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  • Help with Peat moss please

    I am struggling to get any soil for my seed cells.

    At the moment all I can get is a universal compost, which is too "chunky"

    Or peat moss, I haven't used this before. Is it ok for starting off my seeds?

    I asked in my Spanglish if it was ok in the garden Center and was told yes, brought home a big bag and it seems...... well i don't know how to describe it, but doesn't seem fine enough.

    Should I maybe mix it. I have used peat pellets, is it the same?

    Grrrrr, don't know what to do and so excited about planting today.
    I grow 70% for us and 30% for the snails, then the neighbours eats them

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    I guess your universal compost is a Spanish equivalent of multipurpose compost in the UK. Could you sieve it to get the worst of the lumps out? I don't use peat but for seeds I think I would mix something in to aid drainage, like horticultural grit or perlite. No idea what the Spanish for perlite is!

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    • #3
      Can you sieve it?

      Snap, Wendy
      Last edited by veggiechicken; 25-01-2015, 11:15 AM.

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      • #4
        No can't sieve it. I will take a pic
        I grow 70% for us and 30% for the snails, then the neighbours eats them

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        • #5
          Its's almost like I can tear some of it
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          • #6
            does it feel like a big root ball? If that were me I'd try and bang it about in a smaller bag then sieve it and try and add some perlite or vermiculite
            Last edited by Spunky; 25-01-2015, 03:35 PM.

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            • #7
              You can still use peat but you'd have to start feeding earlier
              Last edited by Spunky; 25-01-2015, 03:39 PM.

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              • #8
                Lisa, I think the other grapes were on about riddling you MPC not the moss.
                Potty by name Potty by nature.

                By appointment of VeggieChicken Member of the Nutters club.


                We hang petty thieves and appoint great ones to public office.

                Aesop 620BC-560BC

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                • #9
                  Originally posted by Lisasbolt View Post
                  No can't sieve it. I will take a pic
                  it looks sieveable to me. You can get very cheap plastic seives which will do the business. I keep the rough stuff and pop that into the bottom of bigger pots later

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                  • #10
                    Thanks, I broke it up and used it. I just don't know how good it is for the seed

                    Thanks Spunky I will fed early if I need
                    I grow 70% for us and 30% for the snails, then the neighbours eats them

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                    • #11
                      Hi Lisabolt, I always mix course sand with any compost I use this helps keep it open, also if the peat based compost dries out squirt some washing up liquid over it then mix it in, this helps it absorb water, I think it breaks down some oils that form
                      it may be a struggle to reach the top, but once your over the hill your problems start.

                      Member of the Nutters Club but I think I am just there to make up the numbers

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