Hi Everyone Playing nice I'n the Sand Pit I hope Ina I know it was just a joke, I'm sure : ) Well I often use a commercial base too. Searls premium, for the more inquisitive ones. I find it excellent, although i don't like water crystals I'n mixes. Then i vary the mix with sand, or perlite, peat etc as i require. The results are excellent, however, because i live I'n a remote area & delivery cost is so extreme, i did an experiment last year with recycled super fine composted green waist mulch comprised of softwood & hardwood, leaf, stem, wood chip etc at the rate three parts chip to one course sand, no fertilizer added, & at the huge risk of disease etc although it was extremely well composted. I used the raw untreated product & the result was astounding, compared to a standard seed raising mix giving me a control average of 60 percent strike & a control growth rate to compare too, my new recycled mix achieved virtually 100 percent strike rate & trippled my controll growth rate over 12 months, with various hippeastrum hybreds, heamanthus & brunsvegia species, geshorizors & crinums. Steven : ) Esk Queensland Australia Summer Zone 5 Winter Zone 10 On 28/05/2012, at 5:07 AM, Ina <klazina@orcon.net.nz> wrote: > I didn't mention the potting mix names as there would not be the same brands over in California. Nor did I mention which seedlings, as I > would possibly have had Alberto breathing fire because of not leaving > the seedlings longer in pots. ;-) > > Ina Crossley > Auckland New Zealand Zone 10 > > _______________________________________________ > pbs mailing list > pbs@lists.ibiblio.org > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/list.php > http://pacificbulbsociety.org/pbswiki/