November 5, 2024

VIDEO: Potting Soil: Make The Best Seed Starting & Potting Mix


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Seed starting mixes are essential for sowing many vegetables, herbs and flowers. But with so much to sow over the coming weeks and months, they can be expensive – unless you make your own.

A few simple ingredients can be combined to make a mix that’s just right for giving seeds the best start in life.

In this short video we demonstrate how to create the perfect seed starting mix, together with the best recipes for simple yet effective potting mix.

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27 thoughts on “VIDEO: Potting Soil: Make The Best Seed Starting & Potting Mix

  1. For this seed starting mix can I use composted cow manure?
    My local garden supply only carries composted cow manure. All other product they sell is not for seed starting. Would the composted manure be to rich for seed starting?
    If so I would be making my seed starter with the composted manure, coconut coir, biochar
    I used all my homemade compost on my garlic beds this fall.

  2. 1:31 well done for mentioning the harmful impact of peat extraction on biodiversity and climate change. Not many gardeners know that peat extraction (as well as its usage as a mulch or fuel) releases vast amounts of CO2 and leads to the destruction of habitat for rare birds, beneficial insects and other biology.

  3. What type of compost do you generally use for this mix? I have my compost that I throw all my food scraps, leaves, grass, chicken coop clean up, etc. Would this be okay to use? Thanks for all the great videos!

  4. This week I planted a large batch of various variety chilli seeds into loam that I'd dug from a local forest. The loam is about 50% sand, 40% silt and 10% clay. Was it a mistake using this as seed starting mix? I'd rather know now so I can re-start with new seeds in new potting mix. Thanks.

  5. I was about to plant some seeds in a seed starting mix in a huge pot until I googled and saw that this shouldn’t be done. I have a seed starting mix composed of coconut coir, perlite and fertilizer. I also have Worm castings too (separate bag) . What can I add to the seed starting mix to make it a potting soil? Or what can I do with the worm castings. I’m very confused

  6. Cant thank you enough
    for your videos! You've really given me and my fiancee the gardening bug! With your last mix (loam and compost) is there any need for vermiculite/perlite or coir? Were planting red/white/black currents and raspberrys in perminent containers as our garden is paved. New to all this and any help is greatly appreciated 🙂

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