Is my homemade seedling soil good?

I mixed up some seedling soil with peat moss, perlite, and a little redworm castings from a local farm.

5 parts peat moss
3 parts perlite
1 part red worm castings (vermicompost but it seems very rich)

Then some Gardening lime from home depot (it says domolite on the back but I'm not completely convinced) its like little beads that disolve when watered. I will be planting germinated seeds into this mix.

Is this mix to strong? If so should i just mix up 50/50 peat moss and perlite? And do you think this lime from home depot will work into the peat moss within one watering?

I'm a little worried i might ruin my seedlings whether it be from Ph being to low or to much fertilizer right away. Any help is appreciated!!! thank you:)
 

Azhden

Active Member
Checked out "Red Worm Products" and they say it's:

"[FONT=Helvetica, Geneva, Arial, SunSans-Regular, sans-serif]Easy to use.[/FONT][FONT=Helvetica, Geneva, Arial, SunSans-Regular, sans-serif] Simply mix our vermicompost with your soil in a ratio of 4 parts soil to 1 part castings (Studies at Cornell University indicate that 20% castings is optimal). For ratios suitable for specific crops, please view our application chart.[/FONT]"

According to their chart you are actually using less than "recommended".
 
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