Healthy soil and sustainable growing

["Andeanfx" <andeanfx@midrivers.com>]

Paul, approximately what proportion do you use?


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From: "Tradingpost" <tradingpost@lobo.net>
To: <livingontheland@lists.ibiblio.org>
Sent: Friday, January 29, 2010 6:01 PM
Subject: Re: [Livingontheland] seed starting medium?


> Interesting. Speaking only for myself, I see no point in sterile potting 
> mixes. I've never seen any evidence it avoids disease or other problems. 
> And I don't spend money on heating pads and lights. I tell myself KISS - 
> keep it simple stupid ...
>
> I just use some commercial coir-based mix, with small amounts of the 
> things that go in the beds, soil, alfalfa meal, screened manure, bonemeal, 
> greensand, maybe some vermicompost. Hardly sterile! And I germinate in 4" 
> pots in flats indoors, then move to get some light soon as stuff sprouts. 
> Never had a problem with disease or damping off.
>
> I can relate to the vehicle thing ........
>
> paul tradingpost@lobo.net
>
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> On 1/29/2010 at 9:34 AM Debbie Mcdonald wrote:
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> > I've always directly sowed my seeds and have not alot of experience with
> > vegetable gardening. In starting our own seeds, must we use potting soil
> > and if the world gets uglier;), then what would we do, sterilize the dirt
> > somehow?? Nature does not do these things:). Do all of you have rooms with
> > lights and heat pads and all that. I'm going to make next week time to
> > start looking for abandoned greenhouses too:) Well, I have to get a new
> > used vehicle first, don't want to put new tires on this one.
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