The Best Super Soil for Raised Bed Gardens

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2 жыл бұрын

We made our first batch of super soil several years ago and we've never looked back! This soil has proven over and over again that it simply grows better plants. In this video we'll show you step by step how we prepare our version of super soil and we'll include all of the ingredients below. Be sure to leave us some comments and thanks for checking out our video.
Peat Moss - 3 cu ft
Perlite - 3 - 8 qt bags = 24 qt
Black Cow Composted Cow Manure - 2 -1 cu ft bags
Garden Soil - 5.2 cu ft
Sodium Polyacrylate - 2 cups
Pelleted Lime - 2 cups
Epsom Salt - 2 cups
Bone Meal - 2 - 3 lb bags
Blood Meal - 1 - 3 lb bag
Oyster Shell Calcium - 3 cups
Boron - 1 teaspoon
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@shannonpereira2316 4 ай бұрын

When you get everything dumped out, spread it into a thinner layer around your tarp and then grab two corners and walk backwards. When you get to that edge drop your corners and pick up the other two corners and just roll all that mixture together. Then you can go back in and break up any chunks there might be left over.

@brendadeas8840 5 ай бұрын

Pricey.

@williefreemanjr.2221 6 ай бұрын

Thank you appreciate the information and will begin on the learning. I will get there one day.

@Jennifer_Skinner 4 ай бұрын

I love this mix! ❤ I have 4x8x1 metal planter boxes. When I first set them up, I do the hugelkultur bit, small branches, leaves n such for like the bottom third of the box. The next third is a mix of cheap top soil and compost. The top third is this mix. Veggies n herbs just explode with growth! Now every year I make this mix to top off my boxes. It fills them back up from settling and amends what is already in there. I have not even had to really fertilize otherwise, but I do rotate my plantings lol.

@anneeastaway2311 8 ай бұрын

Very informative. Thank you

@gmichael9149 2 ай бұрын

Goodness gracious! !!!!!!! $500 to grow 10lbs of tomatoes 🍅 my family is on foodstamp program

@Mrs.TJTaylor Ай бұрын

My sisters and I are old ladies on retirement incomes. I laughed at this video. I use common dirt with leaves and grass clippings thrown in for nutrients. When I run low in my own yard, I collect from my neighbors the night before city yard waste collection. I’m careful not to pick up from people with dogs or who obviously use chemicals on their lawns. I also grow a nice patch of clover for the added nitrogen. If I were going to spend that kind f money on soil, why wouldn’t I just buy the vegetables instead?! I don’t even buy seeds. I don’t understand this kind of “gardening”. They turned it into an expensive hobby.

@maryoesterborg344 6 ай бұрын

Picked up your comment that “Bumble Bee Junction” gave you the recipe for this soil mixture. Great family ❗️🥰

@sarasavage6167 2 жыл бұрын

Good stuff! That mixing process is hard work, but worth it at harvest time. :)

@RockingCHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

It sure is! I couldn't agree more.

@contentment164 2 жыл бұрын

Looks like a pretty comprehensive recipe! Thanks and stay safe out there this season!

@RockingCHomestead 2 жыл бұрын

Thanks, you too!

@ratoneJR 2 ай бұрын

The fresh peat moss will inhibit growth of many plants, until it breaks down some. Typically, 1-2 seasons before that mix will preform at max potential. But, the peat moss is a good amendment so just give it time to break down some.

@SBART1 25 күн бұрын

👍🏽👍🏽I was looking for this. I was so worried about all those cardboard videos.

@tatertotcountry 2 ай бұрын

Okay. Confirmed. This stuff is amazing -- especially for squash. Put a squash plant in this soil using a self-wicking tub and you'll be truly amazed. Never seen more healthy plants. The nutrient uptake is perfect. Don't forget the borax. ALSO -- important for tomato growers here -- IF you use 3 whole pounds of blood meal, you'll get huge plants -- but you won't get much fruit. More like 2 pounds of blood meal--and add some minerals using kelp meal and and/or azomite. Can't beat this stuff. I've tried.

@6ItalianCharm9 2 ай бұрын

How much kelp meal.

@benjaminbarber2840 5 ай бұрын

Was this meant to be organic ? Because if so , the perlite from Miracle Grow has there synthetic high nitrogen fertilizer in it ..... which is whatever , but for me personally it's a no go ...... just making people aware of this fact ..... Pumice and or rice hulls are a good substitute.

@kadeemgray93 4 ай бұрын

$700 later lol

@bitsea Жыл бұрын

Thanks for sharing. I will give this a try in the spring. Would this mixture work for 5 gallon buckets?

@RockingCHomestead Жыл бұрын

Yes, absolutely, Just make sure you have plenty of drain holes unless you are doing some sort of self watering container.

@keithdupuis8959 Жыл бұрын

Thanks for this video Lance, I just purchased 4 2’x4’x2’ stock tanks and will need to set up per your video on the self- watering raised bed… Question: with the volume of the soil mix you’ve put together in this video, how many of the stock tanks are you able to fill? I need to plan to purchase my materials for the 4 stock tanks and was wondering about how many tanks the volume you’ve mixed up will be filled up… Keith

@RockingCHomestead Жыл бұрын

Awesome. So glad your getting ready. It will typically fill about 2.5. Just depends on how much space you leave on the top. We don’t fill ours alway up. We leave a good 3 to 4 inches unfilled at the top. Let me know if you have any more questions.

@weffie007 9 ай бұрын

How many tanks does that mix fill, using the 2x4x2 in your video?

@user-lh6po2ph5o 6 ай бұрын

If this was mixed up during winter time how can I keep it good till spring?

@larryrose2406 Жыл бұрын

Wow! That is a lot of product. But my question is, how often do you fertilize throughout the growing season, or is there any reason for more fertilizer. Thank you in advance for your kind reply.

@amazingdany 2 ай бұрын

Fertilize only potted sheet with a commercial product with NPK ratio 3-1-2, the magic number, any multiples of it allowed. Half-strength once or twice a month during the growing seasons. Anything not in pots or containers, one inch of home-made or commercial compost. Up to three if growing sheet that you’ll eat! 😆 I learned all of this thanks to _David Pavlis’ Garden Fundamentals channel._ Seriously incredible real gardening science-proven knowledge!!

@tatertotcountry 4 ай бұрын

Are you using just regular old in ground garden soil? Like that in the miracle gro bags.that say in ground use only? I don't want to choke my roots. I'm familiar with all the other ones. Also, couldn't some azomite be helpful?

@gregmontcalm8128 Жыл бұрын

Wonderful video. Do you not add potting soil?

@RockingCHomestead Жыл бұрын

We do not, the peat moss, black cow and garden soil does the job.

@jewlstime 4 ай бұрын

Do you water this down real good before putting it in your raised bed?

@davidmullins7067 4 ай бұрын

Use a concrete mixer

@marwanmehalhel Ай бұрын

what i use in my soil mix is much simpler than all of this so what i use is mostly stuff around my house so my mix is Sea Grass from the beach and some sand and some chicken manor / sheep and some charcoal and some gypsum and some gravel mix it all up and there you go did not cost that much

@robertreznik9330 Жыл бұрын

I am lucky to live where the soil only is great. I have a loess clay soil that is Montmorillonite clay. The Young geologic soil is a clay loam 1/3 also of very fine sand and silt. I just put bark on the surface to maintain moisture. This will hold 1/3 water with this clay and no visible sand. Not much fertilizer needed from using this mineral soil. Mostly ammonium sulfate 21-0-0-26

@RockingCHomestead Жыл бұрын

That is awesome. Wish ours were that good.

@OwenLikesGoats 3 ай бұрын

I’m from the UK so might be misunderstanding something due to different names but an awful lot of American channels seem to us peat moss. Is this also harvested from peat bogs?

@honeydew4576 10 ай бұрын

This looks labor intensive and expensive. If you used the square foot gardening method of mixing with the tarp, you'd probably save yourself some effort.

@maryschmaltz4718 4 ай бұрын

Can I add some coco coir also to this mix?

@T0tenkampf 3 ай бұрын

You could exchange 1 for 1 with peat, I would think.

@renogreens4273 3 ай бұрын

In your description you list 1 teaspoon of Borax; but in video you say 1 tablespoon! Which is the correct measurement?

@carolinerose5743 2 ай бұрын

I personally would go with 1 tablespoon borax. It's not much in comparison to the rest of the ingredients.

@gustavot5824 Жыл бұрын

How much was all of this?

@RockingCHomestead Жыл бұрын

I would say a full set up is around 80 bucks, just depends on the current prices.

@pokebattler47 Жыл бұрын

that just for one 4x4 raised bed seemed kind of pricey. last year I did manure topsoil and granular fertilizer and my plants thrived on it with fish emulsion when it needed extra nutrients

@kimsibley2107 Жыл бұрын

How much of this soil mix for a water tote planter?

@RockingCHomestead Жыл бұрын

I would say about a 1/3 of full mix. However, that does vary on how you have it set up.

@cindyblank5 Жыл бұрын

Borax, 1 t or 1 T?

@RockingCHomestead Жыл бұрын

1 tea spoon.

@Aemolya 6 ай бұрын

Quite expensive recipe… $21 for peat moss, $6.90 x 2 for cow manure, $7.99 x 3 for perlite, plus expensive calcium, plus epsom salt, plus other things… Bone meal and bone meal are also expensive. This is what I call a “luxury gardening”, not for people on budget who are trying to grow vegetables and feed their families.

@michaelvance1968 5 ай бұрын

Buy the damaged bags of peat moss and black cow for half price.

@BlackyMhd-xt8sj 5 ай бұрын

Not having $50 is wild might as well use your own native soil n compost,

@chardebae40 4 ай бұрын

⁠@@BlackyMhd-xt8sjliving paycheck to paycheck and not having $50 extra dollars to spend in a litteral depression is not wild.

@cowboyblacksmith 3 ай бұрын

I make a lot of compost and that helps save big bucks. Compost, soil from the ground and peat moss is good enough. If you have leaf mold even better. Sometimes people take soil making into a chemistry class and that’s not necessary for your typical garden. Peat moss is about the only thing I buy.

@arvellataratuta2150 3 ай бұрын

I’m sure it would take a few recipes to fill a raised bed. Yes, expensive.

@jaybailleaux630 3 ай бұрын

That is not super soil to me. That is overpriced soil. I perfer 60% top soil 20% peatmoss , 20% compost. That what works for me. Commercial fertilizer realy boost production.

@carolinerose5743 2 ай бұрын

That's great IF you can get decent top soil where you live. Where I live, the stuff they sell as top soil is a yellow brown color and it looks like mostly sand, so I would never use that in my garden.

@jaybailleaux630 2 ай бұрын

@carolinerose5743 I agree to that. Topsoil in my area averages 4 inches deep. I change my ratio when I only can get sand , silt , and clay. I will often reverse the ratio for poor soil. I use the same formula for pots , raised beds and in ground . I find most bag products low grade. Baged peatmoss is OK. Black Manure is midgrade ,but about the best I can find at the box stores.