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Old January 30, 2018   #46
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Originally Posted by FourOaks View Post

Funny you would mention the "Jiffy Seed Starting Mix". Yours looks like its perlite heavy. Couple weeks ago I bought a bag in a pinch. Normally I just make my own, but with snow and ice, everything was frozen solid in the Greenhouse.

Anyways.. there wasnt a lick of perlite in it. All peat and vermiculite. The bag I bought was the Yellow Bag, 12 quarts.

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Jiffy is too fine. As a matter of fact I don't like any seed starting mix I have purchased so far. it is all too fine. I use it to top dress a flat with regular baccto in it... mixed with coarse perlite and osmocote.
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