For seed starting I added in a bit of Choir and a small amount of sem-fine kelp. It just seemed to me, looking at it, that something a bit finer mixed i would be a little better. I used it to "test" rutgers tomato germination. My season ended hard and bad, so this was just a "dry run test" for me in prep for next year. I plan for next year to be container / raised bed, bottom watered. My hope is less opportunity for me to screw up on watering.
For the Raised bed and container production I plan on trying about 50% DE: -- 15% Southern Pine bark fines mixed with 20% actual soil, then some fairly good "organic" compost at about 15%. I am hoping the bark fines will put me over the top on the "soil looseness" but will bridge the line between Organic and the non-living DE and tip the scales into a "living" enviroment. I will have to play it with between now and when it is time to get real with my 5 gallon buckets and Raised Beds.
Have a good one,
Gary
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