Use a seed-starting or soil-less potting mix - not heavy garden soil. (TMS) While you're battling the winter blues, make your own seed-starting mix and plan for the gardening days ahead.

Seed starting mixes are clean and lightweight, offering an optimal foundation for seed germination. They come in various ... BEST BANG FOR THE BUCK: Miracle-Gro 8-Quart Seed Starting Potting Mix ...

Create your own homemade seed starting mix with the perfect balance of nutrients and moisture. This seed starting mix DIY is simple to put together. The perfect seed starting potting mix should be ...

I’m really interested in starting my own vegetables from seed this year using soil blocks. But I’m finding quite a disparity in the basic “recipes” for soil block seed starting. They generally involve ...

Gardeners have been using seed-starting mix for many years for germinating the seeds that they want to grow. The mix is specially formulated to aid in effective seed germination by holding enough ...

So in this segment we will look at how to make our own seed starting mix. A seed starting mix needs to have the right amount of moisture holding capacity to drainage or aeration. If the seed ...

CORVALLIS — While you’re battling the winter blues, make your own seed-starting mix and plan for the gardening days ahead. Home gardeners can start vegetable and flower seedlings indoors from ...

The idea with a seed-starting potting mix is that it should be light and friable, moist yet free-draining. Unlike potting mixes used to grow plants for some period of time, seed-starting mixes do ...

Question: Is there a good recipe for seed-starting mix? Last week, you mentioned seed starting onions, and I got to thinking that sometime in the past you talked about making a special concoction ...

Most of the time you can avoid damping off by purchasing a fresh bag of sterilized soil-less seed starting mix. Sometimes however, even a new bag of starting mix can harbor fungi, although that is ...