Re: turkey grit and milled peat question
At 08:01 PM 2/4/98 -0800, you wrote:
>>
>>Ann,
>>Turkey grit is crushed granite. You can find it in feed stores and it
>>and it comes in "grades" = fine, medium, coarse. I think it's usually
>>added to poultry food so be sure there are no additives=like vitamins,
>>in it. Here in WA, I can buy it by the pound-which is about 1/2 of a
>>brown lunch bag full. Hope this helps.
>
>Diane, which grade is best for using in seed germination, and how thick do
>you sprinkle it?
>
>And a question to Amy:
>If I want to use peat instead, can I just pulverize some of the peat that I
>get in a bale of brown, ground up peat moss, or should I buy a different
>kind?
>
>Thank you both,
>
>Karen
>
>
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I think Amy said she used milled sphagnum moss. That type of moss has
another benefit in seed starting as well: it contains a natural inhibitor
of fungus, so you have less risk of damping off. Margaret
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