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Comments (11)The age of your soil mix is a limiting factor. The mix you are using is made up mostly of peat. Peat-based soils have a very small particle size, which causes drainage problems. Over time (months for peat) the soil structure will break down and there will be less room for air and more drainage problems. To quote from the long running thread on Container Soils -- Water Movement and Retention: Container soils are all about structure, and particle size plays the primary role in determining whether a soil is suited or unsuited to the application. Soil fills only a few needs in container culture. Among them are: Anchorage - a place for roots to extend, securing the plant and preventing it from toppling. Nutrient Retention - it must retain a nutrient supply in available form sufficient to sustain plant systems. Gas Exchange - it must be amply porous to allow air to move through the root system and gasses that are the by-product of decomposition to escape. Water - it must retain water enough in liquid and/or vapor form to sustain plants between waterings. Air - it must contain a volume of air sufficient to ensure that root function/metabolism/growth is not impaired. This is extremely important and the primary reason that heavy, water-retentive soils are so limiting in their affect. You can reuse your old potting mix if you mix it with fresh components that have better drainage characteristics, like pine bark fines and perlite. I would not make the old mix more than 20-30 percent of your new mix, and less would be better. If you want to build a superior mix, I suggest you try the 5-1-1 mix discussed in the link below. Here is a link that might be useful: Container Soils -- Water Movement and Retention...See MoreMicrogreen question
Comments (1)I have had whole trays of it not come up or come up then half he tray die. We are selling lettuce now that was ordered weeks ago. If the lettuce diddnt turnout it is on us not the guy who ordered it. I would try and talk them into holding out for the next batch, but in the end it is out of my pocket. You can have a new tray in 10 days. Ish Glad you are able to sell them. I have wasted a half dozen trays because nobody seems interested in them here....See Morevermicomposting microgreen remains
Comments (4)I had essentially the same question, but with wheat grass mats. Look down a couple of threads for one titled "potting mix". Sadly, I don't have a personal answer... I haven't got my works yet!...See Moreanyone successful with microgreens?
Comments (8)Microgreens have been an awful money maker for us. In fact, it would take years to get a return on our investment. We sell at a very large farmers market. The first problem we encountered was the issue of wilt. Once cut, the clock starts ticking. Sure, lots of ice and stuff helps but the product is just so fragile. Here in the deep South, Summer is difficult to get good production due to heat. Most micro varieties are cool season plants and rot spreads through your trays at lightning speed in the high heat. The second problem is many of the Brassica species just plain stink- as in smell bad. Mostly an issue of producing in high heat. This is not a joke, they STINK! The 3rd, and biggest problem is that very few people want them. Sure, they are "trendy" and perhaps nutritious to some degree but bottom line is that the average home cook does not particularly want them. We have about 25 species that we grow (and throw away) so it not an issue of growing the right kind. They have all been uniformly poor sellers. We also nearly give them away as far as cost is concerned. What I would say is this- your only real market will be with high end restaurants. If you are unwilling to go out and hustle this segment, you will probably be unhappy with the $. I, myself, do not have the time to do this. Yes, there ARE people making money doing this. They are located in big cities with many top-flight chefs working. This is not the case for us. Two things I would say..(A).do NOT invest much money until you are SURE you have a market for them.(B) Shop around for seed! I am stunned when I see the prices for the exact same thing from one vendor to the next. The best prices I have seen are from Kitazawa Seed in California. The worst is Johnny's Selected Seed in Maine. We bought the CropKing system. What a massive waste of money. Oh, I promise that after a few months you will not be able to stand the smell of Microgreens, much less eat them! lol...See Morel pinkmountain
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