Broadleaf testudo mix advice

[Jazenami]

Hi I just received my broadleaf testudo mix from tortoisesupply.com. I was looking on their website for growing instructions but I could find none.

I am not particularly good at growing plants but I REALLY want to grow these and feed them to Chompy, my russian.

I have a 4 tier greenhouse indoors (one of those ones with the plastic cover I got at Wal-Mart), I have some jiffy pots and organic potting soil as well as miracle grow seed starter soil. I also have miracle grow, the blue powder you put into water and dilute and give to plants.
I plan on mixing the potting soil and seed starter soil 50/50.

The greenhouse is in front of a south facing window that gets tons of sun. Is this a good placement for it? Is this too much sun? When I say tons I mean from about 8-9am until 5-6 at night it will have sun on it.

My main questions are
1) Is this the right amount of sun or should I move it to less sun?
2) Is this soil comp going to work?
3) Use Miracle grow in the water or no?

Thank you so much in advance, I really am a newbie when it comes to plants. I'm only 22 and I haven't kept anything alive more than 6 months except for my Jade plant. Which I am VERY VERY proud of.

 

[wellington]

You don't want any fertilizers or pesticides. Just plant in plain dirt. I grow mine in coconut coir. Not as good as dirt, but still grows.

 

[Jazenami]

You don't want any fertilizers or pesticides. Just plant in plain dirt. I grow mine in coconut coir. Not as good as dirt, but still grows.

Ok thank you! I will keep the miracle grow for my house plants then.

 

[pfara]

Yes. The seed mix will do well in bright light. The soil should be organic with no additives (fertilizers or perlite). And I would probably use a different fertilizer. There are organic fertilizers derived from beets or there's fish emulsion, both which are high in nitrogen. There are probably other choices but those two were off the top of my head. You can get away with regular potting soil if you aren't transferring the plants into an enclosure. Otherwise, plain top soil, coco coir, peat moss, organic compost or combinations thereof should work.

Oh, blood meal is a good organic additive for nitrogen, too.

 

[Barista5261]

I am growing my mix in an actual sod tray that is divided up into little compartments that will make it very easy to rotate out patches when it grows in a little more [SMILING FACE WITH OPEN MOUTH]

For now I have the tray up on a table that is right next to the window that catches several hours of direct morning sunlight every day. Growing well so far.