small batch of mels mix

danieggert 4/10/2023, 8:12 am

Good morning. 7:06 am here in Chicagoland and will be in the 70's today Wo-hoo!!!

Thinking ahead, I have planted some seeds that have sprouted nicely.

Can I make just make a small batch of MM to use to transfer my seedlings into my cowpots in anticipation of planting into SFG? I would only have one compost available. It was such a production for me to get a mix of compost prior. I don't want to start that process again just for a small amount?

Thanks in advance

Dani from Burr Ridge

OhioGardener 4/10/2023, 9:14 am

I don't bother making batches of MM for starting seedlings, I just start them in sifted compost. The seedlings do very well in the compost, and it enriches the soil when they are transplanted into the bed.

**sanderson** 4/13/2023, 3:52 am

I have made small batches of MM before but used the medium vermiculite to make it finer than the bed MM. I recently had to rebuild some beds and actually had some leftover aged MM. I screened it with a gold miner's 1/4" sifting pan.

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