growing seed in grow bag compost?

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growing seed in grow bag compost?
« on: April 05, 2010, 16:02 »
is it any good or is it too rich?

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Re: growing seed in grow bag compost?
« Reply #1 on: April 05, 2010, 16:54 »
i use an ordinary multi purpose which is what i would think is in a grow bag and i have never had any problems

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Re: growing seed in grow bag compost?
« Reply #2 on: April 05, 2010, 17:04 »
I think that both normal multi-purpose and growbag compost usually state that it contains enough nutrients for about 2 week's growth. This suggests they are a similar formulation but I suspect there would be considerable variation between different brands of each.

(Not sure why you would want to use it though; surely even the "cheapo" growbags are proportionately more expensive than most MP in large bags?)
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Re: growing seed in grow bag compost?
« Reply #3 on: April 05, 2010, 17:22 »
I've been using some because I ran out of multipurp  ::)

I did sieve it for the finer seeds though.......and it was fine :)

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Re: growing seed in grow bag compost?
« Reply #4 on: April 05, 2010, 18:52 »
I've been using some because I ran out of multipurp  ::)

I did sieve it for the finer seeds though.......and it was fine :)

I have been known to use it as a last resort with no ill effect - but then I have been known to fill old grow bags (the ones cut in half) with multi-purpose.

My rule is that if it doesn't cost too much then it is always worth having a go...some success and some failure, but you always learn something and sometimes it works out better and cheaper than the way you did it before

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Re: growing seed in grow bag compost?
« Reply #5 on: April 05, 2010, 22:50 »
If you can get the cheapest grow bags on special offer they often work out cheaper than buying the big bales of MPC. It's easy enough to do a cost per litre comparison. I use grow bag stuff mixed with a bit of sharp sand and seeds seem to be quite happy with it. Don't leave them in for too long though as the nutrient value is pretty poor.

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Re: growing seed in grow bag compost?
« Reply #6 on: April 06, 2010, 15:40 »
its just some of the things planted in it never grew yet the same seed planted in seed compost grew no problems? could the growbag compost be at fault?

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Re: growing seed in grow bag compost?
« Reply #7 on: April 06, 2010, 17:11 »
If everything else was equal (seed, light, temperature, watering) then it must have been the growbag compost.

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Re: growing seed in grow bag compost?
« Reply #8 on: April 06, 2010, 17:19 »
Lunar calendar timing  :lol:  :tongue2:


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