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["Lynda" <lurine AT com-pair.net>]

Have you tried adding coir to your soil?

Lynda
"Facts do not cease to exist because they are ignored."  Aldous Huxley

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Gil" <gil.white AT xplornet.com>


> I'm used to not enough water and poor soil - I'm basically sitting on top 
> of
> glacial till and soon to be surrounded by a gravel pit - but I've had a 
> lot
> of trouble the last few years with germination and transplanting. Usually 
> no
> problem transplanting peppers or tomatoes, and potatoes come up fine. I 
> get
> a few - like one or two - carrots or lettuce coming up. I've tried shade
> cloth and even burlap - I'm away all day in the big city and just can't 
> seem
> to keep them moist enough.