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Seedlings will not be able to breathe if the compost is compacted. They are tiny and very vulnerable to heavy pushed down soil or compost. If you push the compost down like that Rockers your seedling will be flooded, and unable to breathe. Always leave loose compost around them. The other thing is that if you have put perlite in for drainage, and you pack it down tight, it will not be able to do its job.
Even if the seedlings manage somehow to survive, they will be very difficult to transplant to their next place for growing on - they have no strength to fight back against all the pressure you are piling on them.

[QUOTE="Tetters, post: 7050, member: 11"] Seedlings will not be able to breathe if the compost is compacted. They are tiny and very vulnerable to heavy pushed down soil or compost. If you push the compost down like that Rockers your seedling will be flooded, and unable to breathe. Always leave loose compost around them. The other thing is that if you have put perlite in for drainage, and you pack it down tight, it will not be able to do its job. Even if the seedlings manage somehow to survive, they will be very difficult to transplant to their next place for growing on - they have no strength to fight back against all the pressure you are piling on them. [/QUOTE]

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