What's your idea of the "best" tomato starting mix?

shatbox · May 13, 2017

+1 BettaPonic's comment

1st choice: Always have germination with rockwool, but I am a small scale gardener. I love it for the control: ph and masterblend. I think the MB fert at 5.8 ph makes a huge difference.

2nd: 50/50 coir and pearlite. Quality coir is not expensive for the volume you get and pearlite is cheap. Usually pot up into this mix from rockwool, hempy cup (don't let the marijuana info get to you, the info is solid) to hempy bucket or earthbox

3rd: Straight DE. Dependable, roots love it.

May 13, 2017	#16
shatbox Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Dec 2009 Location: Los Angeles County, CA Posts: 258	+1 BettaPonic's comment 1st choice: Always have germination with rockwool, but I am a small scale gardener. I love it for the control: ph and masterblend. I think the MB fert at 5.8 ph makes a huge difference. 2nd: 50/50 coir and pearlite. Quality coir is not expensive for the volume you get and pearlite is cheap. Usually pot up into this mix from rockwool, hempy cup (don't let the marijuana info get to you, the info is solid) to hempy bucket or earthbox 3rd: Straight DE. Dependable, roots love it. Last edited by shatbox; May 13, 2017 at 01:26 AM. Reason: clarification