HLAC
Leafing Out
Hi everyone,
I have always used commercial seed starting mixes in the past but I'm wondering, can I just use the dirt from my garden to start seeds?
Do I have to sterilize it? Add stuff to it? It's good black dirt. Not much clay or sand.
Most of the plants I grow, I plant directly in the garden anyhow, but I'd like to start more plants for an earlier harvest this year. I'm planning to start about 40 eggplants, 40 pepper plants, 40 tomato plants, about 100 squash plants and several dozen other plants.... enough that I don't really want to cough out the dough for bagged dirt if I don't have to.![Smile :) :)](data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7)
Has anybody tried this? Thanks!
I have always used commercial seed starting mixes in the past but I'm wondering, can I just use the dirt from my garden to start seeds?
Do I have to sterilize it? Add stuff to it? It's good black dirt. Not much clay or sand.
Most of the plants I grow, I plant directly in the garden anyhow, but I'd like to start more plants for an earlier harvest this year. I'm planning to start about 40 eggplants, 40 pepper plants, 40 tomato plants, about 100 squash plants and several dozen other plants.... enough that I don't really want to cough out the dough for bagged dirt if I don't have to.
Has anybody tried this? Thanks!