Viewing post #2243013 by SoCalGardenNut

stone said:

I'm still not understanding.
Did you bury the seeds in your compost pile?

When I've sown seeds in the native soil types we have here in middle Georgia... I get poor results... every time.
By top dressing the soil first, I usually achieve some measure of success.

When I've gardened in areas that had decent soil, (Think mid-west), topdressing the soil first wasn't required.

If you saw seeds from the compost growing... that seems like the compost was not to blame for your seeds not growing.... But rather... something else.

The compost was not to blame, I compost everything I eat and in my garden. So the papaya seeds that I threw in sprouted, but not the seeds that I want to grow in them. Seeds in moist environment always sprout naturally, I can't even stop them from growing.
Why is that a problem. Just saying grow new seeds in compost is iffy at best.