SOS. germing and cracked, what soil do i use

[hank almighty]

hello there again everybody, i currently cant get to a hydro shop so the nerest place for me to get some soil is b&q, they have a few to chose from but i have no knowledge in this area as im a newbie at this wonderful sport the one that draws me the most is an ericaceous compost for acid loving plants but i dont know if its too strong or not, ive had a few people tell me to get plain old multipurpose compost but someone told me that is was alkali. i need to know soon because the seeds are coming to 24 hours so any help would be muchley appreciated, you can find most of the soils on b&q website. thank you too all that have the power to help. speak to you soon

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peace, love and mushrooms til the day i die

 

[Droopy Dog]

Well, most people get the soil BEFORE they germ the seeds.

Get a straight seedling mix, no added nutes or anything fancy.

No 'for acid loving plants', no 'alkali', just SEEDLING mix.

You can get creative when they are big enough to transplant.

DD

 

[hank almighty]

cheers fella, and yes i know, not the wisest thing to do told you i was a newb lol
the plan was to put the seeds in humid and then go to the hole in the wall (atm) but i was using my mates card to borrow off and i forgot his pin, taped it in 3 times wrong so it locked it up on me lol.
i had to wait till today to get it. ive only got 1 seed cracked at the mo so it will be a few more days, i think i gonna start a journal in the next week or so, ill start it when they crack the surface of the soil, thanks for the help and the sarcastic humor mate

hope to hear from you all soon love hank

 

[Droopy Dog]

That's not sarcastic, that's dry Southern wit.

Just get the seedling mix and remember seedlings need NO nutes for close to a month.

The cotlydons ( the very first leaves that appear), supply all the nutes needed for the seedling. When those drop off and you have a few sets of 'true' leaves, then 1/4 strength nutes to start.

DD

 

[hank almighty]

if you mean nutes as in the fancy stuff in bottles and wot not i dont tend to use them, i use horse manure in a stocking in a bucket of water, i used it last time but i think the mix i used was too rich, so as you said keep it to small quantities. and also as i said in a previous post i was gonna wait til they were about 8 inches before i add it and i was planning on 1/16 and doubling as i go along and take it down to 1/2 at flowering, any advice?

love hank

 

[Droopy Dog]

Horse is fine, but avoid fresh, it's too hot and will burn. Old and composted should work just fine with the method you use.

It's a lot easier to add more than to try and take it out.

DD