How to Make Your Own Potting Mix and Save Money | Easy DIY 

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coir and compost are not interchangeable. Coir has no nutrients and provides no food for plants. You may be able to add chicken pellets if you want to grow greens or herbs, but for vegetables, you will need to add compost. Thank you very much for your comment!

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You can use mushroom compost too. But since it has already been used as a growing medium to grow mushrooms, it generally contains less nutrients than regular compost. You may want to monitor your plants growth and add fertilizers as needed. Thank you for leaving a comment!

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Check this video ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-cJZcGDAro6w.htmlsi=bRfyVPAmbWtplkz5 for the my seed starting recipe. Thank you so much for watching and your comment!

Yes sure. Since manure is rich in nitrogen, try to use low nitrogen fertilizers instead. Happy growing and thank you for getting in touch!

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Technically they may be categorized as fruits, but if you go to any seed supplier, they are all under vegetable category. Just to make it easier and less confusing for my audience. Good point on the perlite. So glad you enjoy the videos and Thank you so much for your comment! 😊🌱

Glad to hear it. The 2nd stage is for compost that has somewhat broken down and not as raw as un-processed material. I have few worms in 2nd bin too (optional) with added a duct in the middle for aeration. This helps with reducing mixing effort. It usually takes few months depending on the weather and condition to be ready. I will try to make a video on how I make my compost. Hope this helps and thank you so much for your comment!

Thank you! Really appreciate it, and yes, a compost video would be amazing

That is called "FORELLENSCHLUSS Lettuce". Very beautiful and tasty too. Thank you very much for your comment!

Adding fertilizer at the time of transplanting is totally fine, I sometimes do that too and I also mention this in the video @4:20. On the black cow, it works for greens because it is composted cow manure. But if you want to use it for vegetables too, you need to amend soil with phosphorous and potash rich fertilizers. otherwise you will get green lush foliage and not too many fruits. Hope this helps and thank you for getting in touch. Happy gardening!

@@TowardGarden holy $&@“, I have already transplanted my tomatoes and peppers into the raised bed. Thanks for that info on the potash and phosphorus. Hmmm now I have to find that fertilizer… don’t needs to be like a 2-6-6 NPK? Or maybe higher?

@@SpearHead1011 Yes, 2-6-6 is a good choice too. happy growing!

@@TowardGarden all I can find is a 444 or a 463 from Dr Earth. Everything thing higher seems to be for flowers. What do you think?

@@SpearHead1011 Yes, both are great, I would go with 463. Make sure they have added calcium. Thanks

I will try to add it to my to do list. Thank you for your feedback!

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I always reuse my potting mix. It just needs to be amended with fresh material. Check my video here on how I do that ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-nlmarlrwfPI.htmlsi=gvVVR_uLCT_sljot . But if you just want to reuse the soil in its original bag, take out old roots and add fertilizer and fresh compost. Thank you for visiting!

Glad you like the video. Depending on how rich/dense the compost is, yes you can grow just in compost. Some composts turn to be very dense and not have good drainage or aeration to be used as potting soil, so you need to add perlite, vermiculite, or grits (critical for root rot). And also sometimes composts are so rich that plants don't need that much nutrients at once, so you can save some of it by adding filler materials, like used potting mix, peat moss or coir. I suggest before switching completely to just compost, do some trial to see if plants like it or not. Happy growing and thank you so much for your comment!

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Hi, yes you can but since manure is rich in nitrogen, try to use low nitrogen fertilizers instead, or add bone meal. Happy growing and thank you for getting in touch!

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Yes absolutely. Potting grits or gravel are good option to make mix well-draining. The downside is that it makes mix heavy. But you can use them. Thank you for visiting!

@@TowardGarden but there's no problem if the mix is heavy right?

@@freeonely yes, not a problem for the plants, it just will be heavy for your to move the pots. But totally fine for the drainage. Happy growing.

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Heck yeah! I just made my own potting soil using unused coconut coir bricks used for reptile bedding, some perlite, compost, and fertilizer. Got a tomato plant I will transplant in a pot this evening as well as get some seeds ready. Thank you for making these videos. They are truly an inspiration.

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Hello Ms J. Hope you and Sophie are doing well. Here is the link to my video on swiss chard ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-rasdp-UKoqo.htmlsi=q9GRf9H1e1Dh-Ef- . Hope it is helpful. Thank you for your comment and God bless you too😊🙏

@@TowardGarden Yes Me and Sophie are doing just fine. We are STILL Celebrating my Birthday week😂My actual Birthday was April 3rd. There’s no rule for when to stop celebrating one’s birthday LOL. I am now 72 years YOUNG and loving it. Thanks for the link I will watch right now. Be Blessed my Friend and keep sharing all of Your awesome garden tips.🙏🏾😊

Can I use this for flowers ? I live your videos.

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@@sigmawwww The video also includes the mix for the flowers too. You can use that mix. Thank you very much for your comment!

Simply you can use any orchid mix. Or mix peat moss or coco coir + perlite+ fir bark. Happy growing and thank you for visiting.

No, vegatable means any fruit producing plants including pumpkins. Thanks.

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