Making your own potting Compost

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Making your own potting Compost
« on: October 26, 2009, 19:56 »
I have access to plenty of sieved top soil what else and quantities would I need to make my own potting composts.Spent a fortune on them last yeay
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Re: Making your own potting Compost
« Reply #2 on: October 26, 2009, 20:40 »
John Innes formulae see

http://www.northantset.co.uk/ask-nicholas/Many-books-mention-John-Innes.1890804.jp

The peat can of course be replaced with non -peat substitutes.

I presume that your soil is unsteralised and will probably contain weed seeds, also fungi which could give problems with damping off in seed compost.


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