[CH] potting soil

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I am well pleased with Baccto potting soil.  It comes in 2  varieties here
and the second may be called Lite.  Haven't used it but once and it is
supposed to be for starting seeds.  Baccto regular is jet black, heavy and
mixed with some pearlite.  It is very rich and has no trash in it, which is
what I call big dry clumps of peat moss, sticks, and SAWDUST.  I think the
lite may have had some sand in it too.

I  mix 3-4 big plastic drink cups of Baccto with 1 of sand and 1 of
vermiculite in a big mixing bowl.  I have never had any plants die from
damping off or anything else since I have been using it for the past 4 yrs.  

Then I transplant the seedlings into 20 oz. styrofoam cups.  I use some sand
in the bottom 1/4 of the cup to keep from having to use so much potting soil
which is fairly expensive, and we have a big sand pile.  If you don't plant
them with soil to the top, you can add more, like 3/4" at the top when they
have grown a couple of weeks.  This is great for tomatoes because they put
out more roots.  I think peppers may do that too.





Judy Howle
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