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Peat Free compost

LizizzyLizizzy Posts: 1
in Problem solving
Has anyone got any tips on how to improve peat free compost please?  I'm finding that some of my seeds are struggling to germinate!

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  • Hostafan1Hostafan1 Posts: 34,889
    edited April 2023
    Welcome to the forum.
    Avoiding it is my advice 
    Devon.
  • rowlandscastle444rowlandscastle444 Posts: 2,612
    I mix mine with home-produced compost, a little topsoil and sand. 
  • RedwingRedwing Posts: 1,511
    edited April 2023
    There have been various previous discussions about this; a search will help.  Personally I add grit  when sowing seeds.  For potting on and pots in general I add my own compost and grit. 
    Based in Sussex, I garden to encourage as many birds to my garden as possible.
  • bédébédé Posts: 3,095
    edited April 2023
    It's not so good without peat.  I add vermiculite to aid rewetting and compacting.  Except fpr seed, I use mostly my home compost and leafmould.

    "Struggling to germinate" might not be down to the compost.
     location: Surrey Hills, England, ex-woodland acidic sand.
    "Have nothing in your garden that you don't know to be useful, or believe to be beautiful."
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