DIY Potting Soil Mix for a Fraction of the Cost!
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- Опубліковано 27 тра 2024
- If you're building a container garden this year, you're going to need a lot of dirt! This basic potting soil mix is perfect for planting in containers.
Using simple ingredients like topsoil, manure, and peat moss, you can fill those pots with high-quality potting soil, which costs about 1/4 of what those pre-made bags would run you. Not only will your plants grow big and strong, but that's money back in your wallet, which is always a plus!
You can also add some bark - for moisture retention, organic fertilizer, and the few optional extras listed below.
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I remember watching this video some years back. Boy have things ever changed in the gardening world. Making your own mix is no longer the cost savings it used to be. I'm doing some early planning for spring and the cost of supplies sure have skyrocketed. I used to be able to make roughly twice the amount of diy mix for half the cost of bagged. You can still save, but it's not nearly the savings it use to be and in some cases it could cost about the same as buying a 2cu bag of pre made mix. I hate how greedy the world got.
ive been making my own cheap potting mix as i found a lot of the "premium" organic potting mixes here are full of sticks, bark, tyres, concrete, plastic and chipboard. Basically landfill compost.
Mine is dead basic as i feed nutes. 1 part Perlite, 1 part Coir and 2 parts compost. First time i used premium ingredients (mushroom compost, peat moss, blood meal/potash, dolomite lime) and it went far better than any potting mix i used. Last three times i used basic compost from the local nursery, $5 for 50L and a $3 coir block. Still worked far better, drained better and was far more aerated than the premium potting mixes at bunnings.
I'll never buy premium mix again. I can get 120L of fine medium for $13 compared to $18 for the 50L of sticks, bark and building site waste bunning's sold me previously.
I just started container gardening 2 weeks ago,what is coir and coir block and you didn't add any top soil to your mix??? What is 120L of fine medium???
Thanks for this video. I have been gardening for a very long time and at age 85 have gone to pot (s). This year I am emptying and refilling all my pots and you have the best recipe I have seen. Also like the combo of soils and mix you use. BTW I wrote three Lasagna Gardening books and still do that in the ground but had to move some things to pots. I layer them like i do my in ground gardens but it looks so good to mix it all up I might do one just to feel the soil over my arms. Thanks again.
Thank you for your vote of confidence, Patricia, you are an inspiration to us all, and to have you appreciate something we have done is very humbling! Is there anything better than the smell and feel of good soil! Best of luck to you this year, Happy Gardening!
Loved your books Patricia. If your recommending this soil mix then everyone should listen and use it. Going to home depot if we can get in due to COVID and get my containers ready. Thank you Lonely Pines for putting this video out there.
Glad to see another oldie like me still out there trying. Havagudun brother.
I shake all my ingredients in a Home Depot bucket with a top on it. Great arm exercise. Have to do this three times for 15 gallon planter but most of my garden plants are planted in Home Depot buckets. I put holes on the side like he does. Not in the bottom. Great video!
I'm a newbie,so drilling holes on the bottom matter doesn't matter???
What a marvelous 💡idea! Thank you, I certainly will enjoy following your instructions. Again, thank you for being so thoughtful to share such a great and important information with us 🤗👌🌻🍓
You called the mulch shredded bark which would be great but that mulch is actually shredded wood. AKA wood chips. Still, with the other things you have in it should produce some nutritious food. Although I wouldn't want to grow my food in wood chips that have been dyed.
This was an excellent tutorial on how to make quality potting soil. thanks so much!
Yay! Thank you, this is amazing and very helpful for a newbie like me. Looking forward to wonderful growing season!
Top soil sucks for potting mix, roots can't breathe as well, stunts plants, holds water too long,
use very very little if you do. I learned from experience. I have repotted many thing becuase of my mistake.
Sometimes I mix in some garden soil etc but mostly use peat/coir 70-90% then other stuff.
Excellent excellent video! Thank you for taking the time to produce it.
I use a small concrete mixer to mix my homemade potting soils. I have a lot of large pots. Each year I like to rejuvenate the soil by adding 50% new product. I do add some vermiculite to the mix. I have had good success with this method. Any excess "old potting soil" gets put onto in ground flower beds, or used to fill low areas. My native soil is quite poor with excessive rocks (more rock than dirt) so gardening and planting anything in ground is a major challenge. I have mostly pots and raised beds.
Awesome video, thanks for sharing... and the 511😍
Awesome channel. Very informative.. thank you for sharing.
loved the video...had to subscribe.....first time planter looking to learn & i love how u explain stuff
Great video, demonstrated very well.
Excellent vid. I might have added a couple tablespoons of epsons salts and maybe a little perlite. and since I have a worm farm, a handful of worm castings. Your explanations were tremendous. Thanks for the vid.
Do you raise red wigglers, red worms or something different, would love to hear about your set-up, pictures?
do you sell and ship worm castings?
Hello friend. I grow my own compost but while I was looking around I found that the town next to me that is a rock throwing distance had a municipal compost facility. That town gives it to the residence. Well im not considered a residence so it cost me 10 dollars a yard. They load it. A yard over filled my truck bed. If you need lots of soil its a good idea! Wish I had known it sooner.
I wish more communities did this! That is a great find, good for you!
Great video. I'd like to add that I'm also researching wicking tubs as I have a friend doing it with great success. Super helpful in Texas where you have to water daily in s regular pot. Wicking tubs allow you to only water once or twice a week depending on your setup and the plant's needs.
Great tip!
About the cheapest method I've found is to buy compost from a mulch plant. I'm getting composted pine bark mixed with chicken manure for around $20 a yard. It's hot enough to kill off weeds and pathogens. I mix it with peat and some perlite. It grow plants really well and I make it in large piles so I can mix it with the tractor and save all that mixing by hand. This year I filled many raised beds with that mixture along with individual small pots. I also use it for soil block making to start seeds in.
We dream of one day being able to say, "We mixed it with the tractor," unfortunately it's not in the budget...yet!
@@LonelyPinesFarm use a 55 gal barrel to tumble the mix if y'all dont have a compost tumbler.
Thanks for that, it's really helped and putting the holes at the sides of the pot makes good sense, I never thought of that!
That's what I do with my larger containers✌✌
Amazing video. Thank you for sharing.
Sincerely, thank you.
Thank you so much..never ever thought to do this..will try..and yes that was a big big pot for one plant..but I trust your words on the plants future growth..Great Video..!!!!
A man who loves his plants. And know how to treat them 🌻
Thank you, we're still learning something new every day, but I like to think we're at least on the right track!
Thanks for the video and taking your time! :)
Enjoying!
I do my mixing in a wheelbarrow or large tub before filling my pots. Also adding clay Olla's this year. And I use straw mulch on top cause its hot here. Shield the soil.
It's just so much easier in a wheelbarrow.
Thanks for the great info.
Glad it was helpful!
Informative. When mixing garden ingredients, I've always wondered why people don't use a cement mixer. You could dump it into your wheelbarrow.
Just wander on out to your backyard where the family cement mixer sits and use that instead of other less readily available containers.
@@TheOvalOwl You do realize that a cement mixer is a kind of hand held drill with a special kind of drill bit for stirring paint?
He's actually completely CORRECT!
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Great video
Yes I will I would of done that with m uh tomato plant I've learned I put to many holes at the bottom but its my first time gardening and its a great learning process
Thank you for the video. I learned a lot. You made it look so easy to understand! I will not buy potting soil again. Looking forward to watching your other videos.
thank you for the vote of confidence, i truly appreciate that. I find research is your best friend, i am going down the rabbit hole frequently, there is so much to learn, but you can get a good understanding and be a really good gardener in short order! Happy Growing!
Great video!
If you have a good paper shredder handy, shredded cardboard and/or black print only newspapers make good mulch and provides food for red wigglers which I recommend adding.
Newspapers are not recommended for edible vegetation. Best is any paper product that has not been bleached and with little print of any color.
Correct on using cardboard, but another is the brown grociery bags, and the brown paper wrapping for shipping.
Actually most colored print is water based and food based nowadays so perfectly safe, stay away from the shiny coated advertisements and such is still recommended though. It makes for great compost as well. You can also use builders paper. We are leaning towards a small worm farm sooner than later, great suggestion!
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I can't even afford the soils you use. Just compost a massive amount of leaves with some peat moss, then turn in chipped branches with all the green on during the spring and summer. Keep it moist in a 3 sided composting container I build from wire panels from pens. total size is 8' wide, 6' deep with two sides, and 6' high. Worms love it. breaks down quickly and I throw anything organic on it all year long...all grass clippings that have not gone to seed (Good Nitrogen), all trimmings from plants and trees, egg shells, pretty much anything except meat goes into the compost pile. The more, the merrier. Turn it about every 2-3 weeks with a front end loader. I have a never ending supply of rich, organic soil compost. I use this in my containers and to recondition soil in the garden and raised beds. Never had to use fertilizer and have wonderful yields in all varieties of vegetables and fruits. I am basically trying to emulate Nature and duplicate what happens in a natural setting in a forest, or woods as organic matter falls and covers the ground. Nature does it so well. I figure why try to improve on what Nature has decided is the best process for soil development.
I can't even afford a front end loader!
Can you make a video?
I did this and you couldn't chase my puppies off that big pile of compost. I got into the middle of the compost one summer and found that it was cool before I started turning it again.
Then I said to my pups, "Now I see why you all are always jumping around in here!"
I started composting and would later buy a compost machine. Now why bother. Good old- fashioned elbow and knee grease will get the job done just as well.
Johansen, and we all wish we could afford a front loader and wood chipper! LOL
Your recipe for excellent compost is appreciated, but some of our readers might take argument with a 6x8 compost pile in their 10th floor apartment in downtown, not everyone lives in the country ;)
@@LonelyPinesFarm Very True... I didn't mean anything to come off sounding condescending. I was just letting folks now that for many of us in the country composting is just turning and re-turning Nature's Fallen and decomposing matter until it is ready to nurture growth again... life from death and decay. Closer we all get to what nature does, the closer we get to what works the best. 😀
I started the same "recommendation" for making my Premium Soil Mix, but before that, at the beginning of this year, I got some planting "bags", and that was not so good, so I started all over, and it was a little improvement w/Home Depot Garden plastic cans. So I took down the vegetable plants they were not growing any vegetables, So I bought 5 clothing bins & drill holes1 inch from the bottom on the sides, , and drill holes on one of the lids. I sifted all the soil, and the cow manure, and I got a real fine grain of mixture, it did not take me long to shift, about 15 mins for both. I was surprise at the amount of wood, than I was left w/, it was a lot. So once I did that I put in equal parts of Peat Moss, I followed the directions, and my plants are doing just great. I am experminiting for next year, but the leaves on my Yellow & Green Squash are nice and big and very green. I feed them twice a week w/Fish & Sea Weed Solution, 1 teaspoon per gallon, and I have to say they are growing a lot better than the beginning of the year. I made a Tellis, by using 3 T-Post, and some 2"X4" mesh wire, and the vines are growing up each day, because I have such a small back yard. Also I have banana trees, and I prune them every 2 months and stack the leaves to dry, once dried, I take my week eater and cut the leaves into small pieces, and put them in my small compost bin. W/the Peat Moss, I can make at least 3 batches of my own Premium Soil Mixture, each batch is enough soil for 2 1/2 containers of clothing bins, 18 gallons each. Please remember, one does not need to fill the Clothing Container w/the Premium Soil because some plants don't grow heavy rooting systems, I use a a layer of plastic soda containers or water containers for the bottom of the bins, that saves me a lot of soil. In December I will start my planting seeds in my garage and a Fluorescent Light . I have seen Garden Shifters, on Amazon, but the one I will order will be from Home Depot, it is big w/ handles on each side. Thank You .
The top soil and cow manure from Lowe or Home Depot contain weed seeds that will introduce a lot of unfamiliar weeds to your garden. They claimed no weed seeds, but they do.
Do they claim that? I'm not an expert on BS, but whenever I use manure I just assume some level of seeds are going to make it through the process. We hot compost here (140 degrees currently) and I still have seeds! LOL
weeds and grass are common in most gardens, they can arrive on the wind, be dropped by birds, even when you walk across your yard they can stick to your shoes and drop off in the garden. if you mow grass near your garden that can deposit seeds in your garden soil.
If you use mulch and straw on top it mitigates weeds 🤷♂️.
Just pick them out.
And soil mites
Excellent video we will be trying a new approach on our previous failed attempts at gardening this spring and this may be the route we go. Thanks for sharing.
Glad that you were able to take some good information away from it, good luck!
Thank You
Great video, beautiful plant!!
Good job!!!
What a wonderful video. You made it look so beautiful and it is. God bless you real good 💚
Jude from Kentucky
You can substitute leaf mold for the peat and cut down the cost even more
thanks for sharing
We've heard your feedback about the video volume. We've purchased a brand new camera & microphone, so the quality is much better in our more recent videos. Also, we've added edited closed captions to this video. If you turn those on, you'll get an accurate rundown of the process.
We have also read your comments about it not being cheaper, so we wanted to address them today. Here is the math on the potting mix components, all items are from HD in Seattle and were compiled today, Jan 18, 2020. 3 cu ft peat moss @ $11.97 - 4 cu ft top soil @ $2.57 ea totals $10.28 - 4 cu ft steer manure @ $2.57 ea totals $10.28 for a grand total of 11 cu ft of potting mix for $32.53. This equals $2.96 per cu ft. Compare to Miracle Grow @ $9.97 or Vigoro @ $6.97 or Vermont Organics @ $15.96 per cu ft.
Thanks for the update. Not many UA-camrs would put that much effort in.
He did the math for all of us! Great video. Thank you!
Thank you, I’m a new subscriber I’m going to try this. Buying soil in, is very expensive and the quality is ordinary. Cheers, watching from Australia 🇦🇺🐨
Looking good- thanks for sharing!
Thank you save me money and educated me
*Nice!*
You can clean any soil with hydrogen peroxide!!! 1 part peroxide to ten parts water. Use as an insecticide for soil and plants aswell!
Enzymes, beneficial bacteria and microbes.
Are you using 3% for that ?
Is the H/ Peroxide bought 3% ?
Thank you. Don’t want to throw all my dirt away and start over.
@@doniawonjohnson4047ey sorry if this is a dumb question as I'm a new gardener, but if you use the peroxide to just sanitize and kill the soil can you just revitalize the soil when mixing it up with worm castings micorizae etc after the soil drys?
I'm a Gardner... Great Job hope they do well👍👍👍.
Happy Growing James!
@@LonelyPinesFarm Thanks and you as well 🍓🍅🌽🌶️🍉.
thanks for the info
Good job sir.
Thanks!
you should have mix that with water as you we're adding the different layers. That way you unsure what you have adequate hydration. Epsom salt would help the line take up also
So good
Putting the holes in the side was clever
I did the same on ground and each Zukuni costed me $3 each. This time I am going to have 5-10 plants to reduce cost per unit.
I liked this video so much that I forgot what I learn from it and decided to try to find it again, I had a hard time trying to find it again so I could watch it til i finally found it and took notes because I'm trying to do exactly the same thing. I have the same exact pot as a coincidence.
You can do it! Happy Gardening!
Great video , this soil mixture is relatively inexpensive if you factor in the cost of fresh vegetables at your local market thanks for sharing
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and one really positive thing is when you mix your own soil you control what goes in the soil, especially if you make compost.
@@Leona1933 No, many of us just don't have much money or live in places that have food insecurity and want to grow as much as possible to give to others.
@@aqqalachia2374EXACTLY
@@royhoco5748There's always that one knucklehead,smh...
I enjoyed the video, I will be using that formula, thanks
Haha we just made a similar video. We were going to use top soil and lime, but we got a great deal on some all purpose soil for 2 bucks a bag. Very nice video man
Haha what a coincidence!! Smart use on cheap soil!
Lonely Pines Farm we are planting all of our peppers and tomatoes in containers this year and there was no way we would be able to justify or afford using that much store bought potting soil.
Thankyou
thank you for telling me this I didnt know that plant took so much space
Zucchini, squash, pumpkin, melons, etc. can get huge! Be warned...but go for it! They are a lot of fun to grow!
New sub. Looks like a great channel!
Thanks for the sub and the visit! Really appreciate it! Got you back...
Loved the Video , very Informative, I have a question about Revitalizing the soil in a 20 gallon barrel where a 6 foot Bismark Palm tree has rooted itself. I have been contemplating using Vermicule & perlite at the top of the soil so it eventually soaks into the soil. I have no intention of removing th ep[almt tree from the barrel for the next year or two until i can acquire land to plant it. SO my only alternative righ now is to just reinvigorate the soil as best i can so they can absorb nutrients.. The palm trees have for sure rooted in the entire barrel so these no way for me to remove and replace soill. The water is soaking into the soil 2-3 seconds after i soak it weekly so the soikl does have a thic sandy consistency, not mud, which is a positive thing, i thnik i can extend its life, Any advice is welcome
this good I looking to plants some bok choy Iam on budget so I thinking of do this
great vid!! i could not tell the ratio between the peat moss, manure & potting soil, please specify. thanks
We typically aim for equal parts of each, not an exact measurement, just eyeball it. Happy Gardening!
The Vigaro potting mix is about $7.25 a 2 cu ft bag at HD. Now IF a person has the ingredients you mention already, great, you can make the mix that you have here. It takes about 1 1/2 bags of the Vigaro 2 cu ft bags to fill a pot like the one in this video.
The peat mos and coconut coir are the most expensive ingredients here, the rest are usually cheap a couple bucks a bag, maybe the slow release fertilizer may be about $7.00 or around that much.
The barrel holds 5 cubic feet. Here is the math on the potting mix components, all items are from HD in Seattle and were compiled today, Jan 18, 2020. 3 cu ft peat moss @ $11.97 - 4 cu ft top soil @ $2.57 ea totals $10.28 - 4 cu ft steer manure @ $2.57 ea totals $10.28 for a grand total of 11 cu ft of potting mix for $32.53. This equals $2.96 per cu ft.
@@LonelyPinesFarm Hi again. My math was way off last time I commented here. It takes about 3 1/2 bags of the Vigaro to fill up those plastic barrels. And, it's been 3 years, and prices have jumped a good bit on things. The Vigaro potting soil is now close to $9, and peat moss is about $14 -$16 bucks a bale. BUT, those store brand bags of cow or steer poo are about $2.50 a bag, the store brand potting soils are maybe also $2.50 to $3 a bag. I have my own compost, and fert and lime I already have.
And, the biggest thing is that my potted tomatoes and peppers have not done well for me this year. I did use a cheaper potting mix for some, but, the Vigaro ones haven't done well either. And, previously that brand gave me good yields. I don't get it. I'll be mixing in the cow or steer poo, Topsoil, peat moss, fert and lime and possibly adding a bit of the Vigaro soil with it.
OR, just those first ingredients.
Btw, when a person only uses Coco peat, don't add the lime. Coco peat is alkaline. For calcium, maybe add gypsum? I started some tomato plants using coco peat, and they were pale leaved until I added some vinegar to the water I used to water it. Then, once I planted it into the much bigger pot it's growing in now, it was okay since the soil is all peat and wood based.
Yummy.
I was taught to not use dyed mulch. You never know what chemicals were used in the dye. Good video. Havagudun bud.
Can I use this mix that you’re making for indoor house plants
At what point do you/should you add gypsum salts?
Excellent video. Thank you. Subscribed.
We don't typically use gypsum. In this case, we added lime for calcium. Nowadays, we use eggshells for calcium & horse manure - which includes sulfur. But that's a totally viable option! Let us know how it works out & thanks for tagging along 👍
I love your videos! Thank you so much for all this information. Can you advice me on how to enrich my inground flower beds. My plants dont grow to well, the soil looks dry and doesnt hold moisture. The flower beds are against a block wall. Please Help!
Where are you? I would recommend putting 3-6 inches of aged manure or compost on it, no need to mix it in. Then cover that with 3-6 inches of mulch, like straw. Let that sit all winter. Come spring pull the mulch back for planting seeds, or plant right through it if you have starts. The manure will help to improve your soil structure, add nutrition, introduce missing and much needed biology to your soil and hold water. the mulch will protect your investment, keep your soil warmer in winter as well as cooler in the summer, help retain moisture and slowly breakdown, adding more organic matter to your soil. You could also look into planting a cover crop. We do this every fall and spring
Really well done! Would like to see how large the zukes get🙂🌱
I'll try to get some "after" pics this year!
Awesome and thanks for teaching us:) Is cypress mulch better than others? Is the lime good for any vegs?
Cypress isn't necessarily better. We just work with what's available. Lime essentially "sweetens" the soil, making it less acidic. So it varies by plant. Like you don't want to include it when planting blueberries because they like acidic soil. But I would say that most veggies like less acidic soil and benefit from lime.
Cypress doesn't float away if it rains hard. Bark will
Awesome bro !!!
I do the same…also add sand, bone meal and blood meal
I don't see how this is much cheaper though. Great way to nourish the soil.
When you have large numbers of pots to do, you might come out on top if you grab your own supplies. Otherwise, for a few pots, it's still OK to just get the potting mix, especially when it's on sale (eg , some stores often sell those 1.5 or 2.0 cubic feet bags for $2.00 or $2.50 when they are on sale).
And NOW is the time to buy supplies. A lot of stores have the ingredients on sale. Seeds also. After May 1st , forget it.
@@pershop4950There about $8 a bag nowadays..
That’s awesome... but, $25 for just one plant? And that doesn’t include the tub. Yikes!
He said he could make 3-4 of that pot
@@alper2001 thanks, I missed that. 😘
honestly the best container mix is, one layer of garden soil with some shredded paper/cardboard mixed at the bottom with the garden soil, a layer of horse manure, can even be fresh but mixed in with the garden soil, a layer of leaf mould, a few handfuls of worm castings, if you have some biochar put that in mix it in, and the top a layer of garden soil and like a few handfuls of store bought compost, sow your veg directly, you save so much money and can fill your container for almost free.
He has enough for 3 more pots left over.
i have the same planter, it is 22.5" wide by 15" deep so that is roughly 25 gallons
It's a cone* shape, probably less than that, no?
@@ulyx9804 I just went on the home depot site and checked the questions and answers section. People are saying that the volume is 154 or 155 quarts. Which equates to 38.5 or 38.75 gallons. Others say it holds 17 gallons of water.
awesome. for some reason, I never thought about planting zucchini in those planters... I got like two of those in that size. the roots aren't too big are they?
Not at all, they did very well, but do use a large container!
If you buy zucchini potted up from HD or Lowe's with THREE plant in them then it is too big! I made that mistake last spring and will do this again with ONE plant that I start from seed.
Leaf mold, composted animal manure, wood chips and garden waste compost with a bit of vermiculite or perlite, et voila! Virtually free potting soil for plants and veggies.
remove animal manure and use worm castings
I'd suggest wearing a mask while mixing, especially when adding manure.
What would be a good alternative for manure I don’t have any.
1 part Vermiculite, 1 part Peat Moss, 1 Part Compost and poof, you are done. Holds water, friable, highly fertile. Then add fertilizer or compost every year or with each new crop planted. The method he shows is "OK" but not great. You can also add empty bottles at the bottom (with some holes) to make a water reservoir to make a water wicking tub and save money filling the bottom space where plants will not grow.
Those plastic 15 gallon pots at Walmart are averaged priced @ about $20.00-$25.00. I am not a person who has money to waste on planters for vegetables.My raised beds work just fine.If you only have a patio outside your door, that's a different story,then use them.
Sam's Club has those for $14 each.
That's a great price! For our friends that are in big cities, apartment living, tightly packed communities, balconies and big pots are their escape!
Great info....you can also add vermiculite !
Good looking Zuchinni plant..Black Beauty, eh?
Top soil, peat moss, and compost .
How much garden lume and plant tone or .?
I'm very interested
why?
The wood chips you used are they not dyed that color so it wouldn't be all natural/ organic
You have to do your research if using a dyed product, yes, these are all natural waste wood from the mill, not treated lumber nor made from pallets which may have had any number of products shipped on them. The dye that they use is all natural, and water soluable
Can i don’t ued coco coil I just used peat moss is that ok
Here's another solution. Get into your pickup, drive to your local landscapers supply and you can buy this mix by the yard for less than $40 a yard. An 8 f.t pickup will hold 2 1/2 yards of soil. That's less than $100 for 70 cubic feet of mix.
Can I add bone and blood meal to that soil and is that soil good for all veggies???
What if you need to make a well draining soil? I have a small fig tree to transplant soon.
adding something like sand or vermiculite can help with drainage
Do you have a video or pictures that is an update to this planting?
Can you use a 15 gallon grow bag instead of the pot? I'm new to gardening but doesn't lime change the PH or is garden lime different I have some gypsum haven't even used it yet but doesn't that help with calcium without changing Ph? I know it doesn't matter with potting soil to add the lime just wondering if any ended up in compost bin. I have neutral soil just trying to get it slightly acidic at this point
Yes
Peat moss is non renewable. When the bogs are empty, they’re empty. So coconut coir is a better choice.
New sub here. From the FB group. I need to make a trip to get some stuff also. I always make my own soil mix. Thanks for sharing. Take care
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Hi in the past my soil is treated with inorganic fertilizer. Is there someway to make in organic again?
Great Q! Yes, you can! Technically it will take you 3 years of not using any PROHIBITED pesticides, herbicides or fertilizers on your soil. Go organic if you can, the produce you grow will be all the more delicious for it!
Can you use this for any plant or only zucchini plants? Also how often should I use fish emulsion?
You can use this mix for all plants. Some, like blueberries, would need more acidity added, but in general it is good for about everything. In regard to fish emulsion, it depends upon the plant you are using it on. Tomatoes for example are heavy feeders and I would feed them every 14 days, root vegetables need phosphorous more than nitrogen unless you are growing them for their greens, so I would only use it once in early spring to help kick off their season, Happy Growing!