Select the BEST Potting Soil 🤔👹🤯 Which added ingredients are important?

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How To Buy the BEST Potting Soil 🤔👹🤯 Which added ingredients are important?
Know what the added ingredients do so you can select the right one. Understand marketing hype around potting mix.
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@rudimentalgardening 2 жыл бұрын

Love this video and wish every beginner gardener would watch this. I agree with every point you speak on. I have had so many discussions with fellow gardeners that disagree with many of these ideas. I make my own potting media using peat moss as a base (I grow 100% in containers) and add what is needed for each plant type. There is a lot of ignorance out there and a lot of money wasted by gardeners. Knowledge is the best tool in the garden!

@TomTerrific 2 жыл бұрын

Professionals use ProMix in St. Louis. Most of their brands don't have fertilizer. I add Osmocote. Menards and Walmart both carry ProMix.

@goofyvideos 2 жыл бұрын

A good common sense reminder, especially for those California 'grow' gurus with their exotic recipes. Often times the best flowers we have are growing up from our driveway gravel. A friend dropped a seed in his coarse walkway gravel in his greenhouse and the plant took over the entire greenhouse. Thanks.

@OccamsSledgehammer 2 ай бұрын

I have a morning glory growing on the sludge on the side of a fake floating water lily. Life finds a way.

@jayjohnson3724 2 жыл бұрын

You still rock.

@kathrynmettelka7216 2 жыл бұрын

Thank you for looking at biochemistry, instead of hype. When people tell me how wonderful something is because it's natural, I usually respond that poison ivy is natural. When they tell me something is organic, I ask about its carbon content. My husband rants about how badly people are educated. I tend to agree.

@hortihorteae 2 жыл бұрын

I've been substitute perlite with carbonized rice husk (CRH) as it's ready available at my place. CRH is categorized as biochar and a really good amendment compared to perlite.

@freethinkish 2 жыл бұрын

This mix works well for me: 1.5 cubic feet of pine bark soil conditioner 2 gallons peat moss 0.75 cup controlled release fertilizer 1 cup finely ground dolomitic lime Works great for woody plants and perennials. Probably needs lots more peat for annuals to hold more water. Much less expensive than premixed bags of potting medium.

@nikitajaquez8985 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for the clarity on this!!

@Ravenelvenlady 2 жыл бұрын

Your channel is amazing! So straightforward and infromative! Thank you.❤🙏

@crazysquirrel9425 11 ай бұрын

About charcoal - If you precharge it with the minerals and such, it can be beneficial. Charcoal can also mitigate heavy metals and other things. It is NOT the same charcoal you buy by the bag (Kingsford for example). The charcoal you want it the kind you make your own or buy 'cowboy charcoal' (Royal Oak comes to mind). You can buy biochar which is ready to go too. Using cowboy charcoal (uncharged, untreated) on the soil surface can deter weeds from sprouting. A great fertilizer is Comfrey tea. About sand - avoid silica sand. You want construction sand.

@Angie-ci1lp 2 жыл бұрын

Aweee! Your video is so informative! You gave examples that make sense, THANK YOU! I’m new to your channel I’ve learned so much marketing is so confusing you’ve cleared a LOT up for me. Wow I never knew, I’m zone 6a 🥶Michigan. Thanks agin.

@suebar5177 2 жыл бұрын

I like the idea of compost in potting soil/seed starting mixes. Seems like we're limited here in Canada. Thanks for the video 😊

@aleydasosa1134 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your help with this confusing soils. You are a great help. 🙂

@MikeStamm1058 2 жыл бұрын

Love this video! Really appreciate your experience and insight. The only issue I have with the soi less mixes is here in Phoenix AZ in the summer they dry out so fast. With 110+ Temps you might have to water 2x a day. With that being said for my outdoor plants I tend to add so native soil to the mix to help with water retention.

@paulinecrispin121 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks for the video. I live in the UK and yes your comments were 100% correct i.e we are made to feel bad if we use peat moss products.

@JH-lr8cl Жыл бұрын

"It's easy to fill a bag with crap" - Robert Pavlis.

@nickangelovski4358 Жыл бұрын

Thank you so very much for this incredible information 😁God Bless You

@rhondahooker9016 Жыл бұрын

Thank you I really appreciate all the information 😊

@samMTL514 7 ай бұрын

In general, I agree. my issue with peat-moss is longevity and it can become hydrophobic. I have switch coco coir for these reasons. Also, you failed to mention most of the perlite sold is low grade or dust. I now use exclusively #3 perlite.

@sistergoldenhair2231 2 жыл бұрын

Great video🌿👩‍🌾👊

@perschondelmeier3046 Жыл бұрын

Hello from Norway. You make it sound as one can use only one of the 3 potting medias! I use my homemade matured compost that I sift to the particle sise I like. I use it to start seed, potting up and in the final pot. And I do not fertilize at all, my compost is alive with micro and macro biologi. I have used this for years and it works just fine.

@Gardenfundamentals1 Жыл бұрын

I try to keep it simple for new gardeners. Experienced ones know what they are doing.

@bridgerwilcox 9 ай бұрын

Amazing video!

@bethsands7665 4 ай бұрын

What do you think about Miracle Gro organic raised bed and garden soil ??? I put one bag in with trusted varieties of raised bed mix like Kellogs. I am anti- Miracle grow , but fell for this organic mix. I hope that I did not mess up my Vego bed by using one bag near the bottom . Please review

@gregorydavinci 10 ай бұрын

Thank you ❤

@juliastantic3033 2 жыл бұрын

Very good information. Can you say something about Winter Sow Seeds. Thanks in advance.

@Gardenfundamentals1 2 жыл бұрын

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@gforcekaras 2 жыл бұрын

I can't afford Promix or the Sunshine mix but I've noticed pure peat moss is 1/3 of the price. Can't I make my own that's similar to Promix by adding Perlite, dolomite lime and gypsum? The only amendments would be to add some slow release fertilizers like Osmocote. Thank you for making these videos, makes gardening much easier to understand and appreciate!

@mollycatcolorado9252 2 жыл бұрын

Yes, you absolutely can make your own mix. I have done this before starting with the compressed bales of peat moss and mixing in lots of perlite. Then I added Osmocote. I did not add any lime or gypsum. My outdoor container plants grew well in that mix. Initially, the peat moss was very hydrophobic and took extra effort to get it to absorb water. I started making sure I pre-moistened my potting mix at least a day before I planted in it. I no longer mix my own and instead just purchase the Sunshine Mix. In my estimation, Sunshine Mix is about half peat and half perlite. Several years ago, when I figured out the cost to purchase the bale of peat and huge bag of perlite, I discovered I wasn’t really saving but a few dollars. I don’t know what the current prices of things are now to know if this would still be true so it would be a good idea to look into this yourself. One last consideration, some of the perlite purchased at Home Depot/Lowe’s is full of excessive dust and extremely tiny pieces. I often find that I need to sift the perlite to get rid of the poor quality material, especially when using it for my houseplants. I’ve found better quality perlite online but it is much more expensive.

@gforcekaras 2 жыл бұрын

@@mollycatcolorado9252 Thank you for your insights! Currently at HD 3cf of PM is around $11 each, $9 for 40lbs of gypsum, $7 for 7lbs GL and $25 for 4cf of Perlite from a local nursery VS $30 for 3cf of Sunshine #4 from Lowes. Yes I would have more volume + leftovers VS the premixed but I won't have the mykos and whatever else that's magical in the premix. But It will save me lots of labor and time. Decisions...

@Gardenfundamentals1 2 жыл бұрын

You can make your own, but not sure you will save very much.

@chan_for 10 күн бұрын

sand compacts the soil

@PatC. 2 жыл бұрын

I use general purpose, name-brand potting soil and make slight adjustments according to which plant I'm potting up. If it's cactus or succulent, I add sand for good drainage. And also add sand to plants that get top heavy like Jade to weigh the pot down. If it is a water-thirsty plant I add vermiculite and a little peat moss to help hold water. For slow growing plants that I know I will not repot often, I do add a sprinkle of activated carbon to keep the soil sweet,... the same stuff used in aquarium filters... they say it absorbs odors and impurities. On another note, I once had the opportunity to try using hydrogen peroxide on a plant that I had over watered and roots were being destroyed. Supposedly it oxygenates the roots. The plant came back. So maybe it worked. Also any plant you overwater, slip it out of the pot and place it onto newspapers to help absorb the excess water for a day or two.

@camphongnguyen6358 Жыл бұрын

Would you please turn on Close Caption so it's easier for foreigner like me to understand you. Thank you.

@Gardenfundamentals1 Жыл бұрын

It should be on - KZfaq controls that - I don't.

@user-ve7hn2dh8h 2 жыл бұрын

12:38 what is he talking about here? I watched it 3 times and it doesn't make sense. Hydroponic environment? He's talking about potting soil, not even remotely Hydroponics... And to something he said earlier about microbes not having a function for potted plants, even in Hydroponics, microbes have been shown to have several benefits. Of the top of my bead I know of people successfully using bacillus thuringiensis for pythium prevention and curing of pythium which is a common problem in hydroponics. So I'm pretty sure microbes can help in pot as well, probably even much more since it's a more natural environment.. Will there be a fungal network like in open fields, where those networks have a long time to develope ? Definitely not, but there is a positive effect on plant growth and desease prevention, after application of microbial products, as studies have indicated

@Gardenfundamentals1 2 жыл бұрын

If you think about it - a soilless mix is actually a hydroponic growing condition. The mix adds nothing except water and holds up the plant.