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When I started sowing stuff at the end of Jan I had a bit of regular, peat mpc left and used that first - no problems and everything (mainly toms and chillies and onions) growing well.) Well I'd decided I was going peat free this year and since trying B&Q's and finding it too bulky I got hold of some YHS peat free stuff after seeing it recommended on here. Lets just say it's been pretty disastrous. Hardly anything is germinating - I mean like 2 percent if I'm lucky and that's only on some.
I had to start germinating the rest of the toms and chillies on damp kitchen roll, inside a plastic tub because they just weren't coming up. Onions are a no show, calabrese are having none of it and the chard seeds seem to have disappeared. I'm careful about over watering but unless you water pretty much every day the stuff goes like concrete. I re-sowed some onions (the ones in peat I sowed in Jan are coming along fine) in a mix of homemade, the YHS compost and sand to see if that helped, still waiting results on that but it's still early.
I know a lot of you love New Horizon, but not only is it hard to get round here but the few places that sell it are a good drive away and it's close to 6 quid a bag. Are there any other YHS users out there who have had problems? Sorry to drag this peat saga up again but I'm starting to think that I'll either have to go pack to peat for seed sowing (which I'd rather not) or start pre-chitting my seeds first (a faff?). Arg. So frustrating. Thanks for reading.
I had to start germinating the rest of the toms and chillies on damp kitchen roll, inside a plastic tub because they just weren't coming up. Onions are a no show, calabrese are having none of it and the chard seeds seem to have disappeared. I'm careful about over watering but unless you water pretty much every day the stuff goes like concrete. I re-sowed some onions (the ones in peat I sowed in Jan are coming along fine) in a mix of homemade, the YHS compost and sand to see if that helped, still waiting results on that but it's still early.
I know a lot of you love New Horizon, but not only is it hard to get round here but the few places that sell it are a good drive away and it's close to 6 quid a bag. Are there any other YHS users out there who have had problems? Sorry to drag this peat saga up again but I'm starting to think that I'll either have to go pack to peat for seed sowing (which I'd rather not) or start pre-chitting my seeds first (a faff?). Arg. So frustrating. Thanks for reading.
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