How To Rejuvenate Potting Soil
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- Опубліковано 21 лют 2019
- How to rejuvenate, amend and reuse potting soil so you can save money by not purchasing new potting mix/soil each year. Buying new potting soil/mix each year for your container garden can be costly. It is relatively easy and cheaper to revitalize your old potting mix/soil from the last season than it is to keep buying new potting mix/soil.
In this video, I will show you how to reuse potting soil and how we renew our potting mix from the previous growing season.
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Thank you for your insight & wisdom about the used potting soil. I thought that I was just being cheap in trying to save it year too year by always adding it with new potting soil to admend it. Will try your recipe this year instead. Thanks 👍
No you are not cheap. It is just being resourceful. I feel I can get more uses by just amending what I already have and saves me a ton of money while doing it in the process.
Where you just adding the existing potting soil to your new potting soil? Do you compost?
@@kevin.cgazlay8642 Thank you I have done this for two years now , just about the same way you just showed us. My garden has been great every since.
A strong man who enjoys gardening and cats! 😍
I don't know about strong or cats...lol Thanks for watching.
Any man who likes cats is alright with me! My husband loves our cats. How can a person not like a cat or a dog or most animals for that matter? And great video also. I learned a lot.
1st black gardener that I follow ever .. we aren't many out there
Oh there are many out there. Just have to know who they are and who they follow:
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But I am glad and honor I am the FIRST one. I hope you are liking the videos that we are putting out.
What hardiness zone are you in?
@@TheNakidGardeners
Hehe thanks for the suggestions I will make sure to visit these channels. I live in Dubai! I try to manage my veggie garden by the information I get here and there.
I think UA-cam should start suggesting more channels like yours 😁
@@tasneembashir2733 Oh wow! Do you know the hardiness zone you are in and what season is there now?
@@tasneembashir2733 Ahhh we appreciate the feedback. I am glad you think of us in that way. Hope more people feel and share our experiences.
Thanks for the tip about not putting any containers potting soil that had blight problems. Common sense but it's not common sense until it's set out loud. Thank you.
Blight or any disease a plant might have. Well we have to make sure people don't come back and be like you didn't tell me we couldn't.
Thanks for watching and stopping by.
Kitty is thinking that's a great litter box. :-) Great video.
Yea Sage the Cat is a brat and sometimes bully. Thanks for stopping by and watching
Thx u, I'm so glad to see an African American helping me
Thank you for stopping by. Do you have a container garden?
@@TheNakidGardeners Yes
@@213Rosalie What are you growing?
@@TheNakidGardeners Calla lilies, oriental lilies, tulips, ranunculus inferno canna & rainbow yarrow mixture.
Rainbow yarrow? Where did you get those seeds?
Thanks for the great information! Will be watching ALL of your programs in the future!!
Thanks. If you have any questions let me know.
Thanks for the information.
You're welcome glad you enjoyed the video
Thank you for the video! Great information!
YOU ARE SO WELCOME. HOPE IT HELPED YOU OUT
thank you for sharing your knowledge.
Thank you for your kind words.
What do you normally do with your old potting mix?
Based on your shirt I thought you were in Austin. 😄 Sachse here in GISD school district. Howdy neighbor! This is my first season of gardening and didn’t want to throw away my container soil from onions and carrots. Thanks so much for your valuable insight!
Awesome! Welcome first-time gardener. So what got your interest in gardening this year? Are you ready for the fall season?
Thank you so much by showing how to do it and the products this year was my first year gardening in containers.
You are all so welcome. This video was in our beginning stage of our gardening season as well. We have even improved and not put as much amendments in there. What got you into gardening this year?
Kitty is adorable )) thank you for your video
Lol hes a brat. Always trying to steal my shine. I'm glad you enjoyed the video. Have you reused your container soil before watching this?
great video. thankyou. I'll be doing this and following your instructions. Love the cat by the way. handsome.!
Sage the Cat is a stinker. He is starting to love our new place. I'm glad you'll be doing this to save some money. Thanks for stopping by and watching.
Ty Sidney. I have soil I have been saving to put in the garden.
You are very welcome. I am glad this video was able to help you out on saving money. Have you started your fall garden yet?
Thank you!
You're welcome. Glad you enjoyed the video. We did an update this year with new techniques. Let us know how that one is.
You doing container gardening?
Beat video on this I have seen. Going to give it a try.
Awww thanks for the feedback snd hoperully smashing the like button. It helps UA-cam push more of our videos.
What hardiness zone are you in?
Great video sir! Thank you! Love your assistant. 😸
He doesn't try and steal the camera action as much anymore now. He use to be a camera hog lol
Good video! Thank you 😎
You are welcome. I am glad you enjoyed the video. Hope it helps you out.
very helpful!
Thank you for the feedback. Hope you'll be able to save some money and try this method.
Excellent!!!!
I'm glas you enjoyed the video. Do you save your potting mix?
Thank you so much for this Sidney. I am a new gardener and purchased quite a bit of potting soil which i held onto. i will give this ago.
You are so welcome. This has definitely been a game changer for us since we keep expanding on our gardening and container gardening.
What got you into gardening?
Great video..............will be following you..........keep up the good work
Thanks for stopping by and commenting. We truly appreciate it. Have a blessed day
Thank you for your advice will give the potting soil a try. Just 2 pots in my garden. 🙏🙏 Betty
Oh that is amazing. What are you going to plant in those two containers?
Thanks, 1st time for me, you're a good teacher. I just started gardening, secong year, and this is so interesting. I am really getting hooked.
Awesome. Thanks for stoppong by. Gardening is very addictive. Especially when you get something to grow. Are you doing a fall garden?
Perfect timing! I have a whole bunch of soil to amend and didn’t know how. Now I do! Thx so much 👍🏽👍🏽👍🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽😊😊😊😊
You're welcome. I am glad you enjoyed the video. So you do a lot of container gardening?
It was satisfying watching you mix the soil. I am itching to get in the garden it isn't time here yet.
We are JUST starting some seeds. Can't wait for April to get here when we can transplant these babies into the ground. Where are you located?
@@TheNakidGardeners NY. Zone 6a. We still have 2 feet of snow on the ground.
I'm going to try winter sowing with some of my cool weather crops this year. I just have to wait for my seeds to get here. 🙂
Wonderful
Thank you. I'm glad you enjoyed one of our early videos. I'm so embarrassed by them. Lol
I agree about the cost, checking and cleaning used soil have saved $$$ if you buy good soil to start it’s easy reuse amending it with with nutrients and PLANT ENJOY! Thanks for sharing
Well said! Reason why we even started making our own soil mix.
Thank you very much. 👍🏼
You are welcome! Ready for the fall season?
@@TheNakidGardeners Getting ready. 😊
tyvm for this video. I learned a lot from you because you explained what each additive does for the soil. Take care and stay safe. P.S. My cat Cheech enjoyed the vid as well.
Sage and I are glad yall enjoyed the video. Thanks for stopping by and watching
Thanks for your video. I have several containers that I grow mostly tomatoes and a few other vegetables and flowers. The soil had definitely seen better days but I wanted to try to revitalize it. Your directions were perfect. It's all dumped in a wheelbarrow, just have to get the ingredients to add to it. Have a great summer!
you are all so welcome. It is great to reuse what you have to help save money. It seems like we add more and more containers to our garden so this helps us save a ton of money.
What hardiness zone are you in?
Great!
Thanks for stopping by and watching
thanks
You are welcome
Hi Sidney, I recycled an old Rubbermaid patio box that was used to hold the chair cushions. The chair cushions found a new home and I used the box initially to mix my raised bed soil. Once the beds were all filled, I started to use the box for spent potting soil. I have all containers and raised beds in my garden. I don't change out the soil in all of my larger soil bag containers every year because it is just too labor-intensive. I amend the soil in the box and add to the containers and raised beds each year to top them off. 💕😊
yes we are going to be doing something similar like that when we get our homestead. Something like the Hollis and Nancy Homestead uses. How long have you been gardening and what hardiness zone are you in?
Let’s grow together! ❤️ Loved this video! And little Sage!
haha Sage the Cate is a brat. He will never let me film in peace. lol
The Nakid Gardeners haha sounds like my cat! 😹
@@maryballard2913 haha What kind of cat do you have? What's the cat's name?
Thank you so much for your video! One of the best I have seen. I am trying to plant my backyard with with evergreen trees and lots of flowers and plants. It surely is a lot of work for sure! Thanks again!
Awww thanks. We just did an updated video on this since now we have a better understanding of trace minerals and knowing our pH levels.
Do you mostly do container gardening? what are you currently growing right now?
Hope you find the other recycled container mix as enjoyable.
The Nakid Gardeners I am landscaping my backyard with evergreen trees and some shrubs. Trying to make a privacy fence along with other plantings. I have a lot of clay in my yard. It rained yesterday and I still have a hole filled with rainwater. Going to take a lot of soil mixture for things to grow!
Hi Sidney! Shonda from the YT group. Great video.
Hey Shonda. Sorry for the delay response. Thank you for watching
Great video I will be trying this method
We also have a video on how to make your own potting mix for you to try as well.
What were you doing with your container mix before?
The Nakid Gardeners . I was just using Ocean Forest , it can get expensive.
Omg!! I'm from Garland too🐸🐸
How cool. We since sold that place and moved about an hour north now.
great video BUD. Hook em Horns
Appreciate it. Glad you enjoyed the video. Do you repurpose your container mix?
Oo Kitty. I take out the bigger roots but I leave the smaller ones because they let the soil have a little fluff and it's great for the microbes and mycorrhizae to be able to break down what nutes might still be in there for your new grow. Black cow and Dr. Earth have been great for recharging
yes we now cut the plant off as close as we can to the ground to let the stem break down and feed the microorganism in the ground that will later feed the plant
This is the method I am doing tomorrow--I already have the tarp out there and some amendments. Saved this to my gardening folder. Also love Sage working with you...."is this litterbox just for me daddy?"😻
😹😹.... Sage now acts like he's afraid to be outside since we moved to our new homestead. What are you planning to grow this season?
@@TheNakidGardeners hopefully Sage will venture out more and be there to help out!
I am growing things I did well with last fall through spring like bok choi, collards, mustards, different kales as well as various peppers, cherry tomatoes. I am going to try broccoli again and have a lot of turmeric and ginger going. There are other heirlooms I ordered like snake beans and various medicinal herbs that I will try. What is your best veg success at the new place so far?
@@fadista7063 peppers, cukes and squashes have been go getters at this places.
Sean, Dutch from Keeping it Dutch sent me over. Just saying hi.
Well, thank for stopping by. I hope you enjoy the content and stick around
Great video, I love your cat.
He loves to video and photo bomb our videos lol
Thanks for watching
Ha! I love the accurate measurements…”oh about that much”! I hope you guys are doing well.
Haha it just like cooking. Lol
@@TheNakidGardeners seriously!
Go Rams!
Wow! By watching you really doing all that just to make this video. Thank you. But if I may suggest a much cheaper way is only if you have mastered the science of composting. Whenever a pot full of dormant soil comes around I just dump it all in my compost bin after thorough cleaning and incorporate back the moisture. Now the turning of the compost on a regular basis only serves as my regular exercise at 55 but this works for me.
Thank you for the feedback. We actually have two compost pile now that we have done this year.
We actually completed an updated video of this but Making Container Mix. It has compost and no Black Kow due to the farmers adding herbicide to their fields that are getting into the cow and horse manure. Stay tuned for Friday when we upload it.
Thanks for watching.
i bought a cheap old cement mixer great for this job
Oh that is awesome. I was thinking about getting one and converting it to a conpost shifter.
Do you reuse your potting soil?
The Naked Gardener I find it a shame that people miss your answer! For my part, I have already used old potting soil in my vermicompost, which I mix with carbonaceous materials like cardboard and dead leaves without forgetting calcium and rock dust 😉
Only found you a while back. Really enjoyed learning about reusing soil. I don't know either or not I can find all ingredients in Dublin Ireland, where I am. Would love to hear anything that helped oldies like me to garden. You've a very soothing voice. Thanks for all info.💚
Great video. I do a lot of raised bed and container gardening I will have to try this next year to cut down my costs in buying bagged soil and brewers compost
It will definitely cut down your cost and save you money. Are you doing any fall gardening?
Great tips. I use fish bone meal & it drives the cats crazy. Lol.
I don't need a crazier dogcat. This cat always trying to steal the show. Where do you get the fish bone meal from?
wow didnt know youve been at this for so many years
About four years technically. But three on UA-cam
Just started watching your videos (saw you over on LBRY first!) I think you said you were in zone 8a in Texas.. just happen to be in Washington State and we are in zone 8b so close enough to be able to follow your progress and relate it to mine! Creating a new garden as I just got into the house a little over a year ago and have been mostly focused on renovations but spent a portion of the summer starting to build out my raised beds, constructing my drip irrigation, and a lot of the initial design.
What part of Washington? Our son lives in Seattle there, awesome! Yes, we're in the north Dallas area. We did a video or two on our drip irrigation set up. How many beds have you constructed?
We are about to start some renovation projects to sell this home to buy a farm. 😊
@@TheNakidGardeners Vancouver (so just across the river from Portland, OR). Used to live up just north of Seattle but the ex moved us down here (and exited the family 8 years ago.. so it goes..) I had smaller beds at a rental with basic drip before so have a little experience with it. I have grand plans this time around but time will tell if it works like I see it in my head! I have built 4 so far with a 5th in the next couple of months as other renovations and such take over as the more immediate need. My boxes are 4x8 and 2 foot tall so I intend on lining the bottom with cut logs, twigs and hay and only putting soil in the top 16" or so. It's a German method that allows the rotting of the logs and such to channel nutrients up from the bottom as they decay. I've worked with some hydroponics as well (and ebb and flow system I built with 2 liter coke bottles, a plastic storage bin and a small fountain pump) which was pretty successful in the short term! Good luck on the farm project. I wanted to get a good acre or two but wasn't in the cards at the time and frankly, I think it would have been more than I would have been able to handle for just me.
Ahhh.... Hügelkultur bed
We did an experiment (we have comparison videos)
One bed was Hügelkultur, one worm towers, one a compost only bed and just a normal traditional bed. After the growing season, we did a ph test and the worm tower bed beat all the other types.... Even was more productive. Since then, we incorporated worm bins in two additional beds. Almost two years later, the Hügelkultur bed is finally becoming productive..... It just took longer, so be patient with it. Good luck!
@@TheNakidGardeners Nice! You are one of the few who have heard of it (I saw it on the Self Sufficient Me channel (he's in Australia) and needed a way to minimize the outward pressure of soil on the beds due to the method I used to construct them. It's all an experiment and will adapt construction as needed, but they are looking really good so happy so far. I'll look out for that comparison video as I am looking to make sure I have some worms in my beds and ground as well. Live in an area with significant clay so amending slowly as I go.
Self sufficient me has inspired a lot for us, we are big fans of his. 😁
Thanks for watching!
I use a larger tarp and pull up on the sides to do the mixing, rotating around the tarp for a good mix.
Sounds great! hopefully we will be able to use a larger mixing machine or something to mix up the growing medium. What all do you put in your potting mix?
@@TheNakidGardeners Pretty much the same as you, I do like the worm castings. I also use powdered milk for the calcium.
@@scottchelski9632 Oh wow never even thought of using powdered milk for calcium. Thanks for the tip
New subscriber here! Great info!
Thanks for sharing!
Welcome, UA-cam Gardener! Since you are new I want to let you know if you have anything that you want me to make a video on, just use the hashtag #thenakedgardener with your comment and I will see what I can do.
If you have not done so already, check out my channels page to see all of the topics I have covered so far. ua-cam.com/channels/SFMfq1ktuNA_KgnOVeS7GA.html
I look forward to growing with you in the garden.
Do you reuse your container soil?
@@TheNakidGardenersI'm not great at it lol 😂 but yes I do reuse the potting soil. You had some great tips on this video. I'll give it a shot. Have a great one!
@@ConnieDAgostino well hope my tips will help you to a fruitfull harvest. How long have you been gardening?
@@TheNakidGardeners I've been gardening since my early 20s (I'm now 50 years old) on a small scale... Most in pots
7:39... *Adding **_VERMICULITE_** to the soil* ensures the plant has adequate moisture in the soil at all times, reducing the need to water throughout the growing season. Gardeners also need to be careful that they don't overwater. The vermiculite will hold onto the moisture, resulting in the development of root rot in your plants.
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*Adding **_PERLITE_** to the soil* improves its drainage capabilities, as it has excellent filtering and water draining capabilities. The presence of all those pores allows most of the excess water to drain off. And those air pockets also mean that perlite is great for root systems as well
yes thanks for the feedback. I see someone knows their stuff
@@TheNakidGardeners Always living and always learning , friend 😎👍
Yeah, cover it all up if not using it right away, since Kitty will surely go and poo in it right away! I say this because my mom has 10 cats and they will poo in everything like it is their litter box. Even large potted plants, kitty will poo in it.
Thanks for the info Naked Gardener. I will try to use it next spring.
OMG you have me laughing with the "poo" comment. luckily ours isn't a true outside cat. He knows not to get in our new raised beds. If you try it next season please let me know how it went. Tag us on IG or post a pic on our Facebook page. I would love to see others try this.
@@TheNakidGardeners My mom's cats go in and out the doggy door, except for 1 of them. I don't go on Facebook, I like my privacy. I'll be watching out for more of your UA-cam videos though. Stay warm!
I grow everything in containers, from 1 gallon to 20 gallons. I am looking at putting in a 6x6 keyhole garden, if I can make it fit. My yard is very small, so no raised beds or in ground planting. My potting soil is 3 years old and has been working great. I just top each container off with compost, amendments and my own soil mixture.
Thats is awesome. We made a renovation of our backyard garden since this video. We too have a small backyard. Our new garden area is a little under 20x20. Thanks for the feedback and watching
I did this exact thing. I made my three kiddos go around and dump all of the pots on to a large tarp. I’m slowly reusing it to refill pots
It's such a life saver on them pockets. How long have you been reusing your potting soil? Are you mostly a container gardener?
This only my second year gardening. I have a mixture of beds and containers
@@msjoy2005 that is awesome. What got you into the interest of gardening?
@@TheNakidGardeners we were stuck in the house during the Covid shut downs. Figured why not. Now I’m hooked
Thank you for the video! Hook'em horns!
You are all so welcome. Do you save your potting soil from the previous year?
@@TheNakidGardeners Yes! I have some from the previous year and wanted to know if I could reuse it before considering buying more. I'd rather do that and then supplement with making my own potting mix from now on.
@@dissertatinopossum yes we wanted to do the same. Reason we make our own potting mix
Thanks for sharing your knowledge and understanding. I have an unopened bag of potting mix from about 2yrs ago and I assume it’s pretty dry by now. Do you think I can apply this method to get some moisture and nutrients back in it?
2yrs ago?! Lol you should be fine. Just moisten the mix prior to transplanting your starts, and you should be ok.
Just letting you know I do very much the same as you do to save my soil and use it over again. I am just starting to save and store my used soil ready for next year. I have several compost bins but for the most part I add the used soil to my rotating compost bin and mix it in with kitchen scraps and maybe a scoop or so of manure. Over a week or two it will heat up and (hopefully) it will kill off any nasties that might be in there. The rejuvenated soil then gets sifted into 5 gallon buckets and stored for the next growing season. I have gradually moved over to container gardening due to health and mobility issues. So, I grow sweet potatoes, regular potatoes, tomatoes, squash, melons, onions, peppers and leeks. and anything else I don't have room for in my regular garden beds. I have had a large tub of herbs for the past few years and that has worked out well, however, I have found I need more room for them so, I transferred my herbs to an old kiddy pool. So far that is working well. I did try strawberries in the kiddy pool for a couple of years but that wasn't successful at all. Imagination and the ability to think outside of the box helps when it comes to finding alternate solutions. Take care and stay safe, Sandie from Ontario Canada.
That is awesome. Do you use a compost thermometer? How do you know when your compost is done?
@@TheNakidGardeners.... sorry been a long time getting back to your question. No, I don't use a thermometer, I just judge by the texture of the compost and you can feel if it is still heating up.If it is i just let it go a bit longer, When it comes time to use it or sieve and store it in my potting area for early planting, any plant material that is not broken down I just toss into my next bin and let it continue to decompose in there. Making my own compost is one of my most favourite gardening activities, I won't call it a chore as I don't see it like that. Take care and stay safe, Sandie from Ontario Canada.
@@sandieblack4860 Very good. thanks for the feedback and for stopping by and watching.
If u got a fungus or plant disease there is no way a home compost will heat to the temp needed to kill it or bugs...theres lots of soil scientists even on u tube that explain this..dont.chance spreading it..he is 100 percent right..
Glad you were wearing gloves. Not all gardeners do. The blood meal might not be safe to handle. Some folks might want to wear a face mask to prevent the fine particles of the peak moss from getting into their lungs. Since you are outdoors, it won't be much of a problem but some people are sensitive to the dust. Lots of good information here!
Normally I don't wear gloves lol. I get sweaty a lot and it makes taking the glove off hard.
I did not know that about the blood meal. This year, we are only using fish emulsion, worm casting, homemade compost and garden tone in our beds.
Thanks for watching and the feedback.
We’re in Michigan, zones 6a & 6b.
Ouch Do you have a greenhouse
Saw you on the Louisiana Gardening channel. Where did you find the big bag of vermulite?
We got it from Home Depot for about $25 but there was a better bargain at the local nursery and bigger bag that I might get for this year. Home Depot also has the same size bag of perlite.
Thanks for watching. Hit the bell icon so you do miss a thing.
PA LAWN GUY> Dump a gallon of water with a 1/4th cup Ivory liquid dish soap. this kills bugs and dieses. and safe to go when mixing in the spring.
Thanks for the tip
After all that work, make sure Sage doesn’t leave you a couple of Lincoln Logs...
haha He does that a lot in our compost pile and sometimes in our leaf mold pie. I have to shoe him off from the area. smh
thanks for stopping by and watching.
Thank you so much for this video. The thought of dragging huge bags of soil home (again) used to almost stop me from planting from year to year. I would end up reusing soil, but of course I found that in the long run, the plants suffer; I ended up will smaller vegetables. I am very glad I found this video. 👍🏾
I live in an apartment and can't use manure bec of the smell. Any advice?
Depending on what state you are in, some big box stores have mushroom compost that you can use. Do you have a balcony or patio?
@@TheNakidGardeners I live in N.J. I used to have a balcony but moved recently so now I have a fire escape. The fire escape has room to put a few pots.
@@BudandBloomWithBlossom cool. Do some nice containers with herbs and food you will eat already
@@TheNakidGardeners I am literally getting some of my pots ready right now. Planted some thyme and basil already. Thanks. ☺
@@BudandBloomWithBlossom thats awesome happy growing season
I grow peppers, tomatoes, squash, herbs, okra, cabbage, carrots, broccoli, oak choy just to name a few in containers. This season I’m adding garlic, cucumbers and beans. Wish me luck.
That is awesome!!
Some of those things we can't grow together in our zone, what zone are you in?
I agree with your bone meal & blood meal where is the potassium (pot ash) ?
You are right. I did not add any pot ash in the mix. It is hard to find a fertilizer that is concentrated on the K. I will have to start making my own and redo the video. Thanks for the idea.
What do you use for pot ash?
I wondered how to keep from buying 25 bags of potting soil every year.
I did too before i learn I can reuse the potting soil and just add some healthy microbes and organic matter to it.
Do you do a lot of container gardening?
I think sage was waiting for you to go poop. 😆 🤣 lol
😂😂😂.... This comment wins!
Is there one bag of soil ingredients that you can buy in one bag at the gardening center. I have a very small patio? Betty
It all depends where you are at and what is available. I normally make our own. When we were starting out we would purchase potting mix. Premium potting mix is expensive but has a lot of nutrients in it. Kellogg's has a nice potting mix but it is too woody for me lately. I have to sift it when I get it. I heard Happy Frog has a great potting mix but anything over $15/bag is too much for me.
By aged manure you mean composted, gotta guess. I would go 2-3 years before adding more perlite or vermiculite. Good soil mixes are heavily peat-based, which doesn’t compact much at all. Yes, bone meal, a bit of blood meal and lime or some granulated organic fertilizer pellet that have those elements and more.
Tomato. TomAto. Soda. Coke. It all depends on where you are from and what you call it.
We continuely add both perlite and vermiculite each year for the
simple fact of the added other materials ans growing medium is added. We add by how it looks along with peat moss.
Yes youre right. Peat moss/coir is not accessible to being compacted if watering with drip system. Water overhead though we would notice it being compacted.
Thanks for your feedback and watching. Have a blessed weekend.
Really nice mix of ingredients……but do you fertilize midway thru the season?
We use to heavily fertilize our garden plants. Then we went to just side dress with compost or vermicompost. Those are the best organic slow releasing fertilizer to use.
Hi...what is the name of the store in Garland? Thanks for this great lesson...professor 😇
It's a local feed store downtown Garland. Roach Feed and Seed
It's not so much that fresh potting soil for every new grow is expensive.
What is great about maintaining your existing soil is that you get educated about how plants work.
I'm not too weird, but once you get into it there is almost some kind of telepathy involved between yourself, your plants, and micro organisms in the soil.
A pH meter is always handy though, just to confirm what you might be thinking.
thanks for stopping by. Yes we did a video on pH and nutrient testing this year. You should check it out.
Great video. I'm new to container gardening. How do you store the old soil once you rejuvenate it for the winter?
Welcome to the great world of container gardening. We do it a few ways. One we live it in the container until we know what we are going to plant in it next. Sometimes we will add it to our compost pile or just add it in with our raised beds.
What is your hardiness zone and what are you growing now?
@@TheNakidGardeners zone 6 . I am growing tomatoes, peppers ( habenero, serano and green) chives, basil, and dill. First year . So far so good. Once i replace the soil back into the container should i cover for the winter or put mulch or something on top of the soil? It gets pretty cold here.
@@mzwubby3159 You can use leaves as mulch. That was the worms and other beneficial bugs can chew on the leaves as it breaks down into the soil. it will give the soil and added boost of micronutrients and carbon to feed off of.
Peat Moss is expensive and getting very expensive. Yesterday I was googling online for the best prices on Peat Moss and found a nearby Walmart had 2.2 CF of Prestige brand Peat Moss on clearance for $3.00 this weekend. I got 6 and am going back tomorrow for 6 more. I won’t use it right now but it will store until later so I can rejuvenate for my potting mix and potted plants and containers soil.
Yes it is. When we first started using it, about 4-5 years ago, we were purchasing it for under $10 for a 9cu yd bag
Great video! Thanks for all the great info & let's grow together ;o)
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I look forward to growing with you in the garden.
I have access to a lot of wood shavings and wood dust. Is it beneficial to add to my soil or use ad a top dressing?
Depends on what type of wood. If it has been treated. Me, personally, would add it to my compost if no chemicals ever touched the wood. Let it break down. Or use it as walk way covering.
If you mix the shavings/dust into the soil it could rob Nitrogen and other micronutrients from the soil. Hope that helps.
How do you get rid of ants in the soil@@TheNakidGardeners
my best guess would be to tell you what am I not growing in my garden because it's too many stuff for me to answer what I'm growing in my garden I don't do squash or any kind of pumpkin other whatever so stuff like that I don't do zucchini turn ups I don't do asparagus I don't do brussel sprouts I don't do
Haha fair enough. Well happy gardening. Best wishes
Hook 'em!
We need them to play strong this year.
Let's grow together
Thanks. You do a lot of container gardening?
I had fungus gnats, can i use it, or can I bake that soil?
You can use it. There are a few ways to get rid of the fungus gnats eggs and larva that might be in the soil.
1. Neem oil solution. Mixed into the soil.
2. Cinnamon on top of the soil
3. Boil water then mixes it into the soil and cover until cool.
4. Bake soil in a heat-tolerant container on 450 for about 45 mins to an hour. Mix every 15 mins.
I just did the last one in the apartment I am in temporary. I posted the story on our Instagram account.
Hope this helps
Thank you just a question, we are making our own compost this year does the compost, made from the brown/green ratio compensate for some of these items? Great video, thank you. Love your helper :-)
Thanks for your feedback. I am not sure I understand your question. Are you asking does the brown to green ratio allow for not using some of the amendments that were added to the mix?
Compost is a great multipurpose in the garden. It can be used as mulch. amendments. lowering the pH of the soil, compost tea. fertilizer.
@@TheNakidGardeners Yes, thanks for responding. It seems like our compost will be enough to rejuvenate the garden, and I am meticulously assuring I have 1/3 greens and 2/3 browns. This is fun, anyway and I already have something that looks like compost-very exciting.
@@lindadechow3703 Well there is some carbon (brown) that has a higher carbon ratio than most.
Sawdust is high like carbon. I believe like a 400:1 ratio. Then cardboard/paper which is about 200:1 and then ash which is about 35:1
depending on your hardiness zone, leaves are about 100:1
Use a compost thermometer to check the temps. If it is under 120 degrees at more nitrogen/green. If it is smelly (aerobic) then add more carbon.
Good video! Thank you! I noticed You emptied some cloth containers. I just saw a video on their benefits and wondered if you found them giving better results than routine containers. I had trouble last season with some of my plants in containers thriving. They were quite slow in adapting to their new environment and I thought maybe I overdid it on the amendment quantity I added to used soil. I used Restore. The plants ultimately revived but took at least a month. Then recently I saw the video post on
landscape bags being better for drainage etc. and thought maybe drainage was my issue. Bottom line, what was your experience with the landscaping containers?
We LOVE fabric containers. There are some pros and cons to them, just like with any other containers.
The pros: The allow your soil and roots to get a lot of airflows which allows the roots to air prune themselves. Air pruning happens naturally when roots are exposed to air in the absence of high humidity. The roots are effectively “burned” off, causing the plant to constantly produce new and healthy branching roots. If roots are not exposed to air, they continue to grow around the container in a constricted pattern. This is a result of root-bound plants when you pull them out of containers.
The cons: You have to constantly water them since you are allowing a lot of air to flow and dry out the growing medium. When you water more you are flushing a lot of the nutrients in the soil so you will have to fertilize more often.
Make sure you get some fabric containers with good handles and handle placement. The good thing about containers you can move them in different spots in your garden to either get more sunlight or less sunlight. Or bring them in if it is too cold or hot.
Another reason we do a lot a container gardening is we are able to control the growing medium. We grow a lot of nightshade plants, i.e. tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, and okra. Those plants love very acidic soil and thrive very well when the pH is just right. So if your plants are not thriving as you want them to, check the soil pH before adding fertilizer.
Hope all this helps. What hardiness zone are you in?
Michigan zones 6a and 6b. Could the fabric pots be beneficial as container liners if they were a little smaller than the pot?
@@karensstuff6074 It would defeat the purpose of allowing the roots to get air. the plant will still be rootbound
Thank you for all your info. Very much appreciated.
@@karensstuff6074 you're welcome. Glad to help out
Can you mix coconut coir in with this mix?
Yes you can.
Can i reuse the potting soil right after harvesting with roots still in it??
Sorry for the delay in responding. Yes you can. Just add some worm castings, compost or some organic matter, and a balanced slow releasing fertilizer.
What did you have in the container? What are you going to plant in there next?
I'm curious how this mixture did with your crops that year?
We were able to save some of the compost from our previous place to make new potting mixture. Not having compost and relying on store bought compost is not that great. However, the nakid mix and rejuvenated potting mix has done well here on our new homestead.
I throw mine in the mulch pile after two years..second year i add that stuff...but not 3rd.
Why not the 3rd?
love your potting mix but just found out that vermiculite has asbestos in it. is it safe?
vermiculite is made from volcanic rocks. It is totally safe and ORMI qualified. Where did you hear it has asbestos in it?
The Nakid Gardeners found on net. Does garden vermiculite have asbestos
@@avontowler5023 Today, most vermiculite is safe. However, that is not to say it cannot contain asbestos. I did a search and believe they are talking about vermiculite insulation. Most asbestos plants were closed since the late '70s/early 80s. The one plant that vermiculite was being mined from in Libby, MT was closed for almost 30 yrs and the EPA has made sure no one has been selling anything with asbestos in their products.
With that being said, do your own investigation on where you purchase your products. I am not sponsored or advertise for the products I use but never had any issues and trust the ORMI standards.
I hope that helps.
@@TheNakidGardeners thanks
@@avontowler5023 You are welcome
If the soil does have a fungus and you remove it, is there any where to kill off the fungus and reuse that soil at some point in the future? Re-purpose that "bad" soil?
If the soil have had some type of disease or fungus issues. I would get rid of it all together. I have heard ppl possibly even burn it and using the ash in compost and top dressing. However, I would just throw it away
@@TheNakidGardeners Not interested in burning. Just did a quick search online and saw recommendations to boil the soil, cook in the oven, and use the sun. Sun seems the easiest but takes the longest. Thanks for the response. Edit: Added this video to watch later.
@@threewithNOname thanks for watching and the feedback
How do you sift out the ants if they are in your old potting soil?
We use DE. During the dry months it gets real bad, We notice them in our herb beds and raised beds. Don't know why. Guess I am going to have to make new traps here soon.
i had lots of nice growth in raised beds, but very disappointed with low production. i think ph might be the problem. 1st yr garden.
Yes, the pH in the soil is one of the keys in gardening people dont mess with. Once you get that correct then the macro and micronutrients with trace miberals are important.
Did you get any harvest from your raised beds? What all werr you growing?
yes, enough harvest for myself, but hardly any to share, none to store. the number of plants, i should have been begging ppl to take! 3 24" tall raised beds, several half-barrels, several 5gallon buckets, pots around the yard just to hold the overflow of plants. tiny tomatoes in the window boxes. tomatoes, okra, cucumber, peppers, squashes. lettuce leaves did fair until got too hot. ive ordered some heat tolerant ones. i started the seeds really early via winter sowing in jugs, was run over with plants. didnt know it was wrong time for brassicas, so those were doomed, sowed more brassicas 4weeks ago, none sprouted. gotta be the dirt. used new bagged top soil, manure, potting soil, vermiculite, peat. have ordered perlite. used fish emulsion 5.1.1 great greening, but the 0.10.10 liquinox bloom is when i saw roots not pulling in the food.
@@sandy-rr1by almost sounds like how we are growing
The people in this video are wearing clothes lol I'm not complaining about it I just missed the definition of naked lmao
Haha yes. We only garden the naked method meaning no synthetic chemicals.
@@TheNakidGardeners I love it, makes more sense then calling it the natural gardening considering every substance on earth came from nature... You can refine anthrax and and rising even plutonium but you can't create it only God can create man can reproduce change and corrupt
I have question...Would that rejuvenating method be good for growing elephant ears in a large pot?
This is our first year growing elephant ears. From what i seen, it would be beneficial to use this method to grow a bulb.
Are you also on facebook? If so, I'd like to show you the elephant ears I've grown so far. Like you, this is also MY 1st time growing them, and I want to get all the help I can get....
@@dennarddancer1960 below is a link to our Facebook page we created.
m.facebook.com/Holland-Harvest-477085569362199/?notif_id=1550774131946595¬if_t=page_fan
I would like to see more specific measurements of the various additives, so I am not guessing as to quantity. A chef can use words like a bit, smidgin, a scootch. A novice like me needs 1/2 pound, 50/50 ratio etc!!!
Well Bob, it all depends on what you are growing and how much you are using. Can only give you a ratio like 5:1 or 3:3:3:1 ratio. Good thing about gardening and cooking is you do not have to follow a "recipe". You can use it to your own liking.
Hope that helps.
Thanks for the feedback and watching.
Thanks for great response!
@@bobbreneman5912 you are welcome
Is there something I could add to old soil to rid it of any disease, I read Cayenne pepper. What are your thoughts?
If you have any diseases in the soil youbhave two options. Throw the soil away or dont plant the same type of crop in the soil. Most fungus diseases will react the same on a different plant.
After buying all these ingredients how is this the least expensive option?
Well, as I said before, we have a LOT of containers. I think 30 at the time filming. Let's say at the min, it would take 15 bags of potting mix to fill. That would have been roughly around $125. Just the peat moss ($10), Black Kow ($6), vermiculite ($16), perlite ($20) equals to about $51. And you notice I still have much more to use for another season.
Disclaimer: IF you do not have a large container garden then this method MAY NOT be beneficial for you.
Hope that answered your question.
Just a small note, Vermiculite is not organic. It's volcanic material.
Thank you for feedback: however, how isn't a mineral by nature NOT organic?