Growing Medium!

I always germinate in purchased medium. Most years, everything germinates and grows well until plant out. This year, my results were different. Most of my tomato plants were more leggy than in past years. My peppers had low germination rates but I was able to grow enough for plant out.

I'm thinking about using some home made compost for growing medium next year. I've not used it before because it has such a large variety of particle sizes with large chunks and small grains mixed together. I built a screen with 1/4" holes which sits on top of my wheel barrow. I screened a barrow full last week and stored it in five gallon buckets for use next year. The compost looks like coffee grounds in particle size and retains moisture much better than purchased medium. I'm curious about results other folks have experienced using compost to germinate seeds.

Thanks

Ted