cheapest compost on offer at the time; there was a thread on here a while back about John Innes compost and alot of people's seeds having rotted before they germinated.

Hey that's what happened to my tomato seeds when i used John Innes (my lack of skill and finesse had absolutely nothing to do with it...!). Guess I'll try a cheaper compost next time..

[Two_Sheds]

cheapo Multi-Purpose all the way here.

[jeremydore]

Mistyblu,
Don't know if it's a help to you but I just blogged about how I've been growing salad in pots - it's been a real success for me this year and again, I would recommend general purpose compost such as Tescos organic.
My blog article is at: GrowBlog: Organic Gardening for the Internet Generation from GrowVeg.com for the details on what works for me.
Good luck,
Jeremy

[mistyblu]

Thanks for that

Had a look some brill advice there

Thanks for sharing

Misty

[mistyblu]

Hmmmmmmmmmm,

Thanks for letting me know this

It gets very confusing all the conflicting stuff u read lol, maybe i shud throw methodical to the wind and do what my neighbour does bung them in and hope for the best LOL

Cheers Misty

[mistyblu]

What is this *moon trial underway with onions, lettuce, tomatoes and calabrese ?

I am intreaged Just plain nosy really

LoL Misty

[mistyblu]

Thanks Paul

Never know what to do for the best LOL

Misty

[zazen999]

What is this *moon trial underway with onions, lettuce, tomatoes and calabrese ?

I am intreaged Just plain nosy really

LoL Misty

Hi Misty

Moon Trial; there are lots of people that plant by the moon and lots that don't; so I thought I would do a small trial and see.

Planting by the moon; means that you separate your plants into; root, leaf, flower or fruit as each type is supposed to do better by being planted on the relevant day - depending on the waxing or waning of the moon.

If you google 'moon planting' [other internet search facilities are available], you'll get pages and pages on it. It's not new by any means; but I got fed up of my OH dissing it so I want to know the results either way.

So, by my book; today is a fruit day so I'll be planting out the moon trial toms late afternoon/early evening.

The trial only really gets interesting once the crops come though; so if you wait a fair bit longer I'll be weighing everything to see what gave the best crops. My notes so far are only for me to record when I did everything - and to try and show that this is a fair trial; as everything is grown side by side under the same conditions and everything is done late afternoon/early evening to keep as uniform as possible.