[thecakebaker]

hi dose anyone use the very fine vermiculite when sowing seed. i can get 100 ltr bag for £9 i have used the normal size stuff you can buy but i fined it to big when using it in plug trays and very small pots    Thanks
 

[Paul Plots]

Sounds interesting.... 

I have only used it once as it seemed quite expensive when I can manage without it but...

Come on, spills the beans, where's your £9 a 100 litre bag from? 

[thecakebaker]

hi from a company called Colton they make sand and cement bags that you get from diy shops and other things for the diy trade and that is where I get my vermiculite from for only £9 a bag. I have a black rubbish bin that I keep mine in as you get loads for you 100 ltrs.

[Paul Plots]

So... have you had good success with the smaller size stuff?

I have a feeling there's a thread discussing the virtues of *Vermiculite on here somewhere.

(I'm not sure I could spell *it last time either  )

[thecakebaker]

I have had better success with the smaller stuff that the bigger stuff you can get from the likes of wilkos. at the start of the season I was using it every day nearly with everything I was sowing via plug trays  I have just been sowing some stuff today and have used the stuff agine today I just need to now go and buy a new bag as I’m almost out of it   

[Goosegirl]

I use vermiculite or perlite from Wilko to bulk out my compost and also to add drainage and help with water retention too. You do get smaller, powdery stuff at the bottom of the bag, but I have always found it ok, but I don't use it in very small plug trays, only when potting on.

[thecakebaker]

I tend to grow most seed in plug trays as you are not damaging the roots when potting them on compared to when you sow in seed trays.

[Paul Plots]

I agree with you Mr Baker.... but have you tried paper-pots - they work wonderfully 

[thecakebaker]

that is somthing that i have not tried yet. i will have to spend my winnter making all the pots up ready.  how do i make them ?

[butterfly blue]

cakebaker, if you go into the main menu and click on garden stickies, there is a thread called richies paper pots, it's quite near the top so an easy find, i shall be having a go for next year.

[thecakebaker]

cakebaker, if you go into the main menu and click on garden stickies, there is a thread called richies paper pots, it's quite near the top so an easy find, i shall be having a go for next year.

Can someone point me in the right direction on whear to fined this

[Yorkie]

Second row of links underneath the banner at the top of the page - on the left you'll see Forum Home.  Click on that.

This reveals the list of forums.

The first set of forums is headed Welcome.  The second set of forums is headed Growing.  "Growing Stickies" is the second one down - click on that link and it takes you to the list of individual threads.

[vet]

Have used it for years for same reasons as Goosegirl. Where are Coltons located cakebaker?

[thecakebaker]

Hi Colton is based in tees side. this is the same place as I get my compost from as they are a reseller of certain Diy and gardening stuff. 75ltr of Humax compost for only £4.00 normally around £6 in the shops.

[Yabba]

Do they have a website?

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