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| Until this year I started everything in Planter's Pride pellets. They worked fine for me, but this year I decided to try seed starting mix in pots.
Based on reading GardenWeb I got Jiffy and Miracle-Gro seed starting mixes (have not found ProMix around here). Just for fun I did a few side-by-side plantings. I planted the same seeds at the same time, one set in Jiffy mix and one set in Miracle-Gro Seed Starting Potting Mix. The germination and growth differences were pretty interesting. All the seeds in Jiffy mix germinated much slower and grew less vigorously.
A couple of days ago I received my order of Natural Beginnings seed starting mix from Gardens Alive. I have another side-by-side started with Miracle-Gro and Natural Beginnings, will report back when that has grown out. |
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- Posted by keriann_lakegeneva (My Page) on Sat, Apr 10, 10 at 15:06
| I love experiments! Thank you for sharing : ) Keep us posted Keriann~ |
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| I do too, and it looks like you can't argue with the evidence here that the MG seedlings are much bigger and healthier looking! |
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| hmm, just started mine in Jiffy, darn. Lemme know how that other stuff works, interesting indeed. |
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- Posted by brownthumb65 8B Tallahassee (naturalmeds37@hotmail.com) on Sat, Apr 17, 10 at 9:34
| PLEASE,PLEASE tell me how do you post the pictures directly in the forum? I can't figure it out (deadhead). The only way I know is to post a link to my photo bucket account, but I would like to directly post on the forum! THANKS! Sorry :-) |
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| On photobucket, copy the HTML code line under your photo. Paste it in your message. Voila! |
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- Posted by queenofthemountain 9b SoCal (My Page) on Sat, May 22, 10 at 13:00
| My next comparison was Miracle-Gro vs. Natural Beginnings seed starting mix from Gardens Alive.
Chichiquelite Huckleberry germination: Ground Cherry germination: No clear winner on germination, but long-term growth was better in the Gardens Alive mix. While results were pretty clear comparing Jiffy vs. Miracle-Gro, I will do some more comparison plantings between Miracle-Gro and Gardens Alive. Obviously this is a very limited survey, your mileage may vary. |
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- Posted by ateinthehead MO (My Page) on Tue, Feb 8, 11 at 4:21
| This is wonderful! Thanks for posting your experiments! I was just shopping for a new starter soil and was researching the GA mix. Definitely going the GA route. Thanks again for doing the "dirty" work :) |
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| For those of us doing the slower growers how about starting some slow ones like Pentas? Al |
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