Explaining Bagged Garden Products & How to Make Your Own Potting Mix from Them: Save a Lot of Money
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- Опубліковано 14 лип 2024
- Not everyone can or wants to make their own container mix from their own earth and compost. I explain the bagged soil products you find in stores and how you can buy the cheaper 'Garden Soil' bags and 'Peat Moss' bales to make a basic potting/container mix. Use this as a base and add what you like. It is so much cheaper than buying bagged 'Potting Mix'.
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Your timing is impeccable as always.
You did an amazing job at explaining the concept for a beginner gardener, well done 👌
I am doing a lot of containers this year and really appreciate this information.
I’m so glad someone puts this out there!!!
Glad to make it. This is a theme I touch on each year.
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I love making my own mix. I learned that from you. The peat moss really helps to stretch the soil to keep the price down. Well done. Thank you for all the information you share. You are a true educator. 👍😀🌱🌻😎🌷🌼
Thank you, Gary. I needed this refresher on the bags. Definitely, going to make my own container soil this year. Intend to experiment more on container gardening and make use of different areas in the backyard away from the major growing plots. Great vid.
Thanks. Good luck this year
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really good video gary..i've been buying the whitney farms soil from costco for a couple years now for our container bin/buckets..very happy with it..doing exactly what you showed here.mix in a shovel of peat and compost every year..by ammending, we're doubling maybe tripling our coverage ...good stuff
Thanks Gary! About to go out this weekend to get supplies. Here in Delaware, 44 tomato plants last year, great harvests, followed all of your ideas and some others!
That is a nice number of tomatoes. Glad you had success.
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This is exactly what I needed to know. I want to do some container gardening and the soil in bags at the big box stores had so many different options that I was overwhelmed. Thank you for making this easy.
It is so overwhelming
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Best explanation of cost I have seen so far! Thanks!
Thanks
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Thanks for this year's update was alot simpler than last years where u had a dozen bags laid out
I agree. I decided to go for the main products. Thanks
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I basically refresh my previous years potting mix with new stuff. Thanks Gary.
That works
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Loved your video. I have watched so many videos on garden soils filling containers and yours have been the most useful to me. I had recently watched many videos on container gardening for veggies, and I was looking for how to mix regular soil that I got construction site for free and was wondering how to mix it. This will save me a lot of money. I am so excited about growing vegetables since I have only tried a few herbs.
Great job summarizing this. This is very helpful and will save me a lot of money for this year. Thank you
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Amen! Thanks for this, I’ll never be fooled again!
Good luck
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This is the meta gardening channel. Lots of helpful replies for even being famous and as busy as Gary is. Saving tons of money thanks to you and building my mom's backyard into a jungle!
Glad to share and help out.
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This video is just in time. I was considering not growing in my containers this year due to the cost of the potting soil. Thank you for providing this valuable information!
Glad to help. And handful of lime can help too if you are using a lot of peat.
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Regular viewer ... I always enjoy your videos and the updates show us all how to grow. Nice job as usual Gary. Thanks !
Thanks so much for watching. Appreciated.
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Thank you! for explaining (exposing how companies get us to SPEND MORE MONEY) You’re an AWESOME teacher 👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽
Glad to share. They products work, I just want people to know what they are buying. Good luck.
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Good tips for creating our own soil. I will try this for my garden and containers.
Good luck
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I love Whitney farms’ products! Ace hardware has the raised bed mix for 6.99 at times -- I use it as my base for everything. And leafgro is magic- pure magic
Really good video. I've watched several who tell you their "Formula", but you've made it so that even I can understand. Thanks
Glad that come through because there is not 1 formula. Now you can make your own signature mix.
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your soil mix might be different depending on climate if you live in a cold wet climate you might want a soil that holds less water so the plants don't have wet feet but generally speaking plants will do fine in almost any broken down material or soil just don't buy kellogs and you'll be alright
Thats what Gary does! He makes EVERYTHING so simple. "Just do this and this and you're good. Dont stress about it". Everyone else makes it overly complicated.
I have an old cast iron clawfoot tub in my garden and that is where I do my soul mixing. It works out great! 👍😊
Thats fun.
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Another practical common sense video. Thank you very much.
Thanks
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Perfect timing! Went to store yesterday just browsing at the different products. Took pictures of bags and prices. Now I can just figure out what I need and purchase it without standing there looking confused 😂🌱. Thanks so much for sharing 👏👏👏
Glad to help. It is really confusing
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Your videos are so helpful! I’ll be ordering your book too. Thank you!
Thanks Gary!!! I want fill 6 5 gal containers. Now I know how! WOW!!
Good luck. Thinks are currently more expensive for peat but the idea is the same and you still save money.
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Thanks Gary I was at home depot too. Got exactly what u said.....
Good luck.
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Love this !!!!! Thanks for sharing !!!
Thank you so SO much!!! Everyone was telling me that I couldn't use bags of Garden soil that it was to heavy to make container soil out of but I knew that had to be a good mix!!!!!
You can blend with it for sure
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this is fantastic info! i am about to move from alabama to new york and will use these tips to save money when we set up the garden!! thanks for breaking it down to us simple minded folks :)
I am simple minded too. Have a safe move.
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Thank you for this video 🙏. You are a big help!!! Greetings from Crete Greece ☺️
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Gary your gardens beautiful I have a lot to learn. Happy Gardening 🌹
Good luck. You will learn more each year. I am still learning
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Very good video brother, appreciate all the hard work and detail you put into every video. Keep it up.
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Thanks for the information. I learning slowly but surely. 🥰
Slow and steady and I am still learning
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Thank you so much for teaching us this wonderful video.
Glad to share
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I am a new garner thanks for your videos they help me .God bless us all
Very glad to help
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I have tried this for my containers and it works. I have saved money by refreshing my potting mix with bag compost also. I like to save money whenever possible. Thanks for the reminder.
Thanks for the info
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Very valuable money saving advice.Thanks.
Thanks for watching
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Ty for explaining the savings! My garden is raised bed and containers and those bags of Potting mix were expensive! So happy to make my own my compost I make my own so here I come for peat moss lol😁👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾❤
Nice on the compost!
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Great video. I like Mel's mix as my potting soil base (peat moss, compost, vermiculite) and I add whatever amendments I like. Potting mix gets some perlite added for lightness and drainage. If it is going in the ground, then I mix in some of my beautiful clay soil to give it a micronutrient boost. And I always add some organic granular fertilizer for good measure. Works great!
Clay soil is what I have and I love it too for the micro nutrients. Thanks.
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I watched your video from 3 yrs back mixing the potting soil and was little confused, this video is very clear. Thanks
There are a lot of ways to make it. Glad to help
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Thank you for explaining it so clearly. I think it’s important for beginner gardeners to have this information. It took me years to figure these things out since I come from a rural area where all we did was add manure in the ground and it worked with fertile Ukrainian soil. But here, things are going differently. So it took me awhile to adapt. Hopefully people will learn from this and won’t spend a fortune in garden stores.
Nice point. Manure that is aged does wonders on good soil. I am looking for a source for manure. Good luck this year.
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Yes this video is amazing!! I did manure (let is sit for a couple months before I plant), garden soil, coco coir, and leaf gro for my raised beds. Added a bag of vermiculite to my raised bed that has carrots. So much cheaper than “potting mix” or “raised bed mix”. I did do some raised bed mix too mixed it. Trying to luck out on soil that’s on sale but not yet!
Wise on letting it sit. Sales are good.
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Doing this with coco coir instead of peat, as when I shopped, the peat was more expensive for some reason. Thanks again, Mr. Gary! 🌱🌱🌱🌞🌞🌞
Yep that works
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Yep
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Great video. Not sure why I watched it, because I've had this figured out for decades... except that your vids are great. Your channel (and UA-cam gardening vids in general) have replaced my late winter/ early spring evenings pawing through Rodale gardening books. Thanks for your quality material.
Hey thanks so much. I have a lot of those books I bet. Good luck in the garden.
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Glad to help. Look for sales. Good luck.
Hello sir! Thank you very much. For show the gardens soil . Thank you again
Thanks
This is so good! Thanks and hugs!
Glad to help
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Thank you for this video! This helped me.
Perfect
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Thanks for all the great tips
Glad to share.
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Very informative video. Thank you!!!!
Glad to share
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Thanks Gary for the detailed explanation of these bagged products. Two years ago I followed your suggestions and made my own mix for raised beds and containers with peat moss. One thing I learned this year from a big setback on my tomato seedlings is that peat moss is more acidic than I thought. I used your method of mixing peat moss and vermiculite and sterilizing them for seed starting. To save even more money, I didn’t get Jiffy starter mix like you previously showed. Instead, I used the peat moss straight from the 3 cubit big bale. My seeds germinated and started growing for the first three weeks. On the 4th week the bottom leaves of seedlings began to turn yellow. I made sure I didn’t over or under fertilize them nor did they get any diseases. Yesterday I found out the PH level was way too acidic so the seedlings were not able to absorb nitrogen from the water soluble fertilizer (quarter strength). I noticed that in the Jiffy starter mix contains lime as PH adjuster. Perhaps that’s what I should’ve added in my own mix. Hopefully this experience is helpful for some who are perplexed with the same thing like I did and for your future reference. Happy gardening 😇
That is true. A handful of lime can help. Good point. Ill add it next time.
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thank you for explaining this so thoroughly. Home Depot has that miracle gro soil for $2.5 a bag right now (5/18-5/29/23)...it was $2 a month ago! I really wanted to take advantage of that sale...however I need more of a potting mix for my greenstalk garden. i'll try your recipe here. love the visual comparisons, thank you!
Good luck. The bagged stuff can be expensive. Making it is the key.
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Very good I always did this my self
Its a good money saver
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Nice, thanks Gary.
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Watching your videos on potting soils inspired me to start building my own super soil recipes with peatmoss coco coir compost combo with a litany of Down to earth dry amendment’s. It was a lil pricey to start but man the stuff goes a very long way and I re-amend every growing cycle for my indoor grass roots container mixes.
Was using a 50/50 blend of Fox Farms ocean forest and Fox Farms Happy Frog. But it’s pretty expensive at 30 bucks a 1.5 cubic foot bag.. then I’d top dress with Gia Green and wow that was extremely expensive. Down to Earth is fraction of the price.
Thanks for the tutorial. I use one 1/3 coco coir, 1/3 worm castings, 1/3 perlite, handful of vermiculite, organic fertilizer
Thats a nice high end mix.
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Its so funny, that is EXACTLY what I did this year. I was going to order compost but no one is delivering here yet. I went to Lowes and got that same peat moss, organic black earth, did those at 50/50, and then added a couple of scoops of shrimp compost, couple scoops of aged horse manure, some bone meal and blood meal, and veg fertilizer. I saved so much money over what it would have been to order it from a place like big yellow bag. My transplants seem to be enjoying it there so far!
And you have your own signature mix. Nice!
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Miracle Gro has such a monopoly. I get the 2nd one from the left. Not enough air flow for container (learned my lesson. Strangled carrots and beets loool) I also use in the top row second from the left. I have my amendments all ready. This is going to be a great season!
they do but (I was just discussing this), you go with another brand, often it's crappy stuff, full of plastic and huge chunks of wood. It's like Black Kow. Yeah, they charge for it. But it's almost always great stuff.
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We used the Nature Care compost last year, plus top soil, peat, and some organic matter (leaves, clippings, etc) and had amazing luck in our raised beds. And saved a ton of money compared to potting mix. It was probably a 2/1/1 mix of compost/soil/peat then the organic matter and fertilizer thrown in.
That works. A great way to do it
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@@THERUSTEDGARDEN I think your videos last year are what inspired me to mix up my own. I love the clear manner you present things in.
Man man man ,this video arrived just in time,I was literally today at home depot,looking at the different products,and when u got to potting soil,I almost dropped dead,shit 15$ for a bag!! I have around 200 different plants seeded and getting ready to be grown in containers! You just saved me ton of $ !! Thank you soo much
So expensive. Toss is some lime to your pots too if you are using a lot of peat and not much over other materials. Helps with the lower pH of peat. Not much just light handful.
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Yeah it’s ridiculous. It’s embarassing really. Most people don’t realize that most of these potting mixes are the same ingredients as garden soil. Just not in the same ratios. Buy a few bails of the cheap garden soil, a few bags of compost, some peat moss, perlite and you’re going to get a huge pile of potting soil. And at a fraction of the price if you outright buy the bags of potting mixes. Takes a bit of labor to mix them up, but saves a ton of cash.
@@simplysimple7628 yeah,im not sure where you are, but here in Canada we get screwed even more with high prices, thanks a lot man ,all the best
Hi Gary. Last year you did a video on how to amend your last year’s container soil. You lightly fertilized the bulk of the soil to leave room to fertilize the individual plants’ needs. You gave 3 examples: tomatoes, peppers and peas. Would be great to know what some other common plants, flowers and herbs need in the way of soil and fertilizer. Thanks!
So its not really that specific to be honest. You can just follow anyone of these as a principle for other plants.
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I started to notice the similarities in some of the bagged products a few years ago. That's when I became a huge fan of peat moss and compost. I almost felt silly, once I realized that I was overpaying. Sometimes I still overpay for convenience, but it's a better feeling to make a choice to pay for convenience, rather than getting duped unknowingly. Nice to know my biology degree from Towson (back when it was Towson State) isn't going to waste 😉. I'm a MD girl too, born and raised. I don't live there anymore, but it's always nice when I hear you talk about MD stuff.
Yep. But we dont know till we know. Compost and peat are great. Good luck this year.
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Thanks for the vids. It's time for my second year gardening and I'm going to be comparing miracle grow potting mix with my own mix on the same plants and prove to myself that I don't need to spend more.
I wanted to recycle a lot of the dirt I used last year but I have no idea what's in it anymore and I want to be completely sure I know what I'm using for science reasons so that I can replicate my results for years to come.
The trick MG uses is they compare their product to products that dont have fertilizer. Check the little asterisk in the corner of their bags. Im sure you can do as good or better.
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Gary is always looking out for us. I started with the bagged products just to get my feet wet, but when I crunch the numbers, it's so much cheaper to just do it myself. Can't wait to start mixing now that I know better. My earth is just the worst clay soil, so I'll go with garden soil. Thanks!
Clay mixed in helps btw. it helps buffer acidity of peat and adds micronutrients. But I hear ya. Takes a lot of work to make that top layer of good garden soil.
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My mother had clay soil in her Wisconsin garden and she grew the most drop dead delicious tomatoes 🍅 I’ve ever come across and I still dream about them today. Not to mention delicious carrots, green beans, lettuce 🥬, and 17 other things. I know because I dug her garden by hand in 1967 when I was 10 years old. I noticed a LOT of clay in the soil, but it seemed to work out exceptionally well.
@@jammin6816 Good to know, thanks!
I use a big green tarp and a flat shovel to mix all my ingredients. I pile the bags on one corner and shovel it to the opposite corner, then back to the opposite, opposite corner. After about 30 or 40 minutes of this when I can't see any portions or piles of unmixed stuff, I break out my #10 pots to fill. I take my hand and gently push the soil down to give it a bit more density. Then scoop out a hole in the center for the root system of my toms, bury it up past the cut off lower branches and top off the pots to near the rim. I may stick in a piece of plastic strip to ID the variety of get a chunk of tape and put in on the rim. I wonder if people still use those up side down hanging grow bag pots that were all the rage a few years back. I don't hear about them these days.
I work at one of those stores. Peat moss in bales flew out. 5 pallets, gone. Saw dust, pine straw, other plant/water holding material can work. Not kidding. we can't get vermiculite. Perlite? Amazon best bet.
Have you checked the cost of pest moss on Amazon? Outrageous!
I just grabbed a thing of vermiculite there. 1 left. That stuff does fly off.
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It is flying! Ended up getting vermiculite from Amazon, I need more peat but I'm still out a month or so from planting in CT so I can wait a few weeks to see if it restocks. Starting a new raised bed this year so I'll need quite a bit of a mix to go in. I ordered compost from a local landscaper, $12.50 a yard, that's a great bargain! My little tumbling composter will only make about 15 lbs. I did go ahead and get the MG potting mix for my grow boxes, have quite a few to put together and it makes figuring how much I need easier.
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The best is The Whitney Farm Raised bed mix. It has all the plant
food it needs and what the soil needs. Miracle grow loaded with peat
It has been doing a good job.