[Market-farming] Sun Gro Organic mixes

Rosie Creek Farm rosie-ck at mosquitonet.com
Tue Jan 29 14:31:13 EST 2008


Fellenz wrote:
> Hi,
>
> Anyone have experience with any of the Sun Gro OMRI approved mixes for 
> starting plants in the greenhouse?  It looks like pricing will be better 
> on the peat based mix from Sun Gro compared to a compost mix from 
> Vermont Compost, I am curious as to how well they perform for vegetable 
> starts.  If it matters, I am located in Central/Western NY.
>
> Andy
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We've used the Sun-gro organic mixes for the last 4 years.  I think 
they're just fine and they are cost-effective for us to ship  - way up 
here in Alaska.  We usually have to order them by the pallet (30 bales) 
and a number of growers up here go in on an order together.  The major 
greenhouse suppliers all order from sungro so piggybacking another item 
on their lists isn't too bad.  It ends up costing us ~$32 per bale after 
shipping.  I've looked into other mixes that might be better but, in the 
end, I can't afford them.  A couple of our growers thought they had 
problems with diseases in one or 2 bales, but I've never had a problem.

Mike Emers
Rosie Creek Farm
Certified Organic
Ester, Alaska
Zone 1



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