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NOTE: 3 KILOS MAX PER POUCH Soil less all purpose potting mix You certainly could use soil right from your garden, to start seedlings indoors. However, garden soil comes with 2 major disadvantages. You Don’t Know What’s Coming in With It - Disease spores, bacteria, plant-eating insects, weed seeds and assorted other unwanteds can easily hitch a ride with your garden soil There are all kinds of natural predators and weather phenomenon outdoors that help keep these things in check. To use this soil indoors, you’d need to sterilize it first, with some sort of heat treatment. Lack of Drainage - Garden soil tends to be somewhat heavy and without tilling, either by you, earthworms or other insects, it begins to compact after several waterings. This compaction is especially hard on the tender roots of young seedlings just getting established. A soilless mix gives you more control. Besides being free of disease and other contaminates, you can blend ingredients for preferred drainage, water retention, and air space. It is also lighter in weight, which you’ll appreciate when you have to move the pots outdoors. Most soilless mixes are predominantly sphagnum peat moss. Sphagnum peat is lightweight and inexpensive. Just as importantly, it’s well draining yet water retentive. Granted, until you get the peat thoroughly moistened, the particles can be very unpleasant to work with. Peat is also on the acidic side and most seed starting mixes have a soil pH around 5.8, which is fine for starting most seeds. However, peat takes hundreds of years to form, alternatives, like coir, are being sought. Expect to start seeing more potting mixes that omit peat altogether. Peat moss– organic product mined from decomposing plants, most often mosses, in a boggy area. The characteristics of the peat may vary slightly depending on the species of plant that was growing in that area. 2. Sphagnum moss– several species of moss that inhabit bogs. It may be sold as green and living, or brown and dried, and is used for plants requiring moist growing mediums with excellent aeration. Most often it is encountered dried and milled in seed starting mixes because of its antifungal properties. 3. Bark products– ground and/or partially composted byproducts of the timber industry. This is a less expensive alternative to peat moss. Bark products have better aeration properties, but they dry out quicker than peat moss. 4. Perlite– white, volcanic rock that was crushed and heated. The heating causes it to expand. It is non‐ toxic, sterile and odorless. Perlite is used to improve drainage and aeration. 5. Styrofoam– an inexpensive substitute for perlite. Beads of Styrofoam help aerate potting mixes and serve as a space filler. Being extremely lightweight, they tend to float to the surface when watered. Also, unlike perlite, styrofoam will compact over time 6. Vermiculite– very light, greyish puffy substance that forms when mica SEEDLING MIX - STERILIZED COMPOST