I am using cosmos 'Candy Stripe' to test different composts and all are now growing well
FOLLOWING correspondence from several AG readers who were having disappointing results with peat-free composts, we decided to put their claims to the test by growing, from seed, three sets of 10 identical cosmos 'Candy Stripe.
One set was sown in seed compost containing peat, another in a quality brand of peat-free seed compost and the third in my homemade seed compost made from equal measures of sieved compost and leafmould.
Pinching out flower buds
Differences were immediately obvious as soon as the seedlings developed, with the ones popping up in peat compost growing fastest and with most robust stems.
This story is from the April 30, 2022 edition of Amateur Gardening.
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