Man man man ,this video arrived just in time,I was literally today at home depot,looking at the different products,and when u got to potting soil,I almost dropped dead,shit 15$ for a bag!! I have around 200 different plants seeded and getting ready to be grown in containers! You just saved me ton of $ !! Thank you soo much
So expensive. Toss is some lime to your pots too if you are using a lot of peat and not much over other materials. Helps with the lower pH of peat. Not much just light handful. Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications. Thanks
Yeah it’s ridiculous. It’s embarassing really. Most people don’t realize that most of these potting mixes are the same ingredients as garden soil. Just not in the same ratios. Buy a few bails of the cheap garden soil, a few bags of compost, some peat moss, perlite and you’re going to get a huge pile of potting soil. And at a fraction of the price if you outright buy the bags of potting mixes. Takes a bit of labor to mix them up, but saves a ton of cash.
Its so funny, that is EXACTLY what I did this year. I was going to order compost but no one is delivering here yet. I went to Lowes and got that same peat moss, organic black earth, did those at 50/50, and then added a couple of scoops of shrimp compost, couple scoops of aged horse manure, some bone meal and blood meal, and veg fertilizer. I saved so much money over what it would have been to order it from a place like big yellow bag. My transplants seem to be enjoying it there so far!
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Great video. Not sure why I watched it, because I've had this figured out for decades... except that your vids are great. Your channel (and TH-cam gardening vids in general) have replaced my late winter/ early spring evenings pawing through Rodale gardening books. Thanks for your quality material.
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thank you for explaining this so thoroughly. Home Depot has that miracle gro soil for $2.5 a bag right now (5/18-5/29/23)...it was $2 a month ago! I really wanted to take advantage of that sale...however I need more of a potting mix for my greenstalk garden. i'll try your recipe here. love the visual comparisons, thank you!
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Ty for explaining the savings! My garden is raised bed and containers and those bags of Potting mix were expensive! So happy to make my own my compost I make my own so here I come for peat moss lol😁👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾❤
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really good video gary..i've been buying the whitney farms soil from costco for a couple years now for our container bin/buckets..very happy with it..doing exactly what you showed here.mix in a shovel of peat and compost every year..by ammending, we're doubling maybe tripling our coverage ...good stuff
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Thank you Gary your videos are very informative I learn so much from watching them. I just recently bought a few bags of miracle gro potting mix and garden soil and repotted all my tomato and pepper transplants in gallon containers with the potting mix. The soil was so heavy and felt damp and smells like serious mildew so I mixed extra peat like the green bags in the video, the soil does not seem to dry up, I fear all my plants will die before I transfer to my new raised beds. Should I repot with something else completely add more peat and perlite? It just looks like mud so strange I never had issues with MG before. I definitely will be using this video as a guide for my garden beds I'll be filling soon.
I think you will be alright. Ive used those product. If you are really worried change them and in perlite and peat. But I feel like if you have container drainage holes, you should be fine. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden shop for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise and more at www.therustedgarden.com Check out my new gardening PODCAST Gardening Coast2Coast at gardeningcoast2coast.net with CaliKim. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Check out my Amazon Storefront for garden lights, seed starting supplies, fertilizer, pest management, books and more! www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden
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Another GREAT video!! I used one of your old "recipes" for my container mix and works awesome! I'm now moving on to raised beds. My city has free compost-can I fill my raised beds entirely with this? Or do I need to add other amendments?
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You can. It is a bit expensive. I tend you use Castings right in the planting holes. As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Check out my Amazon Storefront for garden lights, seed starting supplies, fertilizer, pest management, books and more! www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden Check out my new gardening PODCAST Gardening Coast2Coast at gardeningcoast2coast.net with CaliKim. Please subscribe as it really helps me & please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com
Its peak season. Everyone is buying it this time of year. I live in Tennessee and have no issues. But i purchased mine several weeks ago before the usual spring rush.
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Is this what you would use in grow bags? Also I notice you don't add vermiculite. Is it not necessary? I plan to grow in 20 gal round grow bags and 3sf rectangular shaped fabric containers.
I use this generally for my containers. 50 peat/50 earth as base mix. To that I add stuff depending on what I am filling. Vermiculite is an added cost if you are using peat and adding in compost IMO. Thanks! Over 1500 gardening videos on my YT channel. Here is how you can support me, & The Rusted Garden... Please Subscribe & The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop: www.therustedgarden.com/
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Depends on how much compost. Seeds could struggle but eventually the soil works it out. Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications. Thanks
@@THERUSTEDGARDEN I filled the entire thing with compost because it was so cheap...🙄 I guess I could dig it out and mix in some peat moss and garden soil?
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Well that's cheap. Is it 3 cubic feet? Ill check it out. Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications. Thanks
Glad that come through because there is not 1 formula. Now you can make your own signature mix. Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications. Thanks
your soil mix might be different depending on climate if you live in a cold wet climate you might want a soil that holds less water so the plants don't have wet feet but generally speaking plants will do fine in almost any broken down material or soil just don't buy kellogs and you'll be alright
Thats what Gary does! He makes EVERYTHING so simple. "Just do this and this and you're good. Dont stress about it". Everyone else makes it overly complicated.
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I love Whitney farms’ products! Ace hardware has the raised bed mix for 6.99 at times -- I use it as my base for everything. And leafgro is magic- pure magic
I work at one of those stores. Peat moss in bales flew out. 5 pallets, gone. Saw dust, pine straw, other plant/water holding material can work. Not kidding. we can't get vermiculite. Perlite? Amazon best bet.
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It is flying! Ended up getting vermiculite from Amazon, I need more peat but I'm still out a month or so from planting in CT so I can wait a few weeks to see if it restocks. Starting a new raised bed this year so I'll need quite a bit of a mix to go in. I ordered compost from a local landscaper, $12.50 a yard, that's a great bargain! My little tumbling composter will only make about 15 lbs. I did go ahead and get the MG potting mix for my grow boxes, have quite a few to put together and it makes figuring how much I need easier.
Great video. I like Mel's mix as my potting soil base (peat moss, compost, vermiculite) and I add whatever amendments I like. Potting mix gets some perlite added for lightness and drainage. If it is going in the ground, then I mix in some of my beautiful clay soil to give it a micronutrient boost. And I always add some organic granular fertilizer for good measure. Works great!
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Thanks Gary! About to go out this weekend to get supplies. Here in Delaware, 44 tomato plants last year, great harvests, followed all of your ideas and some others!
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Gary is always looking out for us. I started with the bagged products just to get my feet wet, but when I crunch the numbers, it's so much cheaper to just do it myself. Can't wait to start mixing now that I know better. My earth is just the worst clay soil, so I'll go with garden soil. Thanks!
Clay mixed in helps btw. it helps buffer acidity of peat and adds micronutrients. But I hear ya. Takes a lot of work to make that top layer of good garden soil. Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications. Thanks
My mother had clay soil in her Wisconsin garden and she grew the most drop dead delicious tomatoes 🍅 I’ve ever come across and I still dream about them today. Not to mention delicious carrots, green beans, lettuce 🥬, and 17 other things. I know because I dug her garden by hand in 1967 when I was 10 years old. I noticed a LOT of clay in the soil, but it seemed to work out exceptionally well.
I use a big green tarp and a flat shovel to mix all my ingredients. I pile the bags on one corner and shovel it to the opposite corner, then back to the opposite, opposite corner. After about 30 or 40 minutes of this when I can't see any portions or piles of unmixed stuff, I break out my #10 pots to fill. I take my hand and gently push the soil down to give it a bit more density. Then scoop out a hole in the center for the root system of my toms, bury it up past the cut off lower branches and top off the pots to near the rim. I may stick in a piece of plastic strip to ID the variety of get a chunk of tape and put in on the rim. I wonder if people still use those up side down hanging grow bag pots that were all the rage a few years back. I don't hear about them these days.
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Thanks Gary for the detailed explanation of these bagged products. Two years ago I followed your suggestions and made my own mix for raised beds and containers with peat moss. One thing I learned this year from a big setback on my tomato seedlings is that peat moss is more acidic than I thought. I used your method of mixing peat moss and vermiculite and sterilizing them for seed starting. To save even more money, I didn’t get Jiffy starter mix like you previously showed. Instead, I used the peat moss straight from the 3 cubit big bale. My seeds germinated and started growing for the first three weeks. On the 4th week the bottom leaves of seedlings began to turn yellow. I made sure I didn’t over or under fertilize them nor did they get any diseases. Yesterday I found out the PH level was way too acidic so the seedlings were not able to absorb nitrogen from the water soluble fertilizer (quarter strength). I noticed that in the Jiffy starter mix contains lime as PH adjuster. Perhaps that’s what I should’ve added in my own mix. Hopefully this experience is helpful for some who are perplexed with the same thing like I did and for your future reference. Happy gardening 😇
That is true. A handful of lime can help. Good point. Ill add it next time. Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications. Thanks
Subscribed. Times are strange. Peat moss hard to find. Online I find 3 cubic feet of peat moss $50.00 Stores near me unavailable. Found a tractor supply store 2 counties away $13.00 for 2 cubic feet. I bought 5. Had 3 yards top soil and 3 yards compost delivered. I raise rabbits. I have a yard of pellets saved up.. that's the mix I can do.
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Thank you, Gary. I needed this refresher on the bags. Definitely, going to make my own container soil this year. Intend to experiment more on container gardening and make use of different areas in the backyard away from the major growing plots. Great vid.
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I started to notice the similarities in some of the bagged products a few years ago. That's when I became a huge fan of peat moss and compost. I almost felt silly, once I realized that I was overpaying. Sometimes I still overpay for convenience, but it's a better feeling to make a choice to pay for convenience, rather than getting duped unknowingly. Nice to know my biology degree from Towson (back when it was Towson State) isn't going to waste 😉. I'm a MD girl too, born and raised. I don't live there anymore, but it's always nice when I hear you talk about MD stuff.
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I vary it. But if this makes sense. I fill a container halfway with the mix. I toss in 1-3 handfuls in the bottom and mix it through. I fill the rest and do the same thing. For reference... a 5 gallon paint bucket gets 1-2 handfuls in the bottom. Also depends on if I am adding compost. Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications. Thanks
How they digest the materials. Animals vary. So some needs more composting to finish up. Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications. Thanks
Thank you for the advice. In a couple of years, I want to expand my garden in a big way. Unfortunately, my income will not be expanded at all, let alone in a big way. Your advice and tips will make it possible for me to create my much larger garden. Thank you!
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Peat is nowhere to be found. There are some coir bricks though. I prefer using well amended garden soil. I have sticky clay before amending when wet, but after amending it is better then anything you can buy. Although I wouldn't consider using my soil when considering selling plant starts. Your best bet is to go to a green waste place and get it in bulk. You don't need perlite, or vermiculite at all. They don't promote drainage. They are just a filler; you could do better with natural small wood chunks that are well aged.
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6 parts backyard dirt. 2 parts peat moss, 2 parts compost. No perlite or vermiculite. 5 gallon bucket, add the appropriate chemical or organic fertilizer plus other amendments such as lime, Epson Salt, etc. If it is too tight add some perlite or vermiculite.
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Nope. Just as long as its fully composted. Please subscribe as it really helps me & please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Check out my Amazon Storefront for garden lights, seed starting supplies, fertilizer, pest management, books and more! www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden Check out my new gardening PODCAST Gardening Coast2Coast at gardeningcoast2coast.net with CaliKim.
Your really dont need pelite so Id go with 2 parts garden soil, 2 parts peat, 1 part manure/compost. If you want to add perlite maybe 1/2 part. Thanks! My new book, coauthored with my friend Chiara D'Amore, is available for preorder. Growing an Edible Landscape: How to Transform Your Outdoor Space into a Food Garden Available for preorder on Amazon: amzn.to/3o1xiTZ
A bit late for my strawberries beds. Im on its second year. All i did is reuse my ground soil with compost... now i have bags of peat moss. Wish i discovered this before now i make my own mixes for less money. My soil is mostly clay so my strawberries dont have the best of life sure they do produce but around the mid season it slows down drastically and show sign of stress. Got my first liquid organic fertilizer this year. I would like to redo my bed but im going to pretty much ruin my strawberry production this year all i can do really is amending the soil over time with compost
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Miracle Gro has such a monopoly. I get the 2nd one from the left. Not enough air flow for container (learned my lesson. Strangled carrots and beets loool) I also use in the top row second from the left. I have my amendments all ready. This is going to be a great season!
they do but (I was just discussing this), you go with another brand, often it's crappy stuff, full of plastic and huge chunks of wood. It's like Black Kow. Yeah, they charge for it. But it's almost always great stuff.
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We used the Nature Care compost last year, plus top soil, peat, and some organic matter (leaves, clippings, etc) and had amazing luck in our raised beds. And saved a ton of money compared to potting mix. It was probably a 2/1/1 mix of compost/soil/peat then the organic matter and fertilizer thrown in.
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Garden soil should have some of this stuff mixed into it for container use. In the ground it can be used. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Plus support The Rusted Garden by subscribing and using my Amazon Store Front link when shopping for anything on Amazon www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from any qualified purchases, not just items I link. You can also find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for cameras, fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! Earn 15% by becoming a Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop Affiliate. Some people are using it for their social media followings and some people are using it for a fund raiser for schools and sport teams. To sign up... use this link to our shop and click the MORE tab on the green bar and select TRG Affiliate Program www.therustedgarden.com/ Or use this link to go directly to our TRG Affiliate Program sign up the-rusted-garden.goaffpro.com/create-account The Rusted Garden 'Scan & Grow' Seed Collection (My Seed and Garden Shop) Just scan the QR code and watch a planting video: www.therustedgarden.com/search?type=product&q=qr
There is a way to make the hard red clay soil work, and work well. I have no idea what it is, but I see fields of it full of beautiful tomato plants and other row crops in addition to corn, wheat, soybeans and tobacco. I can't understand how the roots of those plants penetrate the clay. None of the crops other than tobacco are irrigated.
Mine was a lot of clay. I have a video from last month on making a planting hole in clay soil. Start with that for each transplant. Mulch and let the rest of the soil improve over time. One way you can really support me is by using my Amazon Store Front link when shopping for anything on Amazon www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden I earn from amazon on eligible purchases. Thanks! Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com As an Amazon Associate I earn from any qualified purchases, not just items I link. You can also find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for cameras, fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! Earn 15% by becoming a Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop Affiliate. Some people are using it for their social media followings and some people are using it for a fund raiser for schools and sport teams. To sign up... use this link to our shop and click the MORE tab on the green bar and select TRG Affiliate Program www.therustedgarden.com/ Or use this link to go directly to our TRG Affiliate Program sign up the-rusted-garden.goaffpro.com/create-account The Rusted Garden 'Scan & Grow' Seed Collection (My Seed and Garden Shop) Just scan the QR code and watch a planting video: www.therustedgarden.com/search?type=product&q=qr
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They do have wood but sometimes this is all people have available to them. Fine wood is okay. Chunky not so much. Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications. Thanks
This is the meta gardening channel. Lots of helpful replies for even being famous and as busy as Gary is. Saving tons of money thanks to you and building my mom's backyard into a jungle!
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I'm a little confused by your 2:1:1 ratio. You call for compost (25%) and leaf gro/manure (25%). I have no trouble finding the bagged manure. Bagged compost is hard to find and expensive when I do find it. And most of the bagged manure says that it is compost. Can I, instead, use 50% composted manure to the base mix of soil and peat moss?
It can just vary. 50% peat and 50% earth works. That 50% earth can be whatever you want between earth from your yard, compost, or manure. The problem is bagged stuff is not fully broken down or composted, so you have to know the company well. Please subscribe as it really helps me & please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Check out my Amazon Storefront for garden lights, seed starting supplies, fertilizer, pest management, books and more! www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden Check out my new gardening PODCAST Gardening Coast2Coast at gardeningcoast2coast.net with CaliKim.
That bag of peat moss costs $25 now, you still think it's worth it at that price? Considering you also have to end up buying compost, vermiculite and fertilizers etc
Now prices are up. Some of the bagged products are up too. Not as great as deal but the stuff you make is as good. Prices should come back down. A good mix now is peat and digging up edgings whatever from your property. 50-50 mix and add compost as you have it. Use Code TRG15 Save 15% on any Bed Style & Free Shipping on Vegega Metal Raised Beds Check out all the metal bed design & colors (dozens) at Vegega. Here is my affiliate link: www.vegega.com/?ref=le64f3gm30 There is often free shipping and discounts. TRG15 is good through May 2023. Free shipping applies to selected carriers.
@@THERUSTEDGARDEN Hey quick question if you don't mind, so I just got my bag of peat moss and I've been reading that it's on the acidic side so I wanted to ask what do you use to raise the PH? I've been looking at 2 different options, Oysyer Shell Flour and Garden Lime, which do you think would be better?
If you mix peat moss, compost, perlite/ vermiculite, and blood meal/ bone meal would you still need to add some mulch on top and also a fertilizer to raise pH level and for nutrients? I'm asking like for a bucket food grade or even a garden bed. Aslo would this work for fruit and vegetables?
I would still mulch if you have really hot summer days. That helps and soil. Not sure what you mean by a adding a fertilizer to raise pH. But the pH should be fine as is. You blood and bone meal, cover Nitrogen and Phosphorous. You still need to cover potassium. You compost could be enough. Join this channel to get access to perks which focus on garden mentoring and member influenced videos: th-cam.com/channels/ptL6_qMImyW_yZwiMjQdpg.htmljoin You can find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! at www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from qualified purchases. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Please subscribe if you have a chance (Thanks!
@@THERUSTEDGARDEN Thank you for the feedback I'm new to this so just thought to ask but fertilizer doesn't it give like nutrition or something? You said PH levels should be good how it is. Another question I had is nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium is usually what to focus on if blood and bone meal is needed when planting and any others?
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Sir I bought some garden soil by accident and I watched your video and really like to save money next year by using this garden soil and turn them for potting soil what do I need to turn them into potting soil mix? Would you please tell me what ingredients to mix them all together and have some potting soil mix? Please help.
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So much fun!! Go for it. Omg 😱 I love you. I would love to DRIVE DOWN TO Maryland one day to meet you to see this heaven on earth of food plenty plenty plenty full of food you can never go hungry it’s amazing you all God sent I am so glad I seen you I’ve been watching you for a while now and I’m taping the segments hopefully I can find them in my phone but I know you’re always on and I know rustic now and I’ll never forget it if you do have people come down to your area just to see what you do and give some advice I’d love to know when and where and I’ll be there I’d love to garden my mom loves to garden I do most of my garden now in big pots barrels here for wine barrels because I need my space for something else so pretty good but this year I really went out of my way and made beautiful so I’ll mixtures menorahs everything I mixed so let’s see yeah growing are usually take pics from my phone from planting the beginning and to the end when you start to see them come out and boom I could just sit there with my cuppa coffee it’s amazing I love it so if you do have anything like that please let me know I guess she would just reply back to where I replied I hope and I do hope to meet you someday because you’re amazing the way you explain things I understand everything it’s amazing I don’t I just love everything in the way you made actual rooms for Difference times of the day to eat let’s say breakfast lunch dinner brunch fantastic fantastic seriously nice piece of salmon nice steak on the barbecue whatever you’re amazing man God bless you I hope you’re doing this for many many years God bless enjoy yourself again and hopefully I will hear from you sincerely Connie from Staten Island New York where the soil is so disgusting you could build probably a building with it it’s clay it’s disgusting so I’ve spent hundreds and hundreds of dollars on really greatSoil that guy mixed together a little bit of this a little bit of that we see what happens I’m experimenting with you OK thank you so much🍀🐶🐶🐾🦋🪴
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Can you review the Expert potting mix from Walmart. It’s the most cheapest so-so good quality mix I seen on the market. Would love to know your review.
So so. But as a base to amend it is fine. I like to add in some peat and compost or my earth from digging edges around beds. It works well on its own too. Good luck. Please check out The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop for all your gardening needs at www.therustedgarden.com & Please Ring the Bell (next to subscribe) to get immediate real-time video notifications. Thanks
Loved your video. I have watched so many videos on garden soils filling containers and yours have been the most useful to me. I had recently watched many videos on container gardening for veggies, and I was looking for how to mix regular soil that I got construction site for free and was wondering how to mix it. This will save me a lot of money. I am so excited about growing vegetables since I have only tried a few herbs.
To save even more cash, look for end of season deals on bags at box stores or hardware stores. They mark them down a lot to get them gone before late fall and winter. I try to replace bags of stuff I have used. Store these bags outside where they can't be cut or damaged. The important thing is never buy bags in the spring, if it can be helped. Some amendments will have to be available at full price. Just look for deals when possible.
Hello Gary! I have a maybe 20-25 bags of leaf compost I need to buy another type of compost? I’m assuming with this formula I can feel my bed garden I just start small . Thank you for sharing all your knowledge!
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Based on one of your past videos, I made container mix using top soil, peat moss and compost. This video, you said we do not use topsoil. Why the change?
This is exactly what I needed to know. I want to do some container gardening and the soil in bags at the big box stores had so many different options that I was overwhelmed. Thank you for making this easy.
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Sometimes the topsoil quality varied too much. Just different products. When the topsoil looks decent, I use it still. Garden soil was a bit more consistent. Please visit The Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop (My Shop) for your fabric pots, fall & spring seeds, seed starting supplies, peppermint oil, neem oil, TRG merchandise, and more at www.therustedgarden.com Plus support The Rusted Garden by subscribing and using my Amazon Store Front link when shopping for anything on Amazon www.amazon.com/shop/garypilarchiktherustedgarden As an Amazon Associate I earn from any qualified purchases, not just items I link. You can also find items I use or discuss in videos, by checking out my Amazon Storefront for cameras, fertilizer, pest management, shade cloth, seed starting supplies, books and more! Earn 15% by becoming a Rusted Garden Seed & Garden Shop Affiliate. Some people are using it for their social media followings and some people are using it for a fund raiser for schools and sport teams. To sign up... use this link to our shop and click the MORE tab on the green bar and select TRG Affiliate Program www.therustedgarden.com/ Or use this link to go directly to our TRG Affiliate Program sign up the-rusted-garden.goaffpro.com/create-account The Rusted Garden 'Scan & Grow' Seed Collection (My Seed and Garden Shop) Just scan the QR code and watch a planting video: www.therustedgarden.com/search?type=product&q=qr
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Watching your videos on potting soils inspired me to start building my own super soil recipes with peatmoss coco coir compost combo with a litany of Down to earth dry amendment’s. It was a lil pricey to start but man the stuff goes a very long way and I re-amend every growing cycle for my indoor grass roots container mixes. Was using a 50/50 blend of Fox Farms ocean forest and Fox Farms Happy Frog. But it’s pretty expensive at 30 bucks a 1.5 cubic foot bag.. then I’d top dress with Gia Green and wow that was extremely expensive. Down to Earth is fraction of the price.
that is fantastic! I can get wood chips for free and finely shredded 2 year old ones if I go pick them up (I love those things), but I'd happily pay that much for compost. Good on your locale for composting!
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You did an amazing job at explaining the concept for a beginner gardener, well done 👌
Man man man ,this video arrived just in time,I was literally today at home depot,looking at the different products,and when u got to potting soil,I almost dropped dead,shit 15$ for a bag!! I have around 200 different plants seeded and getting ready to be grown in containers! You just saved me ton of $ !! Thank you soo much
So expensive. Toss is some lime to your pots too if you are using a lot of peat and not much over other materials. Helps with the lower pH of peat. Not much just light handful.
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Yeah it’s ridiculous. It’s embarassing really. Most people don’t realize that most of these potting mixes are the same ingredients as garden soil. Just not in the same ratios. Buy a few bails of the cheap garden soil, a few bags of compost, some peat moss, perlite and you’re going to get a huge pile of potting soil. And at a fraction of the price if you outright buy the bags of potting mixes. Takes a bit of labor to mix them up, but saves a ton of cash.
@@simplysimple7628 yeah,im not sure where you are, but here in Canada we get screwed even more with high prices, thanks a lot man ,all the best
Its so funny, that is EXACTLY what I did this year. I was going to order compost but no one is delivering here yet. I went to Lowes and got that same peat moss, organic black earth, did those at 50/50, and then added a couple of scoops of shrimp compost, couple scoops of aged horse manure, some bone meal and blood meal, and veg fertilizer. I saved so much money over what it would have been to order it from a place like big yellow bag. My transplants seem to be enjoying it there so far!
And you have your own signature mix. Nice!
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Great video. Not sure why I watched it, because I've had this figured out for decades... except that your vids are great. Your channel (and TH-cam gardening vids in general) have replaced my late winter/ early spring evenings pawing through Rodale gardening books. Thanks for your quality material.
Hey thanks so much. I have a lot of those books I bet. Good luck in the garden.
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@@THERUSTEDGARDEN Already have. I will be ordering neem and peppermint oil. I need them anyway, may as well buy them from you.
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thank you for explaining this so thoroughly. Home Depot has that miracle gro soil for $2.5 a bag right now (5/18-5/29/23)...it was $2 a month ago! I really wanted to take advantage of that sale...however I need more of a potting mix for my greenstalk garden. i'll try your recipe here. love the visual comparisons, thank you!
Good luck. The bagged stuff can be expensive. Making it is the key.
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I have an old cast iron clawfoot tub in my garden and that is where I do my soul mixing. It works out great! 👍😊
Thats fun.
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Ty for explaining the savings! My garden is raised bed and containers and those bags of Potting mix were expensive! So happy to make my own my compost I make my own so here I come for peat moss lol😁👏🏾👏🏾👏🏾❤
Nice on the compost!
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really good video gary..i've been buying the whitney farms soil from costco for a couple years now for our container bin/buckets..very happy with it..doing exactly what you showed here.mix in a shovel of peat and compost every year..by ammending, we're doubling maybe tripling our coverage ...good stuff
I use Black Kow cow manure, potting soil and peat moss. And of I making potting containers and add perlite
Thats a good combo
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And yes Thanks Gary for the videos. I watch all the time. My favorite that I have learned from was building your compost bins. I now have 4 compost bins. 3 are full and I am starting the 4th one this past week.
Thank you Gary your videos are very informative I learn so much from watching them. I just recently bought a few bags of miracle gro potting mix and garden soil and repotted all my tomato and pepper transplants in gallon containers with the potting mix. The soil was so heavy and felt damp and smells like serious mildew so I mixed extra peat like the green bags in the video, the soil does not seem to dry up, I fear all my plants will die before I transfer to my new raised beds. Should I repot with something else completely add more peat and perlite? It just looks like mud so strange I never had issues with MG before. I definitely will be using this video as a guide for my garden beds I'll be filling soon.
I think you will be alright. Ive used those product. If you are really worried change them and in perlite and peat. But I feel like if you have container drainage holes, you should be fine.
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This is so good! Thanks and hugs!
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Very informative video. Thank you!!!!
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Great explanation, thanks!
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Love it. Thank you for the tips.
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Another GREAT video!! I used one of your old "recipes" for my container mix and works awesome! I'm now moving on to raised beds. My city has free compost-can I fill my raised beds entirely with this? Or do I need to add other amendments?
I meant to ad these beds are 16 in deep, so trying to do in least expensive way.
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Can I use worm casting in place of cow manure.
You can. It is a bit expensive. I tend you use Castings right in the planting holes.
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It looks like we have a Peat Moss shortage this year. No one here in Tennessee has peat moss. Have you noticed this in Maryland.
Its peak season. Everyone is buying it this time of year. I live in Tennessee and have no issues. But i purchased mine several weeks ago before the usual spring rush.
Lambert peat moss bail for 4 bucks add compost worm castings a lil dolomite lime and some granular, is what I do
That works.
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What about three way mix for large containers? Really good video as soul is confusing!🌼
That works.
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I have a tough question that you may not be able to answer I apologize in advance 3 cubic feet of peat moss how much does it weigh?
Hmmm I dont know as sometimes moisture gets in them. But when dry Id guess 25 pounds
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Is this what you would use in grow bags? Also I notice you don't add vermiculite. Is it not necessary? I plan to grow in 20 gal round grow bags and 3sf rectangular shaped fabric containers.
I use this generally for my containers. 50 peat/50 earth as base mix. To that I add stuff depending on what I am filling. Vermiculite is an added cost if you are using peat and adding in compost IMO.
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Thanks Gary. I have the Whitney plant soil. Can you mix that with peat moss to use as a potting mix for containers?
Yes.
@@theroyalcrane thanks. Costco has it for $6.49 a bag right now
Yep. Peat and some compost if you have it would be great.
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Can not find peat moss in KY.
It is harder to find lately
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😂 Soil mixing--plus a bit of soul mixing!!! 😂
Ut oh! I just filled my raised beds with the $4 compost from Lowe’s and added pearlite and a slow release fertilizer...will I be okay?
Depends on how much compost. Seeds could struggle but eventually the soil works it out.
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@@THERUSTEDGARDEN I filled the entire thing with compost because it was so cheap...🙄 I guess I could dig it out and mix in some peat moss and garden soil?
I sure wish that brand and size of Pete Moss was still $10… it is now $20
Yep. I agree!
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Bro i can get that bale of pest moss 399 at ace hardware
Well that's cheap. Is it 3 cubic feet? Ill check it out.
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Really good video. I've watched several who tell you their "Formula", but you've made it so that even I can understand. Thanks
Glad that come through because there is not 1 formula. Now you can make your own signature mix.
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your soil mix might be different depending on climate if you live in a cold wet climate you might want a soil that holds less water so the plants don't have wet feet but generally speaking plants will do fine in almost any broken down material or soil just don't buy kellogs and you'll be alright
Thats what Gary does! He makes EVERYTHING so simple. "Just do this and this and you're good. Dont stress about it". Everyone else makes it overly complicated.
excellent explanation!! thanks!
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I love Whitney farms’ products! Ace hardware has the raised bed mix for 6.99 at times -- I use it as my base for everything. And leafgro is magic- pure magic
I work at one of those stores. Peat moss in bales flew out. 5 pallets, gone. Saw dust, pine straw, other plant/water holding material can work. Not kidding. we can't get vermiculite. Perlite? Amazon best bet.
Have you checked the cost of pest moss on Amazon? Outrageous!
I just grabbed a thing of vermiculite there. 1 left. That stuff does fly off.
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It is flying! Ended up getting vermiculite from Amazon, I need more peat but I'm still out a month or so from planting in CT so I can wait a few weeks to see if it restocks. Starting a new raised bed this year so I'll need quite a bit of a mix to go in. I ordered compost from a local landscaper, $12.50 a yard, that's a great bargain! My little tumbling composter will only make about 15 lbs. I did go ahead and get the MG potting mix for my grow boxes, have quite a few to put together and it makes figuring how much I need easier.
Great video. I like Mel's mix as my potting soil base (peat moss, compost, vermiculite) and I add whatever amendments I like. Potting mix gets some perlite added for lightness and drainage. If it is going in the ground, then I mix in some of my beautiful clay soil to give it a micronutrient boost. And I always add some organic granular fertilizer for good measure. Works great!
Clay soil is what I have and I love it too for the micro nutrients. Thanks.
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Thanks Gary! About to go out this weekend to get supplies. Here in Delaware, 44 tomato plants last year, great harvests, followed all of your ideas and some others!
That is a nice number of tomatoes. Glad you had success.
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Gary is always looking out for us. I started with the bagged products just to get my feet wet, but when I crunch the numbers, it's so much cheaper to just do it myself. Can't wait to start mixing now that I know better. My earth is just the worst clay soil, so I'll go with garden soil. Thanks!
Clay mixed in helps btw. it helps buffer acidity of peat and adds micronutrients. But I hear ya. Takes a lot of work to make that top layer of good garden soil.
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My mother had clay soil in her Wisconsin garden and she grew the most drop dead delicious tomatoes 🍅 I’ve ever come across and I still dream about them today. Not to mention delicious carrots, green beans, lettuce 🥬, and 17 other things. I know because I dug her garden by hand in 1967 when I was 10 years old. I noticed a LOT of clay in the soil, but it seemed to work out exceptionally well.
@@jammin6816 Good to know, thanks!
I use a big green tarp and a flat shovel to mix all my ingredients. I pile the bags on one corner and shovel it to the opposite corner, then back to the opposite, opposite corner. After about 30 or 40 minutes of this when I can't see any portions or piles of unmixed stuff, I break out my #10 pots to fill. I take my hand and gently push the soil down to give it a bit more density. Then scoop out a hole in the center for the root system of my toms, bury it up past the cut off lower branches and top off the pots to near the rim. I may stick in a piece of plastic strip to ID the variety of get a chunk of tape and put in on the rim. I wonder if people still use those up side down hanging grow bag pots that were all the rage a few years back. I don't hear about them these days.
the bag with the hole in it is the bag I buy 😂🤣😂
These are pretty much the standards you find all over.
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Lowe's here doesn't mark a bag down unless it's missing half or more the innards lol
bags with holes in them are likely to have fungus gnats in them. been there. done that :-(
@@karronlaneNOLA works good for me
@@victorybeginsinthegarden nice :-)
Thanks Gary for the detailed explanation of these bagged products. Two years ago I followed your suggestions and made my own mix for raised beds and containers with peat moss. One thing I learned this year from a big setback on my tomato seedlings is that peat moss is more acidic than I thought. I used your method of mixing peat moss and vermiculite and sterilizing them for seed starting. To save even more money, I didn’t get Jiffy starter mix like you previously showed. Instead, I used the peat moss straight from the 3 cubit big bale. My seeds germinated and started growing for the first three weeks. On the 4th week the bottom leaves of seedlings began to turn yellow. I made sure I didn’t over or under fertilize them nor did they get any diseases. Yesterday I found out the PH level was way too acidic so the seedlings were not able to absorb nitrogen from the water soluble fertilizer (quarter strength). I noticed that in the Jiffy starter mix contains lime as PH adjuster. Perhaps that’s what I should’ve added in my own mix. Hopefully this experience is helpful for some who are perplexed with the same thing like I did and for your future reference. Happy gardening 😇
That is true. A handful of lime can help. Good point. Ill add it next time.
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Subscribed. Times are strange. Peat moss hard to find. Online I find 3 cubic feet of peat moss $50.00
Stores near me unavailable. Found a tractor supply store 2 counties away $13.00 for 2 cubic feet. I bought 5.
Had 3 yards top soil and 3 yards compost delivered.
I raise rabbits. I have a yard of pellets saved up.. that's the mix I can do.
Thanks for the tutorial. I use one 1/3 coco coir, 1/3 worm castings, 1/3 perlite, handful of vermiculite, organic fertilizer
Thats a nice high end mix.
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Thank you, Gary. I needed this refresher on the bags. Definitely, going to make my own container soil this year. Intend to experiment more on container gardening and make use of different areas in the backyard away from the major growing plots. Great vid.
Thanks. Good luck this year
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This year will be my year using peat moss. Do I use peat moss every year or just 1 time.??
I started to notice the similarities in some of the bagged products a few years ago. That's when I became a huge fan of peat moss and compost. I almost felt silly, once I realized that I was overpaying. Sometimes I still overpay for convenience, but it's a better feeling to make a choice to pay for convenience, rather than getting duped unknowingly. Nice to know my biology degree from Towson (back when it was Towson State) isn't going to waste 😉. I'm a MD girl too, born and raised. I don't live there anymore, but it's always nice when I hear you talk about MD stuff.
Yep. But we dont know till we know. Compost and peat are great. Good luck this year.
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Boy , has inflation hit the garden centers in 2024. Peat Moss is now $19.99 a bag. Still cheaper to make your own
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Thanks! I've been spending WAY too much on potting mix. What percentage of granular fertilizer would you recommend in the mix?
I vary it. But if this makes sense. I fill a container halfway with the mix. I toss in 1-3 handfuls in the bottom and mix it through. I fill the rest and do the same thing. For reference... a 5 gallon paint bucket gets 1-2 handfuls in the bottom. Also depends on if I am adding compost.
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what is the difference? chicken matured cow manure?
chicken manure. and cow manure?
How they digest the materials. Animals vary. So some needs more composting to finish up.
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Glad to help. Look for sales. Good luck.
What do you think about compost from the municipal compost? Is it safe for a vegetable garden???
Our local product is great. I really like it.
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Peat is nowhere to be found. There are some coir bricks though. I prefer using well amended garden soil. I have sticky clay before amending when wet, but after amending it is better then anything you can buy. Although I wouldn't consider using my soil when considering selling plant starts. Your best bet is to go to a green waste place and get it in bulk. You don't need perlite, or vermiculite at all. They don't promote drainage. They are just a filler; you could do better with natural small wood chunks that are well aged.
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Thanks Gary I was at home depot too. Got exactly what u said.....
Good luck.
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6 parts backyard dirt. 2 parts peat moss, 2 parts compost. No perlite or vermiculite. 5 gallon bucket, add the appropriate chemical or organic fertilizer plus other amendments such as lime, Epson Salt, etc.
If it is too tight add some perlite or vermiculite.
Sound good.
Thanks for this year's update was alot simpler than last years where u had a dozen bags laid out
I agree. I decided to go for the main products. Thanks
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Wow 10 bucks for the Premier Peat Moss? Walmart is selling it for over $70, for the same quantity!
$12 now but its the best way to go
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Home Depot carries 1 cu. ft. steer manure for $1.58 per bag and the chicken manure is $3.97 for 1 cu. ft. also, do you prefer one over the other?
Nope. Just as long as its fully composted.
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What ratio should I use to make potting soil if I only has garden soil , peat moss , chicken manure compost and perlite on hand . 2:2:1:1?
Your really dont need pelite so Id go with 2 parts garden soil, 2 parts peat, 1 part manure/compost. If you want to add perlite maybe 1/2 part.
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A bit late for my strawberries beds. Im on its second year. All i did is reuse my ground soil with compost... now i have bags of peat moss. Wish i discovered this before now i make my own mixes for less money. My soil is mostly clay so my strawberries dont have the best of life sure they do produce but around the mid season it slows down drastically and show sign of stress. Got my first liquid organic fertilizer this year. I would like to redo my bed but im going to pretty much ruin my strawberry production this year all i can do really is amending the soil over time with compost
Compost is wonderful. Good luck with you beds.
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Miracle Gro has such a monopoly. I get the 2nd one from the left. Not enough air flow for container (learned my lesson. Strangled carrots and beets loool) I also use in the top row second from the left. I have my amendments all ready. This is going to be a great season!
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We used the Nature Care compost last year, plus top soil, peat, and some organic matter (leaves, clippings, etc) and had amazing luck in our raised beds. And saved a ton of money compared to potting mix. It was probably a 2/1/1 mix of compost/soil/peat then the organic matter and fertilizer thrown in.
That works. A great way to do it
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hi, if i don’t have native soil in my garden,can i just use garden soil? Or garden soil need mix anything before my use?
Garden soil should have some of this stuff mixed into it for container use. In the ground it can be used.
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There is a way to make the hard red clay soil work, and work well. I have no idea what it is, but I see fields of it full of beautiful tomato plants and other row crops in addition to corn, wheat, soybeans and tobacco. I can't understand how the roots of those plants penetrate the clay. None of the crops other than tobacco are irrigated.
Mine was a lot of clay. I have a video from last month on making a planting hole in clay soil. Start with that for each transplant. Mulch and let the rest of the soil improve over time.
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I’m so glad someone puts this out there!!!
Glad to make it. This is a theme I touch on each year.
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If you run different size siffiters on potting soil you will see its ALL WOOD. Just at different sizes.
I believe it. Crazy. Thanks.
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As of 2023, that $10.97 three cu. ft. bail of Peat Moss is $20.97.
The other bagged product are going up too
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Amen! Thanks for this, I’ll never be fooled again!
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What about Espoma Land and Sea or Fox Farms Ocean Floor?
I havent tried them.
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It’s too bad that, at the time I am posting this comment, the giant bales of peat moss are 100 bucks where I am
Crazy
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All those bag products are junk.Sticks etc inside.
They do have wood but sometimes this is all people have available to them. Fine wood is okay. Chunky not so much.
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This is the meta gardening channel. Lots of helpful replies for even being famous and as busy as Gary is. Saving tons of money thanks to you and building my mom's backyard into a jungle!
Glad to share and help out.
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I'm a little confused by your 2:1:1 ratio. You call for compost (25%) and leaf gro/manure (25%). I have no trouble finding the bagged manure. Bagged compost is hard to find and expensive when I do find it. And most of the bagged manure says that it is compost. Can I, instead, use 50% composted manure to the base mix of soil and peat moss?
It can just vary. 50% peat and 50% earth works. That 50% earth can be whatever you want between earth from your yard, compost, or manure. The problem is bagged stuff is not fully broken down or composted, so you have to know the company well.
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That bag of peat moss costs $25 now, you still think it's worth it at that price? Considering you also have to end up buying compost, vermiculite and fertilizers etc
Now prices are up. Some of the bagged products are up too. Not as great as deal but the stuff you make is as good. Prices should come back down. A good mix now is peat and digging up edgings whatever from your property. 50-50 mix and add compost as you have it.
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@@THERUSTEDGARDEN Hey quick question if you don't mind, so I just got my bag of peat moss and I've been reading that it's on the acidic side so I wanted to ask what do you use to raise the PH? I've been looking at 2 different options, Oysyer Shell Flour and Garden Lime, which do you think would be better?
What about adding dolomite?
If you mix peat moss, compost, perlite/ vermiculite, and blood meal/ bone meal would you still need to add some mulch on top and also a fertilizer to raise pH level and for nutrients? I'm asking like for a bucket food grade or even a garden bed. Aslo would this work for fruit and vegetables?
I would still mulch if you have really hot summer days. That helps and soil. Not sure what you mean by a adding a fertilizer to raise pH. But the pH should be fine as is. You blood and bone meal, cover Nitrogen and Phosphorous. You still need to cover potassium. You compost could be enough.
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@@THERUSTEDGARDEN Thank you for the feedback I'm new to this so just thought to ask but fertilizer doesn't it give like nutrition or something? You said PH levels should be good how it is. Another question I had is nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium is usually what to focus on if blood and bone meal is needed when planting and any others?
Can you just use the base and some fertilizer to grow?
100% yes
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Good tips for creating our own soil. I will try this for my garden and containers.
Good luck
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Sir I bought some garden soil by accident and I watched your video and really like to save money next year by using this garden soil and turn them for potting soil what do I need to turn them into potting soil mix? Would you please tell me what ingredients to mix them all together and have some potting soil mix? Please help.
You need more peat moss
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Thank you I’m going to mix more peat moss to my bags garden soil.again thank you!
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I'm gonna try the cheapest top soil,i might have to sift it,peat moss and cow manure to see what kind of results I get....
It is worth it to save money. Worst case too, is maybe not so great this year but next year, it sets up really well. If the plants struggle this year, just go a bit heavier with water soluble fertilizers.
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That peat moss is $19.97 at home depot
When the video was made it was cheaper. Much cheaper but even with price increase it is cheaper to make your own.
Can I grow vegetable using this
Cow manure, Soil, perlite & Peat moss
Is this good ? Or should I add something else with this ?
Can you review the Expert potting mix from Walmart. It’s the most cheapest so-so good quality mix I seen on the market. Would love to know your review.
I use that potting mix.It`s really good.
@@tenshi7837 right!!
So so. But as a base to amend it is fine. I like to add in some peat and compost or my earth from digging edges around beds. It works well on its own too. Good luck.
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Loved your video. I have watched so many videos on garden soils filling containers and yours have been the most useful to me. I had recently watched many videos on container gardening for veggies, and I was looking for how to mix regular soil that I got construction site for free and was wondering how to mix it. This will save me a lot of money. I am so excited about growing vegetables since I have only tried a few herbs.
To save even more cash, look for end of season deals on bags at box stores or hardware stores. They mark them down a lot to get them gone before late fall and winter. I try to replace bags of stuff I have used. Store these bags outside where they can't be cut or damaged. The important thing is never buy bags in the spring, if it can be helped. Some amendments will have to be available at full price. Just look for deals when possible.
@7:46 so in other words, it’s just equal parts of all 4 (soil+pete moss+compost+organic plant fertilizer
Hello Gary! I have a maybe 20-25 bags of leaf compost I need to buy another type of compost? I’m assuming with this formula I can feel my bed garden I just start small . Thank you for sharing all your knowledge!
That Peat Moss bag is now 24 bucks!
It is going up.
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Based on one of your past videos, I made container mix using top soil, peat moss and compost. This video, you said we do not use topsoil. Why the change?
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This is exactly what I needed to know. I want to do some container gardening and the soil in bags at the big box stores had so many different options that I was overwhelmed. Thank you for making this easy.
It is so overwhelming
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Hi great video!! Why did you stop using top soil and now only use garden soil?
Sometimes the topsoil quality varied too much. Just different products. When the topsoil looks decent, I use it still. Garden soil was a bit more consistent.
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Glad to share
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Watching your videos on potting soils inspired me to start building my own super soil recipes with peatmoss coco coir compost combo with a litany of Down to earth dry amendment’s. It was a lil pricey to start but man the stuff goes a very long way and I re-amend every growing cycle for my indoor grass roots container mixes.
Was using a 50/50 blend of Fox Farms ocean forest and Fox Farms Happy Frog. But it’s pretty expensive at 30 bucks a 1.5 cubic foot bag.. then I’d top dress with Gia Green and wow that was extremely expensive. Down to Earth is fraction of the price.
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I live in Northern Virginia. My county sells compost by the pick up truck load for $30.
Hi, where at? I also live in NOVA.
that is fantastic! I can get wood chips for free and finely shredded 2 year old ones if I go pick them up (I love those things), but I'd happily pay that much for compost. Good on your locale for composting!
Balls Ford Road compost facility in Prince William County. They have a couple different grades of compost and also mulch.
@@scottankers6690 Thanks!
Hi sir please give me full recipe video
I dont have it written and you can find it on my YT channel. Search container mix.
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What about black earth?
I don't know what that is
I just confused how to make it
There is no exact ways. This show you the basic mix. You can vary slightly
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