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Best Compost for seed germination

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  • UpNorthUpNorth Posts: 376
    on MPC, i had in previous years been very happy with supermarket (asda typically) MPC several bags for £10 etc.  However they switched it this year to one that had mostly Coir and my word that stuff dries hard and fast, no good at all for pots, regardless of what i mixed it with.  you just can't rehydrate it. 

    so to the point....i then was looking for help....saw a recommendation in another thread here and bought some 'Clover' and my word am i pleased with it.  the price very close to other MPCs and is decent quality stuff.

  • I just wondered if anyone had any experience in 2018 with Levington MPC (not Original) for seed germination, many thanks
  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    I buy levington professional to mix with Erin for baskets and tubs, just to hold the water a bit longer, I don’t like it for seeds, it’s too heavy. 
    Levingtons used to be the best, my mum wouldn’t have used anything else for everything, but it changed, no where near as good as it used to be. 
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    I used Levington MPC for my tomatoes, sweetcorn, courgettes, sweet peas and cosmos this year.  Good results as usual.  

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





  • LynLyn Posts: 23,190
    Did did you sow the seeds in that as well Dove?
    Gardening on the wild, windy west side of Dartmoor. 

  • DovefromaboveDovefromabove Posts: 88,147
    Yes ... I sifted it first for the smaller seeds.  

    Gardening in Central Norfolk on improved gritty moraine over chalk ... free-draining.





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