How to Choose BAGGED SOIL for Your Garden
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- Don't get tricked and waste your money, choose the best bagged soil for your garden needs.
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Hey just tried to purchase the coir for 25.99 and it's said 44.99
However nice video this is my first year starting and our back yard is a nice size so i want to test the waters
❤❤❤❤❤ love that Tuck is always in the garden with you!!! 👍🐕
Can anyone donate some soil growing my own food I am a beginner garden with really no a lot of income but they are growing indoors right now until the last frost date I am in 8B zone in Corsicana Texas. Using my seeds from last year I purchased from seeedsnow and burpees
@jamesprigioni
Would Happy Frog be good for repotting houseplants?
Monstera, fiddle fig, bonsai and aloe Vera?
This man and his dog out here saving lives with bags of soil 😭 thanks so much for this, you are a saint. Us beginner Gardner's are so grateful ❤️
Please don't buy into this bulsht
Mmmmk I'll be eagerly awaiting your educational, information video as to why I shouldn't listen to him 🫶🏾
@floriswou why do you think it's bs?
@@gritty1236it’s not. It was very informative
@2BHeard oh I know it isn't bs. Just trying to figure out why @floriswou thinks it is.
This is hands-down the *best* TH-cam video on the differences between all the different soil products out there on the market -- absolutely outstanding work
Thank you!! I was so annoyed the last time I bought dirt and it was basically composting shredded wood
Let's Gooo!! Yeah, some of the mixes are just pine bark and shredded hard wood 👎
exactly the problem i had 🤦♀️
@@jamesprigioniI definitely found that the brand I was using was crap and getting worse. I’m changing it this year!
I find its better to just have stumps ground and use that instead after a year or two. lol
Same! Last year I got a bag that was supposed to be for vegetables and there was SO MUCH WOOD! I started sifting through it and eventually threw a bunch of it out. Very disappointed with it.
Absolutely Love and Truly Appreciate that you spent the moneh and time to analyze all those bags!! I imagine Tuck was the one to make that Authorization, THANK YOU Bossman TUCK!! and Thank You James for being carrying out his wishes! Love you both! More ❤'s for Tuck ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
Something I do in whatever big box store I go to for bagged soil/compost is look for bags with holes already torn in them and have leaked. It allows me to get a REALLY good idea of what's inside the bag (how wood-chippy it really is) just by seeing what's spilled out or piled up on the bags without having to spend the money first. 👍
Clever!
Yep and you'll get a discount if you buy the damaged bag.
Thanks for taking the time to teach me the difference in quality soil. I look forward to making your home made soil video. ❤❤❤❤❤ Tuck!
Let's Gooo!! Yeah, me and Tuck are excited to make that one 🐕😁❤️
@@jamesprigioni REALLY looking forward to that! I want to do more partial shade gardening at my house but it's really hard to justify the expense, and we have lead in soil so compost we make has always been for non-edible plants. Containers have to be large in our Central Texas heat - filling them really adds up!
I've never seen anyone do a video like this. James I really appreciate the time and effort that you spent to plan and execute this very telling comparison. Differences between peat moss and coco coir are peat production is less environmentally friendly and compressed coco coir is lighter and cheaper to ship. ❤❤❤❤❤❤ 🐾🐾🐾🐾
I went to Home Depot today for soil, asked for help, still felt like it wasn’t enough so I came home. Here I am. Thank you!
Hearts for Tuck, the little boss! ❤❤❤
Last spring I bought local "compost" and added it to some raised beds without examining it very closely. After a few weeks I noticed my winter squash and cucumbers hadn't grown as fast as the previous year, despite me adding the same fertilizer. This led me to open a remaining bag of the "compost" and examine it closely. I came to realize that a large component of it was finely ground wood. While its "texture" was good, I came to suspect that the high percentage of undigested raw wood probably had drawn nitrogen from the overall soil mix's added nitrogen fertilizer. The finely ground nature of the wood may have even accelerated the robbing of the soil's nitrogen. When such mixes are labelled as "compost" , I believe the lack of composting/digesting of its wood component is very misleading and detrimental. I think this problem may be the result of the provider rushing the processing of their product ... bagging and marketing it before it is fully composted/digested.
Perfect answer! That is exactly what my conclusion was after reading comments on retail websites. With more people gardening now they are rushing to get product out. Never had gnats and aphids until last year and this year with Frog.
Yeah i see a lot of these permaculture idiots that say load up your raised bed containers with wood to reduce the amount of soil you need to put in the container and because the wood will hold water... its the dumbest thing to do... wood will rot under your plants and take out all the nitrogen.. wood chips are a mulch to prevent weed growth.. they are fine after they break down in the forest for 50 years but .. yeah .. people think ORGANIC.. no... just no.. and don't use manure thats less than a year old .. just lots of bad ideas out there heh
Same here nothing grew well
That’s crazy thou and you paid a lot of money for that to get the results you get crazy
You get what you pay for. I get my soil by the yard. I have a place in Fort Worth TX near me where I can get mulch, compost, sand, potting soil, etc by the yard for way cheaper. If you live near Fort Worth I suggest going to silver creek materials.
Thank you for sharing. Do you use their soil for raised beds? Do they deliver to other parts of Texas?
@@IAmHisBeloved5 I think they deliver in DFW only. They have retail stores that sell it by the bag.
EXCELLENT! EXCELLENT!EXCELLENT! I was literally just in Loews yesterday and looked at each bag you've discussed, and had a big question mark on my forehead. You truly are a blessing to my new gardening education. Thank you!
This is SUCH an important topic. Last year when I started my garden I went through at least seven types of bagged soil. How much I wish this had been available last year. It was such an expense and the failure after failure was disheartening. Thank you for taking the time and expense to do this and educate us.
Yep. bagged 'soil' isn't soil
@@floriswouwhat do you recommend using?
❤❤❤Love your sweet little helper ❤❤❤
This video is actually so helpful. I struggle every single year and choose differently every year but it always feels like a dice roll.
❤️ for Tuck!
Thank you for taking the time and $ to give us all an overview of what is out there. Peace and thanks!
What a great video! I just love videos that compare different gardening products. So helpful!❤❤❤❤
Let's Gooo!! Glad to hear that, me and Tuck will have to share more of what's working for us in the garden 🪴
Your honesty tells me you don’t care about sponsors ❤
Nope, never once did a sponsored video 😁
James. you are amazing.. As a landscape Architect, and lover of growing, I cannot tell you how you impress me - what a gift you have. I tell my clients to subscribe to your channel, so they can get a great basics on gardening.
Let’s Gooo!!!! 🐕😁❤️
WOW INCREDIBLE VIDEO! I love your vibe and how you deliver the information! Tuck is the cutest garden boss ever!!!!!
You're the one who got me started on Happy Frog! I use that along with a local chicken manure compost (Humble Acres "i cant believe its chicken") made here in SC and had great luck with my first garden last spring. Much love to you and Tuck!! ❤
Thank you so so much for this!!! I had no idea that you shouldn't buy water logged soil!
Thanks for letting us know so we don’t get scammed
I want to say thank you very much for taking the time to make this video and spending quite a bit to keep us informed! This is very informative! Thanks again! Happy growing!
Great video, can't wait to watch your homemade soil video!! Raised bed and in ground bed info needed, as bagged soil is $$$!!!!
Having bought some "potting soil" that was nothing more than mulch 😢 from Lowes I will be making my own as per your instructions. My thanks to you and Tuck
Seed starting indoors with Homedepot potting mix= gnats! I dumped and started over with coco coir,perlite and worm castings. We will see how it works
That sounds like a good mix. Some vermiculite added to that will help and if you plant on growing in there some additional organic fertilizer will help
I know and I can’t deal with gnats and aphids again! We don’t even have aphids outside 🙄. Just had gnats with frog soil.
I’ve been told Nats lay their eggs in coco coir… good luck!
@dustyflats3832 when you go to start setting up and prep your bag soil put boiling water ,this will kill any eggs in soil . Fungus knats come no matter if it's soil or hydroponics they are terrible little buggers!
❤❤❤Tuck❤❤❤ my boys are my best garden companions as well❤️🐕❤️🐕
I can’t wait for your DIY potting mix video. We are a military family who has to move every two years and we also have to have elevated containers. We have been researching and studying to find a less expensive method to have a garden. This is going to be such a helpful video, thanks for all your other videos too. Your tomato pruning blew my mind. It is so different from how I grew up taking care of tomatoes. We are super excited to start our garden this season. All of our seeds are indoors. Getting ready to go. We have three raised beds on legs and three Greenstalk towers. We get very little sun, but we are hoping that it still works out because we love gardening so much.
A great and easy potting mix is - 3 parts coco coir, 3 parts compost, 2 parts perlite to allow for drainage and air for the roots. Nothing too complicated.
I needed this evaluation so much today! Our little girl (pictured) is our gardening boss too. Love ya, Tuck!
You know, I too had notice that most of the affordable brands were changing the recipe making them more of sticks than dirt. I didn’t know what other brand to buy without actually opening the bags. I wouldn’t do that. Thanks for this info now I know. ❤
Wow! What an eye opener! Also, great tip about waterlogged bags!
Hi Tuck!
Thanks James. Many of these brands have really changed over the years, too. Black Cow used to be a really rich, composted cow manure heavy mix. Not any more. I bought a bunch of bags on sale last year, expecting the quality I used to get. Well, I found out why it was on sale for so cheap: it WAS cheaply made.
I tend to really like the Miracle Grow organic, which pains me for other reasons. But, they sell it much cheaper at Costco, so I stock up when they have it. I also add compost that my chickens have worked through, Happy Frog, and Coco Coir to my raised beds.
I buy those at costco every year as well. Speaking of... do you know when costco starts selling them? Probably march 1st?
@@TheErrantLeaf our Costco, here in PA, has them, now.
@@leewillis2908what do you use the Miracle Grow for? Pots?
@@IAmHisBeloved5 I use it for starting seeds and for potting plants. I only use the organic.
PRO TiP - Mix soil with coco & stuff in a concrete mixer. To do way more with little effort!
10X’s faster and 10X’s easier!
For those of you that can’t afford the Happy Frog and other premium soils, just mulch up some hundred dollar bills and diamonds for a more affordable alternative.
😂
😮 😂 Damn it’s that expensive huh smh
@lilymoonwillow3511 Its over $10 what he paid for, at HD online, as well as Amazon! I think they jacked it up in the past couple years after the word got out
Hilarious! 🤣🤣🤣
❤ Love you Tuck. You too James. Thank you for all the things you teach us.
James, this video is so timely for me. I plan to put in a raised bed garden this month and have been driving myself crazy looking for soil! I have used happy frog before and loved it,but need A LOT for a full garden,(four 4x8x1 beds plus four 2x1 round beds and two 2x8x1 beds and five 10 gallon grow bags for taters). Looked into vermiculite pest moss and mulch/manures but way too expensive. Many of what you show here are brands I’ve looked at. You have saved me so much time and money. Thank you!!!!!🙏
I’ve heard a lot of good things about Pro-mix. Maybe too costly to use exclusively, but to mix with other things it could help. Home Depot/Walmart. I’ve used the moisture control one for winter sowing seeds and my lettuce has had excellent germination!
@@CoveredandCommitted Thanks for the info! I was really surprised to see the cost of, well, dirt!😀 it has really gone up!
@@TheWonderwylabor and transportation costs are driving the cost up. Plus more people taking up small scale gardening so demand is up. All equal higher prices. Do you have a bulk supply yard in your area? If you need more than a small amount that can be economical. Especially if you have access to a pickup. My local place is less than half a mile but i need to have them deliver. It's a 3 yard minimum but they can do a split load for me,
@@renel7303 Nope. No access to either of those. I wish I did!
Thanks James for the great video helps alot to differentiate soil. Hugs to Tuck❤❤❤
Great information 💯🍓🥒🥬🥗💞
❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤Thank you James. I have noticed that a lot of the bag soils have too much wood in my opinion.
This is happening so much in Australia, not just bags though but also at ALL the landscape supply places. I buy tonnes every year from a soil supplier, the Gold Premium nix yet its overloaded with bark and sticks and way too much sand loam so the water just runs off. It was appalling stock this year. I then went to another supplier and it was exactly the same. 😡
Tells me a LOT about your character that you love your dog. Good man! Thank you for spending a lot of time and money making this valuable video.
Thank you! I have often wondered what these look like compared to each other! I would add the compressed brick styles, often are mostly soil and lots of pete or cocoa core. WMart often has great sales on them. Easier to carry too!
I actually returned Harvest brand to Lowe’s last year when I opened the bag to find mulch rather than soil. But I also ordered Happy Frog on line only to receive it with ants inside. Miracle Grow organic raised bed and potting soil is my only go to!
Smart to return that! I have found the quality of the happy frog also depends on if the people selling it take care of it instead of leaving it outside uncovered to get filled with water. The Miracle-Gro was one that impressed me, I didn't think their organic line would look that good, I actually transplanted some of my seedlings into it to see how they grow
Im so glad you made this video..... And we in Oklahoma love the little boss!!!
One of my favorites is FoxFarm Happy Frog Potting Soil, and it is on sale at Rural King at $14.99 for a 2 cu ft bag. The regular price is $23.99, so this is a good price.
anyone who would pay $20+ for 2 cu ft of not soil is nuts. $15 is still high
Hi James, This was great! so informative and such useful knowledge, Thank you !! it must have been quiet an undertaking to make the video. After watching this we are interested in making your soil. We are container growing in 5 gallon buckets . We watched your previous soil making
video. Can you please give us the ingredient ratios again and how many buckets the mixed up soil will fill approximately so we have an idea of how much we need to get of each ingredient. We love your channel!! Thank you for all you share. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ hearts for Tuck!! He's the Boss!!
This was an excellent vid. You went through alot to show the differences. And I agree with you about it all. i sift everything now with my sifter too when making my own. Great lesson. Thanks for putting it together. 👍
❤❤Tuck
Tough choices….I thought about it and between all the soil types you mentioned, I think I’m going to go ahead with “dog.” I think this is the most reasonable choice given what little they ask for and how much they produce in return. ❤
I have been buying potting soil for years and the quality keeps going down. All that you buy now is a bag of wood chips and rocks. The potting soil used to be a much higher quality and it had a lot of peat moss vermiculite and perlite with a little topsoil. Black Cow used to be pure manure and they changed it to wood chips stones and a little manure. It's not the same stuff
I totally agree! I have noticed the soils I buy for my raised garden beds are mostly wood chips. I was very disappointed with the quality. I am going to make my own for next year.
Dang, I LOVE these comparison videos. You just saved me a bunch of time, frustration, and money, my friend. Subscribed. Thanks so much from Maryland.
Let’s Gooo!!! 😁🐕❤️
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Wow, you have an actual "Rubbermaid" plastic tote. These days, it's impossible to find those. I have a few, but, these days, you can't find them. The closest that I have found in any stores are the "Hypertough", or whatever brand it is that Walmart has these days. But, those "Sterilite" plastic totes from Walmart are NOT very tough. I guess that they are okay for light duty jobs.
But, for jobs that require a tough container, you need to try the "HYPERTOUGH" containers, OR IF you can find them, get a RUBBERMAID container. I am really wondering IF Rubbermaid is still making containers at all. I use them because I don't have a truck, so, I will fill up some totes with compost, or wood chips from a "leaf dump" aka "compost facility", that is near me.
And, I can get about 4 containers full of ORGANIC matter into my Kia Soul. And, IF I fill up some garbage bags too, I can get even more OM. I am really lucky to have been able to have been able to collect a good bit of Organic matter to help fill up my metal raised beds from the free "leaf dump", or "compost facility". I have to put my back seats down, fold em down, in order for me to be able to fit those nice big RUBBERMAID containers full of nice Organic matter into my car though.
Anyway, I see it all as being WORTH IT !. I do also have coco- coir, too. I have bought it from a pet store, Petsmart. And, also from, Garden supply. I have soaked it in water, then, I strained it in a strainer. So, I have some in a container, ready to use.
Basically, I have been wanting to use it in a recipe of "POTTING SOIL", that uses COCO COIR.
The REALLY big blocks of coco coir that I have been able to break down into USABLE COIR, have been great to use as MULCH.
But, I have been okay with using the smaller bricks of coco coir as soil amendments. But, tell me if I have been confused about what has been shown here. Okay, so, from what I have seen here, the "Miracle Grow" soil for "in ground beds", is NOT AS "FULL OF STICKS, LEAVES, AND WOOD", SO, IT IS more like actual dirt, or soil? The "back to roots" is more soil like too.
I am sorry, BUT, all, of this info is a bit OVERWHELMING. But, I really DO appreciate you (and Tuck) doing all of this RESEARCH.
I have been buying a good bit of "Hyponex", potting soil from a store called : "OLLIES". Each bag is about $5.99 a bag, for about 1.5 CUBIC FEET. They do have a BIGGER bag for a slightly bigger price. But, I hadn't bought it, because it is heavier.
Sorry my comment is SO LONG. But, I have been wondering about what types of soils are best to fill my beds with. And, also IF I could find a soil to fill up my raised beds, that isn't so damned well full of "woody parts, and peat moss too". Meaning that "topsoil", would be best to fill up my DEEP raised beds. But, I am also fine to use lottsa ORGANIC MATTER TOO for most of the beds. So, BASICALLY, use compost, woody logs, and leaves, to fill up a good bit of the bed. And, then, after you have used LOTS of ORGANIC MATTER, and have filled up the bed MOST of the way. You should then TRY TO FILL UP THE BED with plain old "Native soil". And, then, mix it all together.
Okay now, I must admit that I have had a BIT of booze tonight, so, maybe I have gone on and on here about using some "topsoil" along with "potting soil", especially when filling raised beds. But, I am really aware of common sense, and that when filling raised beds, you do kinda NEED to use some soils that are NOT all made up of ORGANIC MATTER.
I am happy to be trying to see just how good of a HARVEST that I get with my raised beds this summer, and also this spring.
Last year, I had used some large pots to grow my tomatoes. This year, I am using some large metal raised beds.
I REALLY, do hope that I get some decent yields. If I do NOT get many tomatoes, I will just have to do some research, and find out just why I have failed.
Great video, James and Tuck💚 I’ve also noticed the sand in cow manure. They should have to list it in the ingredients . Thanks for doing this soil comparison ❤
Last year, a friend and I decided to try container gardening. We were going by things we saw/read online, and I suggested we try some Kellog mix as it was on sale at the Big Box. We opened it up, and it was huge chunks of wood, occasional shredded plastic bits, and even some broken glass bits. It was also very wet. We planted a flower bed in front of my house, and then filled our grow bags and 5 gallon buckets. We transferred our seedlings and small plants into the containers. NOTHING grew, despite having mixed in compost and vermiculite, along with organic fertilizer. The flowers took forever to sprout, and our container plants languished and most died. We managed to save a few things by replanting them into some Ace brand topsoil with more compost added in. Lesson learned: do thorough research and read the comments on gardening channels. The big box store did refund my money for the soil.
Big love to the Boss.❤❤❤❤❤❤
Same exact experience with that Kellogg mix. Pure garbage.
I had a similar experience.. whatever I had first gotten was FULL of plastic and garbage, and after it had gotten wet once, turned rock solid. We threw all that out and got some better stuff.
The only Kellogg bagged potting soil that I found decent enough to use is the purple and yellow bag, which is indoor potting mix. All else is shit. With that said, don’t ever use topsoil in container gardening, it’s not made for it. Do some research and find out why potting mix is the best for containers. No topsoil, no garden soil in containers. Period. I tend to stay away from any raised bed garden mix also, as it turns out to usually be more topsoil and just Woody product, which isn’t good for growing stuff in. It locks up the nitrogen as it takes nitrogen to break down the Wood products. Just NO
Mulch is often crap wood too. I've found chunks of blue painted wood. Maybe a ground up heavy duty pallet.
Thank you for sharing your knowledge! It’s very informative and appreciated! Looking forward to viewing your recipe for raised bed and garden soil! Love you Tuck, your a cutie! ❤️❤️❤️❤️
I sure appreciate this! I am in Central Mississippi waiting a few weeks before I start planting, but I am prepping my beds now. You are so knowledgeable! Tuck is the cutest boss I ever saw!❤
the waterlogged tip was so helpful. I did not know that. I actually hard to find a bag that is NOT waterlogged at Lowes or Home depot.
I don’t want to spend a fortune on pottting soil…..I garden with 2 Greenstalks, and regular pots and grow bags…..I want to get the most bang for my buck! Some of them are useless to me……Thank you for showing us the different mixes!
Thanks for this video. I've always used & trusted the Miracle-Gro brand. Even the mulch now is full of trash horrible. These things are not cheap & people are spending what they can afford to garden. Well done Sir.
What a great idea for a video. I just made my own starting mix this year. It's so hard to know what to buy
I’m still in shock that 3 years ago, I was buying 3 cu. ft. bales of peat moss for $8 and now they’re $24 for the exact same thing. I’ve noticed that potting mix quality has taken a nosedive, probably due to the cost of peat. Clearly, some brands have reduced the % of peat in their mix to raise the price less. Coir isn’t any cheaper. It’s actually more than peat. It’s stunning to me that no company has found a way to innovate and reduce costs back to something somewhat reasonable.
I know it’s insane. I really like coco coir, but it’s not cheap. Nowadays nothing is really cheap.
Gardening is becoming more and more like planting a tree, best time to get started was 7 years ago. 😂
@@jamesprigioni in 2018, Walmart was selling big blocks of coir for $8 each. I scooped up a whole row for $3 each at the fall clearance. Now, 10 lb coir bricks are $24 online, and Walmart doesn't sell the coir in stores anymore, at least in my state. You'd think the coir industry would've taken the opportunity to upend the peat moss industry and undercut them, but they've decided to simply follow suit. It seems the only way to go these days is to find companies that can dump loads of material at your house and make your own. I wish I could find a bulk peat supplier, but there isn't anywhere locally that sells that material.
Wow!! Quite an assortment
How about a video of you growing in all of them? Using the same seeds and
Giving the same amount of water
That would be fun
Thank you James fantastic video God bless thank you and Tuck for all you do for the Garden community. I started a food forest because of you my friend.
Let's Gooo!!!
James, thanks so much for making this video and buying all those bags of mixes to show us about them! I just spent the day making potting mix. The recipe I've come to love is:
3 parts coco coir
3 parts homemade compost (or store bought if I run out)
1 part perlite
1 part vermiculite
Sounds perfect! 🐕😁❤️
Thank you!
Can you give use the volumes of this recipe??
its in parts. so you can measure in cups, 5 gal buckets, or full wheelbarrows, it doesn't matter.
So a 5 gal utility bucket is a common unit of measure because so many people have them, and they are a manageable size.
3 full buckets of coco coir,
3 full buckets of compost,
1 full bucket of perlite and
1 full bucket of vermiculite.
Then at the end you will have 8 (5 gal) buckets of soil to use or actually 40 gallons of soil to work with. @@KevinAbbott-z6g
@@KevinAbbott-z6g Sure, the parts can be any volume, as long as they are equal. For example, I use a utility scoop with a handle to measure the parts. So I do 3 scoops coco coir, 3 scoops compost, 1 scoop perlite and 1 scoop vermiculite. I also put all the ingredients in plastic totes, like the ones you find at Walmart because I find it's easier to scoop that way than trying to scoop out of a bag. Hope that helps.
Wow, Jerzee James & Tuck, thank you for giving us the lowdown on bagged dirt! I'll take the dog dirt anytime! 😂 This was a great lesson video. You have great deals on the beds but, I purchased my Birdie's with the Tuck code a few years ago from that Epic guy, Kevin 😂. Love them! When my wooden beds expire I'll get some new beds from you! They are great! ❤❤🐾🐾❤️❤️
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sourcing coco coir and mixing your own is a lot cheaper if you are filling a bed. I use the same coco you are selling and mix some of my own compost (I have horses), pearlite, and castings. From there is where things get interesting because there is all kinds of different things you could put in there like crab/lobserter shells, neem meal, etc. It would be cool to see a collection of different recopies with their expected PH and use.
This was so incredibly helpful!! OMG!! I’ve been wasting so much money all this time!!!! Now I don’t even know what to use!! Black Cow!! I’m stunned!!
Great video and tips thank you , here in UK PEAT is used less and less as its not sustainable
Im going to check out the coco stuff , thanks
This was a great video, James. Thank you for all that money and effort to produce this. I can't count all the money I have spent on bagged "Soil" over the years. I'm going to try mixing my own this year. Thanks for the info.
Thank you James for giving us all the dirt on dirt! 😂 I'm going to make my own next year. I was so disappointed in the quality of what I bought last year for my raised beds. Not like it used to be. 🌱
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I paid for best got mostly sticks grrr😢. I'll fix it but what a disappointment... From Queensland Australia 😊
This is such good information. I am a YUGE fan of homemade mixes - and that's what I do. Not only is it better stuff but I get so much MORE in the long run. Great vid - thank you! ❤❤❤❤ For Tuck!
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I bought a bag of Espoma organic "potting mix" last week. It's all sticks. You could use it as wood mulch better than you could at a potting mix.
Tuck is King❤. I have used your method of making my own soil mix. Thank you
Today, for the first time, I used the seed tray starter kit I purchased off your website. It was more expensive but it is by far the best seed starting tray I have ever used. I think it and its components will last for Many years. Thanks.
EXCELLENT video, thank you James! I can't wait to watch a video on making our own garden soil!! Sharing this video with my gardening friends!
Wow, that was super informative (and eye-opening!!) Thank you for investing in all those soils to show us the differences and hugs and hearts to sweet Tuck!
I need your raised bed soil recipe!! Am in Central TX - about to set up my raised beds and plant!
Thank you so much for doing this! I could never afford to check each of these like this. You really went the extra mile here!!❤❤❤❤❤
Another great video JP and Tuck. Been having issues with store bought soil more often than not lately, so I can totally relate about the low quality.
It just does my heart good each time i hear “Let’s Goo”!!!! 😊
And thank you for making this video for us visual learners. It has definitely enlightened my frustrations of confusion. Looking forward to video of homemade soil for beds
❤for Tuck! Keep an eye on those hard working paws
Happy Frog and Ocean Farms(?) are my absolute favorite.. Go-To brands.
I use them in both raised beds and pots. It's a bit pricey but worth every penny.
I do add compost from my bins and some coffee bean chaff (pre-soaked) about 1/3 from the top... worms love the stuff.
If you like Happy Frog, you’d love Vermont Compost, Fort Vee mix or Johnny’s 512 mix. They’re even better than Hapoy Frog.
Tuck is the most adorable Little Boss!! Thank you also for this information.
Great video. I noticed last year that there was a lot of sticks and wood chunks in it.
I bought a value brand of seed starting mix, it was full of sticks. You get what you pay for! Thanks James! ♥♥♥♥
Yes Sir Thanks for this video !
I am gearing up to do soil readiness . At the end of last yr I bought 6 bags of organic raised bed soil , that turned out to be crap , it looked like mulch that had been run through a blender . This yr i will have to use the rest for the bottom of beds , not the top. Live and learn . 🤷♀️
Thanks again James and Tuck ! ❤❤❤❤
ps , luckily i have LOTS of horse manure to fix it up with . 😉👍💩 😂
James, thanks for this video as it clearly lays out what typically is available in bagged potting/top/soil and garden soil. I try and limit my purchases of potting soil to only the amount needed for my containers on my patio and deck. For my raised beds I purchase bulk compost, top soil , and add either peat moss or vermiculite to help keep it aerated.This is much less expensive than buying pre-mixed raised bed soil. I have seen a lot of TH-cam gardeners who recommend Happy Frog products. I have no doubt these are good, but at a price of $25 for a 2 cubic foot bag , that is insanely costly if one is looking to fill multiple 4' x 10' x 1' raised beds. The Boss looks happy, garden season is right around the corner!
I chose the frog stuff because they were out of MG. Got gnats and it has chips of bark. It was dark and heavy. Definitely not worth it.
I've never truly understood the difference between soils and how they're used. I was even beginning to think I was gonna have to sign up for a class somewhere to make sense of gardening and get better outcomes. This video was truly so informative! I took notes and am gonna start making batches this way.
thank you now I know what to buy. I grow in large plastic wine barrel containers at my townhouse..
Thank you and Tuck for the comparison of bagged soils! I'm always overwhelmed by the different bags at big box stores.
I garden in mineral tubs and 10 gallon grow bags. I have been known to use cardboard boxes and dry pet food bags. I am in Zone 8b in Louisiana. I live in an apartment. This video was so helpful. I plan to refresh my containers this year which means adding bags of soil and mixing. I'll be watching for a video of making your own soil. Thanks again for the comparisons.
Thank you James for a great vid on bagged soils! Was looking specifically for this kind of info today. Timely and well done! You and Tuck rock! Love the Gardening is Life tee. Picking one of those up for myself. Go local NJ gardeners!
Loved this analysis and comparison of soils. So incredibly informative!
What a great informational analysis of soils. Thank you. Would love your recipe for homemade!!!
This was great. I spent a lot of money on bagged soil that in the end I had to sift all the bark out. Nothing would grow.!! Stunted growth, yellowing seedlings and nothing but frustration. Cant wait to see your soil mix. ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥Love you, Tuck!!
James, this is THE BEST video I have EVER seen on bagged garden soils ... the deep dive comparison of numerous brands of bagged soils helps differentiate what exactly we are buying for our gardens, raised beds, and containers. As a result, why we might just prefer to make our own. Mega love to Tuck!! 💙💙💙