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So I'm pretty much a novice gardener. I really started doing it seriously last year, and have been reading voraciously since then, mostly about native plants, botany, and ecology - theoretical, not practical stuff. So there are some basic things I realize I still don't know yet. I've done all my gardening outdoors and have never grown plants indoors or started plants from seed before now, so potting mix & its uses have really never been on my radar screen.
I winter sowed everything in topsoil.
I just realized how bad this was today, so I went out and cut lots of strips in my containers for additional drainage and popped all the tops to get some wind to help with drying (no seedlings are up yet). Fortunately, none of them are yet total sludge, but a few of them are probably moister than they ought to be. I think I'm willing to risk the birds & squirrels getting at the seeds if it can help prevent root rot & the other problems I should expect with saturated soil. Maybe this should be stressed more in the WS guides for true gardening newbies: use soil-less potting mix only! :)
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