Down here in south Florida it takes much longer than one year for vegetable roots in pots to break down. I would imagine it would take even longer in cooler climates. Dump the soil out of the pots and you'll see just how much of the roots remain.
I have, but up here, or at least in my case, the roots decompose really quick. It must be a microbe difference, or something similar, as 95% of the roots always are gone by the time spring rolls around.
@@AbundantGardeningWow! Too bad you can't package and sell those microbes. I just spent the morning amending five 5-Gal pots of last year's mix and filled a 3-Gal pot with all the remaining roots. The ones from my Thai and Lemon basil were like hardwood! The ones from my eggplants/pepper were softer and finer and I raked them out with my 5-pronged cultivator after dumping the mix. Only about 25 more pots to go!
Wow! I have heard that basil roots can become hard, so maybe that's the main issue. In your case, yeah I'd dump them all out (or part out) onto a tarp and break everything up, and add some good compost/peat/coco, and some blood meal or All purpose fert if you're going to be growing soon
I do a compost tea and year-round. Always bubbling. Then use quail, rabbit, chicken, goat and compost along with whatever weeds I find to throw in it. Then add bone meal, blood meal, basalt and azomite powder. Then charge my biochar in the bottom along with this black bag stuff. Comes out insane and no clue what the stuff inside equals to in the NPK scale but I'll tell you so far this is the best I've ever seen our fruit trees. The pineapple pear grew 14ft in a year.
Haha yeah, I love using worm castings I'm my seed starting mix, prevents damping off and provides them a little nutrients. And I'll be doing a video on charging biochar soon lol, but it's no where near your concoction! 😀
The key is to use Canadian Peat. They are super good at protecting the bogs, and many large channels like Millenial Gardener and Gardening in Canada agree. Peat is banned in Europe since they severely overfarmed it, but I doubt it will ever be banned in the US. I use both Peat and Coco coir when it's available, but Coco is much more expensive than peat in my area. And if you're on a tight budget like me, and looking at the good that Canadians do to protect their bogs, I'm comfortable using it. With Coco there is a salt potential and they have to ship it 1000s of miles, wash it - which leads to lots of saltwater- and all in all, leading to lots of carbon used. I'm not saying don't use Peat or Coco, I just like to say, if you're in the US buying Canadian peat, you're fine. Coco coir is also fine.
@@AbundantGardening Ah! I am in the UK. I can't comment on the rights of using Canadian peat but agree with you on coco coir. Sieved well rotted wood chips works well.
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Well said, appreciate you breaking down the process and throughly explaining it! Thanks for taking the time!
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Lots of good info here. I enjoy seeing how everyone reuses their soil. Thank you!
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Down here in south Florida it takes much longer than one year for vegetable roots in pots to break down. I would imagine it would take even longer in cooler climates. Dump the soil out of the pots and you'll see just how much of the roots remain.
I have, but up here, or at least in my case, the roots decompose really quick. It must be a microbe difference, or something similar, as 95% of the roots always are gone by the time spring rolls around.
@@AbundantGardeningWow! Too bad you can't package and sell those microbes. I just spent the morning amending five 5-Gal pots of last year's mix and filled a 3-Gal pot with all the remaining roots. The ones from my Thai and Lemon basil were like hardwood! The ones from my eggplants/pepper were softer and finer and I raked them out with my 5-pronged cultivator after dumping the mix. Only about 25 more pots to go!
Wow! I have heard that basil roots can become hard, so maybe that's the main issue.
In your case, yeah I'd dump them all out (or part out) onto a tarp and break everything up, and add some good compost/peat/coco, and some blood meal or All purpose fert if you're going to be growing soon
I do a compost tea and year-round. Always bubbling. Then use quail, rabbit, chicken, goat and compost along with whatever weeds I find to throw in it. Then add bone meal, blood meal, basalt and azomite powder. Then charge my biochar in the bottom along with this black bag stuff. Comes out insane and no clue what the stuff inside equals to in the NPK scale but I'll tell you so far this is the best I've ever seen our fruit trees. The pineapple pear grew 14ft in a year.
Yup! That sounds amazing, npk really doesn't matter in the grand scheme of things. Thanks for sharing!
@@AbundantGardening yes, and of course worm castings lol
Haha yeah, I love using worm castings I'm my seed starting mix, prevents damping off and provides them a little nutrients.
And I'll be doing a video on charging biochar soon lol, but it's no where near your concoction! 😀
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Thank you. Peat moss is such a bad thing to use when there are so many other resources. Hopefully it will be banned soon.
The key is to use Canadian Peat. They are super good at protecting the bogs, and many large channels like Millenial Gardener and Gardening in Canada agree.
Peat is banned in Europe since they severely overfarmed it, but I doubt it will ever be banned in the US.
I use both Peat and Coco coir when it's available, but Coco is much more expensive than peat in my area.
And if you're on a tight budget like me, and looking at the good that Canadians do to protect their bogs, I'm comfortable using it.
With Coco there is a salt potential and they have to ship it 1000s of miles, wash it - which leads to lots of saltwater- and all in all, leading to lots of carbon used.
I'm not saying don't use Peat or Coco, I just like to say, if you're in the US buying Canadian peat, you're fine. Coco coir is also fine.
@@AbundantGardening Ah! I am in the UK. I can't comment on the rights of using Canadian peat but agree with you on coco coir. Sieved well rotted wood chips works well.
Ah yeah, I totally agree! Especially for drainage, bark and rotted wood products work excellent, I hope you subscribe!