So glad to have found someone who advocates for re-using soil and other materials where possible! Thank you for all your information for real-world usage.
Thanks for watching! I hope you enjoyed it! Be sure to reuse your potting soil it’s good stuff all it needs is a bit of a fluff every year. Do you reuse your potting soil ? Let me know in the comments below. Like, share, subscribe.
Once in a while I will watch a video and heave a sigh of relief seeing that I have been doing it right. And then I am surprised by seeing a useful tip I had not thought of, like using another container as filler. Great channel!
I use the EXACT same method. Get a pool for the dogs in the summer and then put all my soil in it when it gets too cold to swim and the plants are dying! Awesome video :)
I use broken up Styrofoam the hard stuff you get from packages that is used to protect items in shipping. Helps drainage, helps to keep pot as light weight as possible, and takes up some space.
Hi, I love your giant earth sorter. That would make me happy too, I'm happiest when my hands are in the dirt, it makes me live. Thanks for a really good video. God bless you real good🌿✝️🥀
Yes, I reuse mine but somewhat sheepishly. Now I can feel good about it! I do usually add back in some manure or compost. I have not usually put it all in one big bin to mix it up, that is a good idea. No kiddie pool but I can come up with something.
Don’t feel sheepish about it! It’s perfectly fine soil, and a fun fact about composts and manure is that more nutrients becomes bio available over time. Meaning the older the soil the more fertile it is. That’s why you see lower values on organic fertilizers actually. The nutrients is there it’s simply just stored up inside protein structures. Eventually they breakdown become water soluble and are available to the plant via osmosis and diffusion
I live in tropical climate (Indonesia). I always use carbonized (burned) rice husk for garden & potting mix (indoor/outdoor). Its great amandement and all plants are happy.
I use to meticulously pick out every hair thin root when I started getting into plants and rescuing soil because I thought it would somehow take the nutrients or space or whatever from what I was trying to grow 😂. It was one of those things that I just didn’t even take a second to ACTUALLY think about. I’m so glad I learned it was ok to keep the roots. I still take out what I can grab like in a handful but the rest just stays.
🤠Thanks for the video!! Yes I reuse soil & add manure.. I use rocks & sticks in the bottoms to fill up space - never thought of using pool noodles another pot! Thanks!! ( you sounds like you’re almost whispering..?.. I agree w/ the ‘skip the music’ comment/ thanks fir sharing your knowledge!!❤️
It all depends on how alive your soil is when it comes to how quickly roots break down. I also reuse my soil and roots are usually gone in less than a month.
Just a tip: if you fill the bottom of the pot with some organic matter (eg. hay, wood chip, dry grass clippings) instead of junk, water it until it saturates, it will act like a water reservoir under the soil. Its core gardening in a pot. Decaying organic matter holds water like a sponge.
Love the video, hate de music. You have a very soothing voice, the music ads nothing, in fact I find it quite annoying. Never the less, I will looks for your other videos. Hope you have some on soil from diseased plants.
Instead of adding manure to the old potting soil, can I use liquid fertilizer when I water? Do you add in more vermiculite and perlite and peat moss? What ratio? I love your videos. You do have a soothing voice. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I am 70 years old this year and am putting in the biggest garden ever for me and starting a compost pile. Next year I will have my own composite. Love gardening.
That’s amazing congrats! And you can use liquid fertilizer that’s not an issue at all. I don’t add more perlite generally. The exception would be if I notice the soil is degraded a lot then I’ll do 10% or 1/10.
What about the issue of salinity? Salts will accumualte in the mix overtime. Do you feel that the addition of the organic mater portion of the added manure is enough to dilute the concentration? I guess it depends on the chemistry of the water and the fertilizing regime that the gardener is using? thoughts?
Yes, so the salt concern is going to heavily depend on the fertilizer used, frequency etc. Now so long as your not bottom watering and are fully flushing the system, combined with the use of additional peat/compost/manure it would be a negligible amount left behind. I think it’s important to watch for signs of salt issues but I don’t think it’s that large or a concern that would warranty not considering reusing soil.
Thank you for the video and showing how you go about it! What about PH, do you test the PH after you're done? Adding manure and whatever other source of nutrients won't be of much help, if the PH is off a lot. I guess salt accumulation could also be a problem. What do you think of flushing the old soil first as an addition to the routine, before mixing with manure? 🙂
I used old pro mix for my first year flower farm seedlings. Everything is stunted so I decided to fertilize with 1/4 strength solution every watering. I hope that helps. I bought a new bale when I ran out of the old. I noticed s night and day difference.
I have lots of old soil that I want to recharge. I don't intend to use it soon. It's worth 10 sacks actually. So what I did was, I poured everything on the ground, poured about 3 kilos of kitchen scraps (no meats and dairy), gathered 3 sacks worth of uncompressed dried leaves, added about 2 kilos of fresh leaves and grass. I mixed everything into the soil, wet it really well and covered it up. What do you think of this process? Will it be healthy soil in about 3 months? FYI, it's not heating up.
How to reuse old soil from outside for indoor plants on winter? I watched the bringing plants from outside to inside for winter. You recommend switching soils but how can we sterilize and reuse the soil for indoor plants?
I am thinking of reusing this year’s soil by adding similar amendments and keeping the soil in-situ in my pots. Will they turn into compost by next year? What should I do to keep rodents and pests from making the pots into winter homes?
It’s unlikely there isn’t enough microbe activity in a potting soil generally due to the lack of oxygen and heat in some cases. And I’ve never had that issue honestly so I’m not sure how to keep them out.
Hi you are telling us. We can reuse our last year soil ,, but you know at no one seems to tell us what do you do if your pot has a perranial growing in there from last year..Could tell us about that ..Thanks.
Hello G in C! Is it also beneficial to add bone and blood meal to the reused soil? Also considering a crab meal and mycorrhizae - trying to make a good base soil for tomatoes.
Thanks for the tips. I want to have a closed system rather than inviting in potential issues from manure of unknown origin. I have a worm bin and a compost tumbler. Would such compost work as well?
I do something similar. I mix the used potting soil with mushroom compost. I hope that's as good as manure. But i do this in fall at the end of the season and leave it in an empty compost bay on the ground covered all winter and use it in spring. Your thoughts?
Question, do the bags of cow manure smell? I’ve refrained from buying them because I thought they might smell bad and the thought of digging in poop grosses me out, so I’ve just been doing regular compost…
Great video!!! People tend to make this much more complicated than it really is. Get a bunch of sheep, goat or alpaca manure, mix it 50/50 with your old potting soil and plant away. I’ve never had anything but 100% success with this mixture. The more complicated people make this, the more expensive it gets. Find a farm, most are thrilled to have you cart off their manure pile, mix it up and plant. It’s easy, free and works great. Actually cow ad chicken manure are good too.
Hey Shawna Marie Bloom, I have been having To BUY BUNNY poop and some bagged COMMERCIAL BAT SHIT as far as me getting MANURE to use on my crops that are going to be grown ORGANICALLY. And, it seems to be that many people want to be able to claim to be growing crops ORGANICALLY, BUT, when it all comes down to it, ACTUALLY growing crops ORGANICALLY is really HARD. BUT, I can't say that anyone had LIED about it. And, I am still hoping to know how the hell TO make it all come off as being like fantasy.
@@dana102083 Hi, I've been using new bagged potting soil in containers each year for my tomato and pepper plants, and it's getting expensive. As I mentioned, I have bought the bunny poo and bat guano. But, I've been using that in some homemade potting mixes for other plants. I make my own compost in a compost tumbler too. I do a slow method that doesn't get very hot. I have also BOUGHT worm castings, bone meal, blood meal, an ocean based fertilizer, Biotone, dolomite lime, gypsum, biochar, vermiculite, perlite, osmocote, peat moss, coconut peat, sharp sand. I think that's it. Now, I could probably use some of those things to revamp my old potting soil. I actually bought some of it to make a potting soil recipe I saw on reruns of Martha Stewart's show about gardening from about 20 years ago. I have no source of free manure. I used to get free horse manure years ago, but, the people no longer have horses. Bunny poo is a great manure that won't burn plants, but, I do buy it online, so, no free source. I had bunnies about 15 years ago, and I had great compost back then. Anyway, besides just adding manure 50/50 mix, and other tips would be appreciated.
$3 a bag wow I get tons of horse manuer for free. Well then I have to compost it for three years stirring it covering uncovering checking to be sure it's hot. Ok $3 is prety cheep. LOL
As I don't have a pool to mix in ( wiah I did lol) can u tell me roughly the ratios of composted manure to old potting mix? Thanks. Just subscribed to your channel after watching your video on Mycorrhizar. Shared that with my gardening group and it's receiving a lot of great comments and others are heading to watch your other videos too.
I do like the video, but why do I see so many people using large containers, and then bottom filling with junk, rather than just using smaller, or shorter containers to begin with?
I do it because it’s next to impossible to find large containers that are designed for plants with shallow roots. When I find a container with the surface area I need, it’s always way too deep.
Awesome! That bagged manure is always quick to go and I rarely get any. My compost gets mixed in every year. It's funny though, I think I am adding so much compost but you know something, I have the same amount of potting media each year. What is the "science-y" term for it? Volume per volume or something? I think ( i could be wrong) what it is, is if you want a certain per centage of compost to media you may need more or less than the amount you think you need. Say I want 10% compost in 1000 g (for maths sake) of media. I remove 100 g of media (10%) then add and mix in compost until I get 1000 g of media. I may be surprise and require more than 100 g of compost. Or if I had 1 cubic metre (may be more applicable as it is a measure of volume) might be better analogy. Sorry I tend to extend conversations...Thank you so much for sharing your insight again.
What's you opinion on the different kinds of manure? My ex mother-in-law, who I am still friends with, swears by sheep manure. She says it doesn't burn the vegetables. She says she has tried other ones and the sheep just turned out to be the best with her garden. Just wanted to know your opinion, is there any science behind this? Thanks from Alberta.
They all have different levels of bioavailability but I’m not sure if that from the animal as much as it’s from the process used to make the manure. Depending on how degraded it’s been it’ll be better or worse
Hey! Thanks for the comment I love it! So to answer you question no I generally will not. Reason being is that peat moss takes ages to break down and as long as it’s feeling “fluffy” it’s an indication that your peat moss levels are at a “high enough level”. Something you could consider if your wanting more aeration is perlite. If your considering more moisture you could consider vermiculite. What are you using your soil for?
Strawberries are really resilient. As long as it doesn’t smell rotten it will be fine. Ensure proper drainage and maybe Try to fix it up with a bit of peat moss and it’ll be fine.
@@GardeningInCanada I'd be worried about phytophoraphormum and other soil born pathogens returning and killing the plants I'm growing veg in containers and have lots of old compost seems a waste to throw it out when there is a small chance of reinfection maybe reusing it for plants of a different genus would solve some of my worries?
Forever and I mean that. If it’s smelling you need to add more peat, if you’re showing nutrient deficiency then all more manure, if it’s compacting add more perlite. It’s much more sustainable because peat moss unfortunately is not sustainable. I have a video on this concept as well th-cam.com/video/8KQbmkwNa54/w-d-xo.html
Be very cautious about using cow manure because it may contain Grazon - th-cam.com/video/bur8HewkpQw/w-d-xo.html and th-cam.com/video/A6pI4KA47kI/w-d-xo.html And avoid hay for mulch. Maybe this won't be a risk for you in Canada but it certainly is in the USA.
Yea! I completely agree you need to watch out for certain issues/concerns in your area. Same thing goes for composts that may not be processed 110% completely
Leaving the old routes in there are not going to be good for your new plants until they actually are composted but this year and while they compost they’re going to be getting off a lot of nitrogen into your soil
Hello I love the information you provide however I had a question about filling your pots with containers and other junk. It seems debatable on the whole “it increase drainage”. I follow Joe gardener and he has scientist on that seem to debunk the theory through experiments. I wonder what’s your thoughts on this?
So what they are using to debunk is the idea the perched water table concept. Which does make the soil retain water in a specific areas. It’s not about increasing drainage as much as it’s about reducing the water holding capacity of the soil. I did a video on this th-cam.com/video/UwmKetirxbA/w-d-xo.html
@@GardeningInCanada I'm with ya I grow microgreens which means something very different than baby vegetables 🤣🤣🤣#here's your one chance fancy don't let me down
Now, when she mentions how that she has been using "fill materials" in her pots because she is NOT planting FOOD PLANTS, and the plants she is growing are just purely for asthetics. And, so , hearing that, we all know that this gal is just wanting to enjoy some fast but brief "Happy Times". And, as much as I want to just go all along now, I do know that no way no how can I end up being on the good side of a RECIPE for the best list of ingredients that would make up a BEST list of ingredients to add to an old and beat the Fuck up recipe of old POTTING SOIL. And, really, THIS is a BIT of a JOKE. I say that because, I have a small bit of a guestimate of what might be the perfect recipe to make this all seem to be perfect. And, I would TOTALLY say that I am right, BUT, IF I am RIGHT why don't I know what the recipe is?? Anyway, I am just gonna have to ask just what the hell the recipe is to make old potting soil become VERY MUCH MORE FERTILE?? And, that seems like IT WILL require MUCH MORE help from a dude that acted as if he had all of the answers, but, he did NOT. Don't HATE HIM, BUT don't TRUST HIM EITHER.
Your response to the question about the differences in animal manure was very weak. If you don’t know the correct answer just say so. Surely there is a difference between chicken and horse manures or Walmart bagged and farm fresh manure.
Difference between raw and fresh is you should never use raw Manure it’s considered dangerous. As for the differences between species of animals I stand by the comment that the differences are negligible when raised and fed in the same manner. The biggest difference (if you can really call it that because it’s again not that big of a jump in values) is within the species and what the are fed/what bedding is actually mixed in with the manure. Another factor that effects it is composted can liquid, but again you’ll never get your hands on liquid because it’s considered a biohazard. Anyone who handles it has special handling training & would be working in an agricultural setting. So if we are talking on an agricultural scale slight differences only seen based on the feed & the bedding. Between species very little. The stuff you can legally get your hands on negligible. If you’d like the read a study done by a counterpart in the industry for the government of Manitoba please do. www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/environment/nutrient-management/pubs/properties-of-manure.pdf
@@GardeningInCanada I raise goats and have always used fresh goat manure on the garden usually as a mulch mixed with the wasted hay. It is slow release. Rabbit and sheep manure is also safe to use fresh.
Here is the newest video on this process th-cam.com/video/tW4Umkb-n4s/w-d-xo.html
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So glad to have found someone who advocates for re-using soil and other materials where possible! Thank you for all your information for real-world usage.
❤️ thank you for enjoying
I don't have a kiddie pool so I'm just gonna have to use the neighbours above ground pool when they aren't home!
AHAHAHAHA please do. I’m sure they will thank you for it later 😉🤣
@@GardeningInCanada I have to admit I am still laughing. Quite possibly the best statement ever.
Hahaha you’re welcome
Thanks for watching! I hope you enjoyed it! Be sure to reuse your potting soil it’s good stuff all it needs is a bit of a fluff every year. Do you reuse your potting soil ? Let me know in the comments below. Like, share, subscribe.
This is the 3rd year in a row that I am using these videos to prepare my potting soil! I love all the knowledge you put out here, thank you!
It might be just me, but I love it when you do commentaries such as this one. Thank you so much! 🙏 keep them coming!
Glad to hear it!
great voice for lecturing...very soothing!!!
Really 😂 never had that compliment
Once in a while I will watch a video and heave a sigh of relief seeing that I have been doing it right. And then I am surprised by seeing a useful tip I had not thought of, like using another container as filler. Great channel!
Great vid!
What! Omg you came over here?!?! This is insane
I use the EXACT same method. Get a pool for the dogs in the summer and then put all my soil in it when it gets too cold to swim and the plants are dying! Awesome video :)
Haha what are the chances! It’s honestly they best mixing area 😂
I use broken up Styrofoam the hard stuff you get from packages that is used to protect items in shipping. Helps drainage, helps to keep pot as light weight as possible, and takes up some space.
Yea! That’s awesome especially since it’s a huge trash issue.
This is like asmr. I love it
haha true
Hi, I love your giant earth sorter. That would make me happy too, I'm happiest when my hands are in the dirt, it makes me live.
Thanks for a really good video. God bless you real good🌿✝️🥀
How true is that! Love the soil.
Glad I'm watching this one! Do like to hear the science going on, plus the music goes well! Thanks
Glad you enjoyed it!
@@GardeningInCanada thanks again! Good to see some outdoors in the garden. It's cold again here suppose up where you are too !!
Yes, I reuse mine but somewhat sheepishly. Now I can feel good about it! I do usually add back in some manure or compost. I have not usually put it all in one big bin to mix it up, that is a good idea. No kiddie pool but I can come up with something.
Don’t feel sheepish about it! It’s perfectly fine soil, and a fun fact about composts and manure is that more nutrients becomes bio available over time. Meaning the older the soil the more fertile it is. That’s why you see lower values on organic fertilizers actually. The nutrients is there it’s simply just stored up inside protein structures. Eventually they breakdown become water soluble and are available to the plant via osmosis and diffusion
I live in tropical climate (Indonesia). I always use carbonized (burned) rice husk for garden & potting mix (indoor/outdoor). Its great amandement and all plants are happy.
Nice!
I use to meticulously pick out every hair thin root when I started getting into plants and rescuing soil because I thought it would somehow take the nutrients or space or whatever from what I was trying to grow 😂. It was one of those things that I just didn’t even take a second to ACTUALLY think about. I’m so glad I learned it was ok to keep the roots. I still take out what I can grab like in a handful but the rest just stays.
🤠Thanks for the video!! Yes I reuse soil & add manure.. I use rocks & sticks in the bottoms to fill up space - never thought of using pool noodles another pot! Thanks!!
( you sounds like you’re almost whispering..?.. I agree w/ the ‘skip the music’ comment/ thanks fir sharing your knowledge!!❤️
Thanks so much happy planting!
ditch the music
I have in my newest videos. Thanks for the positive feedback and kindness 🙂
It all depends on how alive your soil is when it comes to how quickly roots break down. I also reuse my soil and roots are usually gone in less than a month.
Ageed! Also depends on the root type
Just a tip: if you fill the bottom of the pot with some organic matter (eg. hay, wood chip, dry grass clippings) instead of junk, water it until it saturates, it will act like a water reservoir under the soil. Its core gardening in a pot. Decaying organic matter holds water like a sponge.
Yea absolutely. In Canada its a bit different because the debris doesn't decompose quickly and will sit in there a few seasons.
Thank you from Scotland.
Really great ideas.
thanks!
Love the video, hate de music. You have a very soothing voice, the music ads nothing, in fact I find it quite annoying. Never the less, I will looks for your other videos. Hope you have some on soil from diseased plants.
I don’t have music in the newer videos
Instead of adding manure to the old potting soil, can I use liquid fertilizer when I water? Do you add in more vermiculite and perlite and peat moss? What ratio? I love your videos. You do have a soothing voice. Thank you for sharing your knowledge. I am 70 years old this year and am putting in the biggest garden ever for me and starting a compost pile. Next year I will have my own composite. Love gardening.
That’s amazing congrats! And you can use liquid fertilizer that’s not an issue at all. I don’t add more perlite generally. The exception would be if I notice the soil is degraded a lot then I’ll do 10% or 1/10.
What about the issue of salinity? Salts will accumualte in the mix overtime. Do you feel that the addition of the organic mater portion of the added manure is enough to dilute the concentration? I guess it depends on the chemistry of the water and the fertilizing regime that the gardener is using? thoughts?
Yes, so the salt concern is going to heavily depend on the fertilizer used, frequency etc. Now so long as your not bottom watering and are fully flushing the system, combined with the use of additional peat/compost/manure it would be a negligible amount left behind. I think it’s important to watch for signs of salt issues but I don’t think it’s that large or a concern that would warranty not considering reusing soil.
Thank you for the video and showing how you go about it! What about PH, do you test the PH after you're done? Adding manure and whatever other source of nutrients won't be of much help, if the PH is off a lot. I guess salt accumulation could also be a problem. What do you think of flushing the old soil first as an addition to the routine, before mixing with manure? 🙂
That’s a good idea actually
The bacteria and fungi balance and regulate all systems in living soil
I used old pro mix for my first year flower farm seedlings.
Everything is stunted so I decided to fertilize with 1/4 strength solution every watering. I hope that helps.
I bought a new bale when I ran out of the old. I noticed s night and day difference.
It will. You will need to substitute new nutrients forsure
Just the video I’ve been looking for! Thank you!
I’m so happy! I’m working on my soil series as we speak so make sure you subscribe so you don’t miss anything!
Done!
Awesome 🙂
This is great stuff! Learning alot! Thanks 🙏🍅🌱
Glad you enjoyed!
I do the same procedure but like to use a spade fork for through mixing to save soil and my back...
Haha that’s fair!
🤙thank you 🤗
You’re welcome 😊
I have lots of old soil that I want to recharge. I don't intend to use it soon. It's worth 10 sacks actually. So what I did was, I poured everything on the ground, poured about 3 kilos of kitchen scraps (no meats and dairy), gathered 3 sacks worth of uncompressed dried leaves, added about 2 kilos of fresh leaves and grass. I mixed everything into the soil, wet it really well and covered it up. What do you think of this process? Will it be healthy soil in about 3 months? FYI, it's not heating up.
Yea absolutely sound like it should be!
How to reuse old soil from outside for indoor plants on winter? I watched the bringing plants from outside to inside for winter. You recommend switching soils but how can we sterilize and reuse the soil for indoor plants?
Outside soil to indoor? You will end up with spider mites in every plant you own.
I am thinking of reusing this year’s soil by adding similar amendments and keeping the soil in-situ in my pots. Will they turn into compost by next year? What should I do to keep rodents and pests from making the pots into winter homes?
It’s unlikely there isn’t enough microbe activity in a potting soil generally due to the lack of oxygen and heat in some cases. And I’ve never had that issue honestly so I’m not sure how to keep them out.
Hi you are telling us. We can reuse our last year soil ,, but you know at no one seems to tell us what do you do if your pot has a perranial growing in there from last year..Could tell us about that ..Thanks.
800 subs, you're getting there!
Alex L I know! I AM SO EXCITED. I truly hope it continues to grow I love doing this and find it so motivating to share my knowledge for free
To save soil, i use bark on the bottom of the pot which will eventually make the pot into a micro ecosystem.
That’s awesome!
Another thing I do is put the old soil on my lawn. Especially in areas where I have a weird slope.
That’s an awesome isea
Question: once soil becomes hydrophobic can it still be reused if it's mixed up like this?
Yup!
How can you store the used soil over the winter? Would you infuse manure/compost before or after the winter?
Hello G in C! Is it also beneficial to add bone and blood meal to the reused soil? Also considering a crab meal and mycorrhizae - trying to make a good base soil for tomatoes.
Would you do this mix for growing vegetables? And what do you think the ratio of old soil to manure is? 2 to 1 maybe?
Yea I would and that sounds like a good blend.
Thanks for the tips. I want to have a closed system rather than inviting in potential issues from manure of unknown origin. I have a worm bin and a compost tumbler. Would such compost work as well?
Yea absolutely! That’s sounds awesome and you know where all the scraps are coming from.
This is what I do too! I just use a big tarp instead of a kiddie pool.
Haha twins!
I do something similar. I mix the used potting soil with mushroom compost. I hope that's as good as manure. But i do this in fall at the end of the season and leave it in an empty compost bay on the ground covered all winter and use it in spring. Your thoughts?
Any advice on potential pests which may have laid eggs (which i may not be aware of) in the soil and have overwintered?
Predatory nematodes and diverse organ sources
Question, do the bags of cow manure smell? I’ve refrained from buying them because I thought they might smell bad and the thought of digging in poop grosses me out, so I’ve just been doing regular compost…
They should smell like soil. if it smells like manure it is not ready yet
Great video!!! People tend to make this much more complicated than it really is. Get a bunch of sheep, goat or alpaca manure, mix it 50/50 with your old potting soil and plant away. I’ve never had anything but 100% success with this mixture. The more complicated people make this, the more expensive it gets. Find a farm, most are thrilled to have you cart off their manure pile, mix it up and plant. It’s easy, free and works great. Actually cow ad chicken manure are good too.
It’s true keep it simple
Hey Shawna Marie Bloom, I have been having To BUY BUNNY poop and some bagged COMMERCIAL BAT SHIT as far as me getting MANURE to use on my crops that are going to be grown ORGANICALLY. And, it seems to be that many people want to be able to claim to be growing crops ORGANICALLY, BUT, when it all comes down to it, ACTUALLY growing crops ORGANICALLY is really HARD.
BUT, I can't say that anyone had LIED about it. And, I am still hoping to know how the hell TO make it all come off as being like fantasy.
@@juliegogola4647 what are your questions? I like making compost teas and use gaia green products to amend soil. I have worm bins. Love organics!
@@dana102083 Hi, I've been using new bagged potting soil in containers each year for my tomato and pepper plants, and it's getting expensive.
As I mentioned, I have bought the bunny poo and bat guano. But, I've been using that in some homemade potting mixes for other plants.
I make my own compost in a compost tumbler too. I do a slow method that doesn't get very hot. I have also BOUGHT worm castings, bone meal, blood meal, an ocean based fertilizer, Biotone, dolomite lime, gypsum, biochar, vermiculite, perlite, osmocote, peat moss, coconut peat, sharp sand. I think that's it. Now, I could probably use some of those things to revamp my old potting soil. I actually bought some of it to make a potting soil recipe I saw on reruns of Martha Stewart's show about gardening from about 20 years ago. I have no source of free manure. I used to get free horse manure years ago, but, the people no longer have horses.
Bunny poo is a great manure that won't burn plants, but, I do buy it online, so, no free source. I had bunnies about 15 years ago, and I had great compost back then. Anyway, besides just adding manure 50/50 mix, and other tips would be appreciated.
$3 a bag wow I get tons of horse manuer for free. Well then I have to compost it for three years stirring it covering uncovering checking to be sure it's hot. Ok $3 is prety cheep. LOL
Ahahahaha
As I don't have a pool to mix in ( wiah I did lol) can u tell me roughly the ratios of composted manure to old potting mix? Thanks. Just subscribed to your channel after watching your video on Mycorrhizar. Shared that with my gardening group and it's receiving a lot of great comments and others are heading to watch your other videos too.
So I’d say two bales of potting mix I use two bags on manure or compost.
I do like the video, but why do I see so many people using large containers, and then bottom filling with junk, rather than just using smaller, or shorter containers to begin with?
I do it because it’s next to impossible to find large containers that are designed for plants with shallow roots. When I find a container with the surface area I need, it’s always way too deep.
Awesome! That bagged manure is always quick to go and I rarely get any. My compost gets mixed in every year. It's funny though, I think I am adding so much compost but you know something, I have the same amount of potting media each year. What is the "science-y" term for it? Volume per volume or something?
I think ( i could be wrong) what it is, is if you want a certain per centage of compost to media you may need more or less than the amount you think you need. Say I want 10% compost in 1000 g (for maths sake) of media. I remove 100 g of media (10%) then add and mix in compost until I get 1000 g of media. I may be surprise and require more than 100 g of compost. Or if I had 1 cubic metre (may be more applicable as it is a measure of volume) might be better analogy.
Sorry I tend to extend conversations...Thank you so much for sharing your insight again.
No don’t say sorry! I love long dialogue I read every word. Yea I love your method it’s a great idea.
So you can reuse it to plant vegetables and herbs? Or is it only reusable for flowers?
No it’s fine for vegetables as well
What's you opinion on the different kinds of manure? My ex mother-in-law, who I am still friends with, swears by sheep manure. She says it doesn't burn the vegetables. She says she has tried other ones and the sheep just turned out to be the best with her garden. Just wanted to know your opinion, is there any science behind this? Thanks from Alberta.
They all have different levels of bioavailability but I’m not sure if that from the animal as much as it’s from the process used to make the manure. Depending on how degraded it’s been it’ll be better or worse
I thought I was leaving the roots for the mycorrhiza. Glad we got that cleared up, haha!
If you don’t have to repot a plant and can leave it in place to nourish the mycorrhiza go for it!
@@GardeningInCanada No no, I meant I thought the mycorrhiza from the old plant roots could help inoculate the new plant.
Oh! Yes
i use plastic pop bottles as fillers
If the soil came from say a planter that had a diseased tomato plant, is it safe to reuse that soil?
Or is there a risk of passing on plant disease by reusing that soil?
It depends on the issue but I would hot compost that soil.
Most of my old soil had ants and eggs, could I reuse that one? Thanks.
Yea I would just throw in some ant eating nematodes. geni.us/Bn4toRk
Thanks for sharing! Do you need to add more peet moss?
Hey! Thanks for the comment I love it! So to answer you question no I generally will not. Reason being is that peat moss takes ages to break down and as long as it’s feeling “fluffy” it’s an indication that your peat moss levels are at a “high enough level”. Something you could consider if your wanting more aeration is perlite. If your considering more moisture you could consider vermiculite. What are you using your soil for?
My dogs decided they didnt like water anymore😂
Why don't u reammend w some organic all purpose cow manure as well as some garden lime
I don’t understand what the pot is for???
Wouldn't it be faster to sift it through with hardware cloth?
You definitely could! I don’t mind digging around though
instead of junk at the bottom of the pot, why don't you use all those roots, stems, leaves, etc?
Great question and it’s because the nitrogen is taken from the soil and used to decompose the organic materials. Essentially starting the plant
Does anyone use loofah in their pots? Would that work?
That wouldb
Ur music is super annoying tho ur info is great. THX!
It's hard to trust someone that starts the video with I use pool noodles at the bottom of my grow beds lmao
It makes container so much lighter. I've changed all my grandmas containers to have pool noodles in the bottom.
@@GardeningInCanada the scientific word for my comments is called trolling lol not a genuine reflection of my views on pool noodle gardening 😋
How to tell if the soil is good for strawberries?
Strawberries are really resilient. As long as it doesn’t smell rotten it will be fine. Ensure proper drainage and maybe Try to fix it up with a bit of peat moss and it’ll be fine.
What about plant pathogens over wondering in the used compost won't the spores infect new plants?
You run that risk with compost that isn’t heated for-sure. That’s why I prefer composted manure generally
@@GardeningInCanada I'd be worried about phytophoraphormum and other soil born pathogens returning and killing the plants I'm growing veg in containers and have lots of old compost seems a waste to throw it out when there is a small chance of reinfection maybe reusing it for plants of a different genus would solve some of my worries?
You definitely could do a form of “crop rotation” to help out.
@@GardeningInCanada I've also heard mycrorhyal fungi help with rosa replant disease do you think it actually works? Thanks for your help.
In theory it would because it’s an amplified root system and will help with water and nutrient needs
So I can’t put pool noodles in my veggie plants?
I wouldn’t do it there two floaty
How many times can you reuse the soil?
Forever and I mean that. If it’s smelling you need to add more peat, if you’re showing nutrient deficiency then all more manure, if it’s compacting add more perlite. It’s much more sustainable because peat moss unfortunately is not sustainable.
I have a video on this concept as well th-cam.com/video/8KQbmkwNa54/w-d-xo.html
@@GardeningInCanada Very cool:) Thanks so much for the info!
No problem hope it helped! Do you think you’ll reuse soil in the future?
@@GardeningInCanada Definitely. I've been trying to find out if I could for a long time.
LuckyGirl582 that’s awesome!
Be very cautious about using cow manure because it may contain Grazon - th-cam.com/video/bur8HewkpQw/w-d-xo.html
and th-cam.com/video/A6pI4KA47kI/w-d-xo.html
And avoid hay for mulch. Maybe this won't be a risk for you in Canada but it certainly is in the USA.
Yea! I completely agree you need to watch out for certain issues/concerns in your area. Same thing goes for composts that may not be processed 110% completely
Leaving the old routes in there are not going to be good for your new plants until they actually are composted but this year and while they compost they’re going to be getting off a lot of nitrogen into your soil
it will be pretty low
Music is too distracting.
None of my newest videos have the music sorry about that 🙂
Hello I love the information you provide however I had a question about filling your pots with containers and other junk. It seems debatable on the whole “it increase drainage”. I follow Joe gardener and he has scientist on that seem to debunk the theory through experiments. I wonder what’s your thoughts on this?
So what they are using to debunk is the idea the perched water table concept. Which does make the soil retain water in a specific areas. It’s not about increasing drainage as much as it’s about reducing the water holding capacity of the soil. I did a video on this th-cam.com/video/UwmKetirxbA/w-d-xo.html
You've got to get rid of that background music
New videos don’t have it and I can’t alter a video after it’s uploaded
Porosity seems like one of those words in the English language people say to sound fancy real Farmers call that clumpy lol
haha we call "clumpy" aggregation in soil science
@@GardeningInCanada I'm with ya I grow microgreens which means something very different than baby vegetables 🤣🤣🤣#here's your one chance fancy don't let me down
@@GardeningInCanada the scientific way to make my comment would have been to say your language is very esoteric lmao
Now, when she mentions how that she has been using "fill materials" in her pots because she is NOT planting FOOD PLANTS, and the plants she is growing are just purely for asthetics. And, so , hearing that, we all know that this gal is just wanting to enjoy some fast but brief "Happy Times". And, as much as I want to just go all along now, I do know that no way no how can I end up being on the good side of a RECIPE for the best list of ingredients that would make up a BEST list of ingredients to add to an old and beat the Fuck up recipe of old POTTING SOIL.
And, really, THIS is a BIT of a JOKE. I say that because, I have a small bit of a guestimate of what might be the perfect recipe to make this all seem to be perfect. And, I would TOTALLY say that I am right, BUT, IF I am RIGHT why don't I know what the recipe is??
Anyway, I am just gonna have to ask just what the hell the recipe is to make old potting soil become VERY MUCH MORE FERTILE?? And, that seems like IT WILL require MUCH MORE help from a dude that acted as if he had all of the answers, but, he did NOT.
Don't HATE HIM, BUT don't TRUST HIM EITHER.
Nice video but the music is horribly distracting
New videos don’t have the music
I can't watch because of the "music" in the background. Sorry.
Zzzzzz
Why are you using cow manure? It has to break down first, no? Sheep shit is good right from the bum, so use that if you need the mix soon.
OMG.....Your background music is SO LOUD I,m getting a headache just trying to listen to you! Unfortunately I have to skip your video because of it!😡
Sorry about that
This is a good video, it would've been a great video if not for that annoying music.
its not in any newer videos
Physics? Biology.
Soil science looks at soil physics, biology, and chemistry
@@GardeningInCanada thanks for tips!
Absolutely anytime
Like watching paint dry, boring lazy voice also put me to sleep...
Then stop watching 🤯 or use the fancy 2x speed option
@@GardeningInCanada uh .. yeah Ms captain obvious what you think i was gonna subscribe. Haha!
@@juaniec2 nope just helping with engagement! And ultimately helping with the channel
Your response to the question about the differences in animal manure was very weak. If you don’t know the correct answer just say so. Surely there is a difference between chicken and horse manures or Walmart bagged and farm fresh manure.
Difference between raw and fresh is you should never use raw Manure it’s considered dangerous. As for the differences between species of animals I stand by the comment that the differences are negligible when raised and fed in the same manner. The biggest difference (if you can really call it that because it’s again not that big of a jump in values) is within the species and what the are fed/what bedding is actually mixed in with the manure. Another factor that effects it is composted can liquid, but again you’ll never get your hands on liquid because it’s considered a biohazard. Anyone who handles it has special handling training & would be working in an agricultural setting.
So if we are talking on an agricultural scale slight differences only seen based on the feed & the bedding. Between species very little.
The stuff you can legally get your hands on negligible. If you’d like the read a study done by a counterpart in the industry for the government of Manitoba please do.
www.gov.mb.ca/agriculture/environment/nutrient-management/pubs/properties-of-manure.pdf
@@GardeningInCanada I raise goats and have always used fresh goat manure on the garden usually as a mulch mixed with the wasted hay. It is slow release. Rabbit and sheep manure is also safe to use fresh.
Nice!
Put away your beautiful dangling hair, lady.