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I just want to say I appreciate the repetition. Too many creators apologize for repeating themselves but repetition is how many of us learn. I think I’ve seen all of your videos about soil mixes over the years and I still watch the new ones to make sure I’m understanding the concepts. Thank you Gary!

Hi Gary, I do the same pretty much but use organic fertilizer instead of Miracle grow, My mixture I use is a blend of Kellogg Raised Bed soil, Cow Manure, Peat Moss and Vermiculite to keep the cow manure from becoming compacted and give it all a good mix. That is my container mix and in the garden I use the same minus the vermiculite. I have two 4x8 raised beds 32" high and to save money I just started growing in containers. I made trips to all the restaurants and sandwich shops gathering 5 gallon buckets and have around 35 of them plus 7 30 gallon water barrels cut in half for my bigger plants. Last season was my first time ever in 70 years gardening and had an incredible harvest growing better and more productive than all my friends gardens. They all asked what my trick was and I told them "KZfaq" and owe all my success to you! I learned everything from you and referred them all to "the rusted garden" I haven't checked yet to see if any of them commented but I know at least two of them came here. Thank you for all you have taught me. My surplus veggies all found their way to all my friends and relatives plus the local Senior Center, the Veterans office and even brought some to my doctor and nurses that take good care of me at the VA Hospital. As a disabled veteran I took up gardening to keep me moving so I don't end up as a "Rusted Gardener" lol. I do everything organic and only use food grade containers. I drilled a bunch of holes on the bottom and set them on top of bricks 2 high so the rabbits, grubs, slugs and snails along with rodents don't get at them. This season I doubled my containers and have over 100 plants going going outside very soon. I wanna help others as much as possible. Gardening has been a win win situation and if it weren't for you I don't know how it would have turned out. Thanks again for showing me everything

I have spent tons on different types of soil. This is so helpful and NO, the video is not too long.

Gary your the Picasso of gardening! Love this channel

This is exactly what I needed to see! Thank you from northern Wisconsin

Thanks so much! I’ve spent tons trying to get the right mix and listening to so many you tube gardeners. I really like your mix of peat and top soil which is what I’m going with now. All my garden is in containers until I can save enough for tall raised beds. You have encouraged me to go ahead and garden!

Love your videos. Wish we were neighbors😁

If you make a screen sifter, using 2 by 4s, something big enough to stick over a good sized wheelbarrow, and the screen mesh size isn't small, maybe about 1/4" I think, maybe a TINY bit more open, you can dump those bags into and get out the wood. Another thing you can do is buy bags a year or two before you plan to use it, empty the dirt out into a big pile and just let it sit. The wood stuff will get broken down by biology and then after that the stuff is like regular dirt. I know this because I've done it. About one year of sitting will break down most of it and two years will break down pretty much all of it. Of course for some, if you need a lot of dirt and you have services in the area, just get a truckload. That's the cheapest way. You have to ask about the soil they'll deliver. I've dealt with clay soils and depending on what the quality is (how dense the clay is for one), you can get it to a certain point of moistness and run it through a sifter, then mix it with a sandier soil, mix in some loamy soil, or one of the mixes shown here, so you get a balance of the natural clay soil/sand/loam and it can be an EXCELLENT soil to work with. You need to make sure the amount of clay in that mix is not enough for it to dry hard, like clay wants to do.

I love this whole thing, I love everything! You get me so excited about gardening and making my own mixes and saving a whole lot of money to spend on other things for my garden. What kind of organic granular fertilizer do you use? God bless y'all Jude, from Kentucky ✝️🐴🌿🍅🌻

Great video Gary. Even folks like me on a suburban plot can save so much money and get a better product by mixing yourself instead of buying bagged stuff. My potting/raised bed base is 30% coco coir 50% compost 10% worm castings and 10% perlite. With additions depending on where it's being used. Seed mix is almost the same as yours except for coir instead of peat. The boiling water trick for indoors works well too. Sorry, I can only give you 1 thumbs up. Cheers!

Thank you for saving my money and explaining what is actually in each bag.

I love this channel. There's so many amazing tips. I love putting your videos on as I do chores

Thank you again for your excellent advice on creating container gardens.really enjoyed this video!

This is what i do! I live in a Apt Townhouse with a pretty big balcony. I use trashcans to store my potting soil.

I've always added garden lime to my peat moss before I mix my blend. Sure, it may or may not help with PH, but it's also a great source of calcium. I mainly grow peppers and I never have blossom end rot. I think it's because I add lime to my peat before I even start making my mix.

Now that I was successful in eliminating the fungus gnats by adding the boiling water I'm afraid to add compost for my potting up mix since I may be introducing more gnat eggs with the compost. I do everything inside with my seed starts so I've just been using water soluble fertilizer to feed and that seems to be working. And the agrothrive seems to work better than the other stuff I was using earlier so thanks for that recommendation.

Once again , you have outdone yourself . Putting soil mixes/recipes in a singular video simplifies the soil mixes. Whereas vermiculate/perlite has a higher associated cost, are there recipes where sand may be a cheaper substitute??

I love how you make love to the soil. Your videos are awesome and I just bought your book. Happy gardening 🍅🌿 God bless you Jude, from Kentucky ✝️🐴🇺🇸❣️ Side note: I want to buy "Growing an Edible Landscape" but I can't find a hard copy. I looked on Amazon but couldn't find it. I just like a book I can hold.

Gary you said "1/3 Peat moss - 1/3 Earth - 1/3 Peat moss. You may want to add subtitle. But you said it correctly after.

HELLO GARY, I MIX MY SOILS AND ADD MY FERTILIZERS AND IT DOES WORK. MY NEIGHBORS WONDER WHY IS MY GARDEN GREEN THOUGH OUT THE WINTER. I USE COMPOST I KEEP TELLING THEM TO SAVE THEIR LEAVE AND I USE CHICKEN COMPOST. I LIKE YOUR VIDEOS.

Very practical advice. Thank you!

Hi Gary how are you doing today iam doing fine today thank you for sharing stay safe ❤❤❤

Yes I do mine similar to this 🌱🌱 Learned from you and a few others

This is going to be so good. Thank you

Thank you so much for your wisdom!

Can you give us your recipe to get rid of the whiteflies. Thankyou!

Hi Gary! Did you mean to say 2/3 peat moss and 1/3 garden soil for your basic medium, or is 1 of those 3rds compost? Thanks as always for the videos!

Loved this, thank you!

Thanks for the video. Can you use worm castings instead of compost which I am out of now?

Good job

QUESTION, Gary when do you start direct seeding squash (winter and summer), cucumbers, beans & melons? I placed some seeds in the ground and growing transplants of them inside too, but here in zone 7a but tonight and tomorrow low 30s! Next week looks to be in 50s at night but crazy time of the year!

Good video, thank you. I have regular garden beds and have been transforming as NJ soil is clay-like. How would I adapt this for carrots?

So perlite is not necessary for containers? Or is it not optional?

Thanks for this, Gary. Are you still adding alfalfa pellets to your soil mixes?

Thank you

at 2:00 its 1 part peat moss... 1 part earth....and 1 part peat moss again? Watched your other vid, guessing it was supposed to be some type of compost as 1 part?

When you say earth soil, do you mean the soil from the garden last year that has the compost fertilizer and everything in it or is that something different?

Can you use sand instead of vermiculite? If so, what type of sand ?

Potting soil vids imo are more tailored to people who start quite a few seeds. Dare I say seed starting is for people who need a lot of plants. Economy of scale.

If you add water, won’t the soil become dense and compacted, in containers eventually?

Is bull compost good for your garden? Thx

Vermiculite has been hard to find and more expensive since the plandemic. I've been using mine sparingly and substituting coco coir instead when i can because its so hard to find.

Can I use wood ash instead of buying lime?

What's your thoughts on mushroom compost?

Have you done soil blocking? Thoughts?

Using the number 2 instead of to makes these thumbnails look amateur and less likely for people to click on it (in my opinion). If I hadn't already been following for many years, I'd probably skip this one because it doesn't look like it's from someone who could teach me anything with that silly heading Not trying to be critical, just helpful ✌🏻