What's Actually in Bagged Garden Soil Products, Which Ones Do You Need, & How to Make them Yourself

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Bagged soil products are nothing more than a mix of peat moss, wood products, earth, and some fertilizers. They are the most expensive way to fill your garden containers and beds. You can make a better product for a lot less money.
Peat Moss 3 cu ft $23
Top Soil 1 cu ft $3.25
Garden Soil 1 cu ft $4.50
Raised Bed/Garden Soil 1.5 cu ft $9.97
Raised Bed/Potting Mix 2 cu ft $9.97
Potting Mix 1 cu ft $9.97
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@elvianwana1194 3 месяца назад

You are a gem. Thanks!

@chefbabyryan1 4 месяца назад

I just wanted to say that I’ve been following this channel for years. It started me on my gardening journey. And I can tell you honestly it will now be an activity I do for the rest of my life. Thank you, I’m very grateful 🙏

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@Bananjen 4 месяца назад

This video literally just saved me about $100. I was ready to buy bagged garden soil. Just going to get peat moss and top soil now! (Plus some of my own compost)

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

It really works best and you can tweak it. I am glad you saved money. Thats one of my goals. Quick info and ways to not get fooled and save some money. 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/

@brianseybert192 4 месяца назад

I made a monumental mistake when I filled my hügelkultur raised beds. I filled the dug out section with wood and native soil, but the raised bed part I went out and bought a raised bed "soil mix" from a local landscape company. Several years later come to find out there was no soil in that soil mix. I discovered this with my microscope last year, then confirmed it at the landscape Co. So this year I will be amending 2 raised beds with good old dirt. So many new and old gardeners are led down the path with bagged products and nursery jargon. Made some new raised beds last year, 1/2 native soil, 1/4 leaf mold, and 1/4 aged compost. Everything I planted did fine and dandy. Great video, Stay Well!!!!

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

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@ausfoodgarden 4 месяца назад

Nice to see you've done an update on this. People really need to know about bagged soils and ways to create their own. The most expensive way to buy fertilizers is in a bagged "premium" soil/potting mix. I guess my base mix would be 50% coco coir 25% soil and 25% homemade compost (because I have it) Peat moss is expensive here in Australia and banned in the UK now. Coir is a good substitute. Great video!

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

Thats a good mix you have and congrats on the homemade compost. When people can get to that you can save even more and have a better garden. 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/

@spir5102 4 месяца назад

Helping customers save money these days is so valuable. Also, helping us spot all the scams is also excellent. Thank you.

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

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@jamiescountryliving 4 месяца назад

Looks awesome! Thank you for explaining it! Have a great day!

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

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@lindabrown760 4 месяца назад

Thank you so much for this video. I’ve been watching you and buying neem oil from you for a few years now. Will keep supporting your channel!

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@PorchGardeningWithPassion 3 месяца назад

This video is very timely! I found out a few days ago that chunks of plastic (bags and zip ties) were in my “Organic Raised Bed” potting soil. Needless to say, I was not too happy when I am trying to get rid of that from my food supply. Great video 👊🏻🌻👊🏻

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 3 месяца назад

Yep. Organic soil is pretty lame. The problem is the stamp doesn't mean much. I can be a pile of landed that sat dormant for years with no chemical sprays or fertilizers. It's based on going forward not what is on the land or had been on the land. They dont test the soils. Please Subscribe! It really helps me. And Thanks So Much If You Have! And Please Visit The Rusted Garden Vegetable Seeds & Home Garden Supplies: www.therustedgarden.com Neem Oil: bit.ly/43IJl9C Peppermint Oil: bit.ly/43IJl9C Rosemary Oil: bit.ly/43IJl9C

@lsimon4127 4 месяца назад

I was about to buy bagged mix this weekend...Pretty sure you just saved me a small fortune. Thanks!!!

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

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@JimL-lr8bo 4 месяца назад

This is the best gardening channel (both).Recently retired and have more time to garden.Everything I need to know is here. Thanks

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@EventHorizon34 4 месяца назад

Thank you so much Gary! I’ve really learned a lot about these bag mixes and how to make my own.

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@EventHorizon34 4 месяца назад

@@THERUSTEDGARDEN Thank you.

@thevagabondsageinthewoods 4 месяца назад

Wonderful stuff here! ❤ I am absolutely blessed to live here in this amazing old forest and have everything (soil-wise) provided. Thank you Spirit/Universe for everything I have.

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

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@loribethartist6353 4 месяца назад

Thanks for the video! I am starting to do raised beds this year so it was very informative!

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

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@angelinechristmas8275 4 месяца назад

Thanks Gary, I really appreciate and adore you 🙏😇😘

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@Gotchapic 4 месяца назад

I am watching this video as I rest from Sifting my raised bed mix. Wrong for planting my starts on a vertical GreenStalk. Finer soil needed. Excellent video as always!!

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

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@TheTinkerersWife 4 месяца назад

In the past Home Depot had bails of organi peat moss on sale for $11,which was several dollars less than normal price here on the west coast. Great info btw and the mix recipes

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

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@user-zs3xd5ym4j 4 месяца назад

Very helpful! Thank you!

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

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@minivandreamin1789 3 месяца назад

You just made me feel a WHOLE lot better about my decision to use the in ground stuff in my raised beds. My gut was telling me it was okay but I’m glad you think so too. I’ve not had any trouble yet and it’s sooo much cheaper. This will be year 3 using it this way.

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 3 месяца назад

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@franksinatra1070 4 месяца назад

That' video was helpful. My wife buys a lot of potted mums in the fall so I saved all the root balls and just separated all the used potting mix into a pile and added some of my compost and leaf mold to it. I'll probably add some fertilizer before I begin filling my grow bags and pots to use in my garden this summer.

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

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@Angie-ci1lp 3 месяца назад

Gary!! Thank you!…explained clearly!👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽👏🏽

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@jerryspinosa5466 Месяц назад

THANKS FOR KEEPING IT SIMPLE.

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@hypersapien 3 месяца назад

Even though you make these videos every year, i always appreciate it. A tip worth mentioning is that some home improvement stores (such as my local Home Depot) will pile up all the bags of soil/mulch/compost/manure that were torn or punctured and sell them at a discount. I find these ones will sell out quick, so I recommend going to the store right as it opens. Also, the discount isn't marked anywhere, so I recommend asking a cashier or customer service rep about the discount before wheeling a 200lb palette cart up to the register (Just this morning, one cashier wasn't familiar with the discount so she wouldn't honor it, so i moved to the customer service desk and they did).

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 3 месяца назад

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@coreyward5991 4 месяца назад

Made my stuff equal topsoil, black kow, prepped peat moss. 4.35 a cf including amendments and waay better! Dont have enough containers or room to buy bulk, or would have been even less! Thanks! One store has 3.9 cu fr of peat moss for 19.99, so that helped out! Helpful video.

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

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@queensgarden55 4 месяца назад

Good video. Thanks so much, have saved so much money.

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

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@miltonwelch8619 4 месяца назад

Great job Gary!

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@stevedimartino683 3 месяца назад

Thank you, this is great news. You save me a lot of money.

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 3 месяца назад

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@kathydills4050 3 месяца назад

Great video, my horticulture teacher taught us this in high school.

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 3 месяца назад

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@petpilgrimgoose 2 месяца назад

Thank you SO much. We needed to top off raised beds and we just cannot afford any of the bagged products. We have some leftover peat moss from one of those 3. cu ft. bags we had gotten. We are mixing it with dirt we are going to dig up here. Relieved!

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 2 месяца назад

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@princessklarissatey4 3 месяца назад

Great video! Thank you!

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@rolandoberdote9363 4 месяца назад

60% coco coir 20% worm casting 20% perlite. Works great. Make sure to used buffered coco or buffer it your self.

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

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@nytesoul4517 2 месяца назад

Great information! Thank you. :-)

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@mysterblue313setstfin9 4 месяца назад

The premier bale and compost or soil has the best value and results in every combo of mixes from peat or coco or pro mix bales I've tested them all and the simple 2 part mix is king

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

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@kennethmccallister3239 4 месяца назад

The 4 Home Depot in the NE part of Ft. Worth(Texas) have stopped selling the Premier peat moss. They have replaced it with a Miracle Growth product which is really fluffy and expensive. Their standard top soil has grass burs. Lucky Lowes has bales. Sounds like the geese are going home.

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

People are getting smart and going to the peat. I think that is way it went from $13 to $23 and you see less of it. They want to sell the expensive garbage.

@kennethmccallister3239 4 месяца назад

For the price of the loose peat Miracle Grow bag I purchased a 3 cu. foot bale at Lowes

@megaroniiiii 4 месяца назад

I found it at my local Walmart for $17 a bag. A lot cheaper than Home Depot or Lowe’s

@IAmHisBeloved5 4 месяца назад

@@kennethmccallister3239what is bale? I’m trying to find this on Lowe’s website?

@melodylamour6123 4 месяца назад

My earth is florida dirt which has a lot of sand. So I've added leaves, blood meal, bone meal, some leftover worm castings, left over top soil, some 10-10-10, some coco coir. It's starting to look better. I haven't try to plant in the ground yet though. And I'm going to use cardboard for the small pathway. The space is 10ft x 8ft. My seedlings are about ready to go in the dirt. They may just die, lol. I'm prepared for that. Most of my plants are in pots and totes. Heard it can take about 3 years to get your home dirt at it's best. So my garden is all over and I'll still have something to harvest if this is a flop. I am looking at this as an experiment for now. Thank you for continuing to teach us stuff like this, we honestly need to know it.

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

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@tutortani 4 месяца назад

Good video. Healthy and happy greetings always.

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@evahaynes4438 4 месяца назад

THANKS! THANKS! THANKS❤🎉

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@stephenptacek3021 2 месяца назад

I've really valued your videos especially cutting to the quick on organic gardening at home. This video has lots of valuable perspective and you do a great job of informing the viewers about what's going on with bagged soils. In the UK a law took effect that will end in a blanket ban of the use of Horticultural Peat Moss as a commercial gardening medium by 2030. That's because Peat bogs cannot sustain the extraction required at scale. This is true across the globe, even in Canada where 25% of the world's Peat Moss is extracted. Peat grows so slowly, the industry cannot or will not regenerate enough to replace what's taken up. Setting aside the climate impacts of releasing carbon sinks, consider for a moment the forces keeping Peat Moss in commercial supply. Peat is a multibillion dollar industry in Canada and the efforts to cast it as renewable and sustainable are not dissimilar to that of the oil and gas industry or the tobacco industry. Commercial Peat extractors lobby and market as an eco friendly option precisely because they understand it can't be harvested at scale and replanted fast enough to balance the loss. I respect you've made a video showing your viewers a cheaper alternative to bagged mixes. I've even learned from other elements of this video besides the peat recommendation, and knowing the facts about Peat does not make me trust your advice any less, but the Canadian Peat industry is going to have to shrink significantly if Canada is going to meet it's Paris Climate accord target. Peat bans are in the works across the Commonwealth, Canada may soon follow suit. The next time you make this type of video, consider offering Peat alternatives. There are many and some of them are even more cost effective than Peat. If you feel you must recommend Peat, please at least inform your viewers that there is a growing movement to ban Horticultural Peat, if for no other reason that it may not be available for as long as people will reference your videos.

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 2 месяца назад

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@FarmToMarketRoad 4 месяца назад

I make my own mix. 1part peat, 1 part black cow, 1/2 part vermiculite, 1/2 part perlite. I add bone meal if potting up tomatoes and peppers. Blood meal in every mix. Some rock phosphate or azomite in most mixes. There is a big difference in the quality of bagged compost and peatmoss when I buy them. I sift everything thru 1/4" hardware cloth. The last 3 bags of screened black cow filled a 5 gal bucket with bark. I want composted poo. Bark is $2.00 a bag. BC is $8.50 Sometimes hardly any bark, clay and rocks. The cheap compost is $2.50. But is 1/3 debri. I put the bark and wood to good use and as mulch or put in my in ground beds.

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

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@pilsplease7561 4 месяца назад

Bagged compost generally has been amazing for me, rich black and earthy sent some in to a lab came back loaded with nutrients and been buying that brand since.

@Judten1 4 месяца назад

QUESTION PLEASE. absolutely love your channel. Thank you for so much honest information. I am using your other video method. I’ve bought the shown peat moss the bagged manure. Mixing this 50/50 as you recommended and adding a bit of perlite. Please is this going to be ok for my raised pots? Anything else at all I should use? Thank you for your advice.

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

It should be good. It's a great base. Good luck. 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/

@baneverything5580 4 месяца назад

I ordered 7 types of bagged soil last year. I just wanted to start seedlings. All of it seemed designed to deliberately kill plants. Only after a lot of rain did one pot get better. I had part of a bag left over so I tested it with PH strips. The PH was over 8, so that explains that one. Even Miracle Gro soil killed onions, lettuce, tomatoes, etc. I dumped the rest except the one bag of "organic" soil that was basically muddy pine bark. I got soil from the woods this year and I`ve been creating a garden with it.

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

Peat and topsoil or your earth is really the best way to go 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/

@JaneDoe-ft8sz 4 месяца назад

Last fall I mixed cheap topsoil with a liberal amount of sawdust in my 4in raised bed and now (Feb) I have worms. For sciency reasons I don't understand you have to do this in the fall so the sawdust has time to breakdown and give nitrogen back to the soil.

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

Right the microbes need to break it down and they take nitrogen during the composting process, than die and give it back. 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/

@JW86SH 3 месяца назад

I know where you're coming from and appreciate that you showed what was in each of the bags and explained everything the way that you did. The problem I have is that you're only looking at component prices vs completed product prices and not showing the cost per cubic foot of your mix. Just soil from your yard mixed with peat moss comes in at $7.67/ft^3. Combine it with just the bag of top soil and you're now at $10.92/ft^3. Kellog is only $4.99/ft^3. Sure it has alot of wood chips in it, but those are great for the bottom of a raised bed. There are entire farming practices that center around filling the bottom of the row with sticks. I really like using peat moss and the red clay from my yard with fertilizer mixed in for the top of my beds, but that bag of Kellog is my go to for the bottoms of my beds, because it's cheaper and contains exactly what's need. Yes it's convenient, but it's also the right product for the right price.

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 3 месяца назад

Thanks. A compressed bale of peat is $23 for 3 cubic beet. Fluffed you are at about 5 - 6 cubic feet. Add water and peat can get x3 - X4 larger. This is where you save money. Please Visit The Rusted Garden Vegetable Seeds & Home Garden Supplies: www.therustedgarden.com Neem Oil: bit.ly/43IJl9C Peppermint Oil: bit.ly/43IJl9C Rosemary Oil: bit.ly/43IJl9C

@daynamichelle4657 4 месяца назад

Thank you! I have a pile of dirt along the side of my home left by the previous owners and now I have a use for it! It is pretty weedy so weeding my containers for the first year won’t be super fun. Do you have any tips for that other than using soil that is as free of weeds as possible?

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

Nope. It's perfect for the 50 50 mix. Good luck 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/

@UHC48 4 месяца назад

Would you use a mix like this for indoor plants too? I usually buy potting mix to avoid bringing bugs indoors when re-potting house plants.

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

It can be used but there is a risk of fungus gnats. 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/

@Ash-fd8ww 4 месяца назад

I have been using home made decomposed charcoal in compost/ dynagro and water in old plastic bins as the inert medium in beds and pots. If you soak it in fertilizer for a while it acts like a sponge that holds onto water better but slow releases nutrients. The finer its crushed the better it works, just be careful not to breathe in the dust when its dry. After a few years of reusing, it creates one of the best silt-loam soils that holds just enough water. It's hard to source real "dirt" unless you buy sand, vermiculite, etc so stuff like this seems to fill that void.

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

Excellent. Very interesting. 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/

@stephenmoberg8807 4 месяца назад

Ty - I use equal parts top soil, peat moss, potting mix, and Black Kow - awesome love your videos

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

That will work. Thanks for watching. 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/

@ab_ab_c 4 месяца назад

Peat moss cost: $23 / 6 ft³ = $3.83 / ft³ That ^^ is way more expensive than necessary. You can use finished compost (which you can make yourself for free) & composted cow manure (which you can often find for free or for a very low price).

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

Well not everyone can make compost. Remember this is reaching gardeners in all kinds of spaces. I am getting to the point of endless compost so to speak, but not everyone is there. 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/

@tinagilmore6373 4 месяца назад

I saw a Ytuber that had found it on sale at Home depot for $4.47 a bale, so I went and low and behold it is still on sale here at mine. I stocked up! Wiĺ be making this mixture soon!

@ab_ab_c 4 месяца назад

@@THERUSTEDGARDEN I've been making my own compost for years for my gardening needs. I make ~2 cubic yards using composted: grass cuttings, leaves, kitchen scraps, & Christmas trees. Cow manure is excellent for water retention & so are the palms that fall each year from my palm tree. One finished compost pile (~2 cubic yards) is all that I need & it's all free! In fact, I have more than I need each year. I grow almost everything in pure finished compost with a bit of urine for nitrogen & it works great! Free is hard to beat! I have also had it professionally tested & it has all of the nutrients that are necessary for garden soil.

@caravanmassennhoven4004 4 месяца назад

Hi Gary. Thanks for the information. Will pass this along to my son who is starting his first serious garden. My question is about the pelleted alphalfa (I think) that you have shown as a nitrogen fetilizer. I can't find this ecept as horse feed. Is that the same? Thank you so much in advance. Be well from Canada 🇨🇦

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

It is pelleted animal feed. I get mine at tractor supply company. 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/

@caravanmassennhoven4004 4 месяца назад

@@THERUSTEDGARDEN I am still having trouble finding the pelleted alphafa in my local area. Which is extra annoying because we have a feed mill right in our town. They are NOT helpful when it comes to using their products for the garden. I have found pelleted rabbit food. It is alphafa based. But there is vitimins and minerals added for rabbits. Nothing in the analysis looks unhealthy. Would this work. Thank you for your help. Be well from Canada 🇨🇦

@fel944 4 месяца назад

Hi Gary how are you doing today iam doing fine today thank you for the information 😂😂

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

Glad to share and I am well. Been out in the garden. 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/

@shavaunj2876 4 месяца назад

How long does peat moss last? I'm just getting back into gardening and starting off small this year. I'm starting with just a few 5-10 gallon containers this year. Would the peat moss (I'll also be using my own earth as you suggested) last into next year's spring growing season? If not, Id just buy a smaller bag this year and then scale up as I get more comfortable. Thanks!

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

A really long time. It is already broken down so it stays intact. It will last many years so you're good. 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/

@NinaElizabethRose 4 месяца назад

I left my big bag of peat moss open and outside over the winter, it definitely got snowed and rained on. Is it still good to use?

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

For outdoor use, 100% 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/

@liberta2570 4 месяца назад

Thank you. We fell for the raised bed bag and found it not to have soil and it's really dense. We need to mix peat and people with it. I use peat and perlite for seedlings. What about coconut mixed with the peat, top soil mix to grow veggies??

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

Coco coir and peat are interchangeable for the most part. But I like peat better. 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/

@liberta2570 4 месяца назад

@@THERUSTEDGARDEN Thank you for your response. 👍🌱

@ludmilaishansade4018 4 месяца назад

You did not mention about soil amendment/conditioner bag. Is it necessary to use. Thanks in advance.

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

I use it in replacement of compost. It's for the 2nd video. 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/

@vlr213 2 месяца назад

What do you recommend for planting limelight hydrangeas I used black velvet mushroom compost / in ground garden soil organic / soil conditioner mixed it all in my wheelbarrow is this ok I saw it on a another video. Have 3 more plants to plant Just cam across your video it’s just so much out their I live in Georgia 🇺🇸 help 😅

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 2 месяца назад

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@SRizzo-ez8ih 3 месяца назад

Hi Gary. I’m installing 6 new raised beds for my veggie garden here in MD. What’s your recommendation for the planting medium ratio? I have option to either buy premixed 50/50 (topsoil/leafgro) or buy the 2 separately and mix it at a different ratio myself. Would you recommend using just leafgro if want to plant straight away? I need about 9 yards total and the cost to have it delivered from my local nursery would be about the same.

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 3 месяца назад

Don't use leaf grow straight. The 50/50 sound fine to fill with. You can amend that later as you make compost or get compost or whatever over the years. Please Subscribe! It really helps me. And Thanks So Much If You Have! And Please Visit The Rusted Garden Vegetable Seeds & Home Garden Supplies: www.therustedgarden.com Neem Oil: bit.ly/43IJl9C Peppermint Oil: bit.ly/43IJl9C Rosemary Oil: bit.ly/43IJl9C

@Seahawks-kq7ni 4 месяца назад

Interesting video! I've noticed some bags of potting mix contain a "wetting agent." Any idea what that is?

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

No lol, and I try to find out al the time. 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/

@ericamartin7490 4 месяца назад

Check out build a soilthey have good videos on this topic, wetting agents help with water absorption i believe

@TheShender64 3 месяца назад

If you have a bad earth in my backyard what should I use with the potting soil, peat moss.

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 3 месяца назад

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@jamesvatter5729 3 месяца назад

Last year I bought several bags of "garden soil" and was shocked how much wood was in those bags.

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 3 месяца назад

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@jujube2407 4 месяца назад

Hubs got me a bag of that kellogs :/ I thought he did good till I opened it... soooo much wood products just like yours... what would you reccomend adding to it to make it a little better for pots and raised beds.. I gotta use up what I have...I typically blend my own mix like you...or somewhat like you( I am unable to add my own native soil to it...) top soil bags?

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

I would just add peat to it. Some bagged topsoils are sand and clay but many have wood. I would add topsoil if its wood, just peat. 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/

@rellimarual 3 месяца назад

I have a bunch of potting mix that’s been used a couple of times and am considering filling new raised beds with it about halfway up before adding top soil with some compost as well as peat. Is that a mistake?

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 3 месяца назад

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@kathydills4050 3 месяца назад

Everytime I found a sale price for the miracle grow potting mix last year, it was full of bark. It came to top of my flower pots, and my plants would not grow. I felt I was ripped off.

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 3 месяца назад

Tons of wood in the products for sure. 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/

@Janotes 3 месяца назад

I've heard that bagged "garden soil" with lots of wood debris, chips etc can zap the soil of nitrogen. I recall having stunted plants years back when I didn't cut the "garden soil" with native earth. Any Opinion?

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 3 месяца назад

It is very true. That top several inches gets robbed of nitrogen. 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/

@GeorgiasGarden 4 месяца назад

What is your opinion on compost from the municipal city piles???

@larpbusters 4 месяца назад

Look into forever chemicals and contamination. Those municipal compost programs take green material from all over. Could have pesticides, heavy metals or many other contaminants that would be bad for plants and your own health.

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

Ask about it but I found its pretty good in my area. The leaf gro is a municipal product sold local. 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/

@arlinerobertson6377 4 месяца назад

That pink one would grow anything. I saw sludge and threw it away. Just used earth and peat.

@arlinerobertson6377 4 месяца назад

It wouldn’t grow anything

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

Earth and peat are the best. Too much wood in the one you mentioned. 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/

@budupgarden6109 4 месяца назад

Hi I got a big garden so I got some leaf grow and some top soil to mix together is that a good deal to make my soil it of for garden beds. Zone 7

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

That can work for sure. 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/

@budupgarden6109 4 месяца назад

Thanks do I need to add peat moss or not ? I am a Subscriber for you and buy your supplies on your website . I like keep thing simple and to the point . People got to many videos out on gardening it Get you lost and blow your mind .

@charmainemrtnz 4 месяца назад

How do you feel about cow manure compost in a ag?

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

If it is fully composted down, its good stuff. 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/

@gregbluefinstudios4658 4 месяца назад

When you make your mix, do you ever add in sand, too? Or, since you have clay, that's good enough to add in

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

I dont add sand, the peat really breaks it up as does. my compost or Leaf Gro. 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/

@Cooky00123 4 месяца назад

I am done with peat moss for containers, it is hydrophobic, does not absorb water easily and dries out much faster than other options.

@larpbusters 4 месяца назад

I never use peat for the same reason. I use coco coir. It absorbs water much more readily and has a more neutral ph than peat.

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

There are alternatives for sure. I found a 50/50 mix helps avoid the hyrdophobic piece. 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/

@musicelfka 4 месяца назад

And it's horribly not environmently friendly 😒.

@thomashouseal5688 4 месяца назад

@musicelfka they suggested coco coir which is a lot worse for the environment. Cutting down trees to plant coconut trees

@jasonlloyd7243 2 месяца назад

You must be a scientist

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 2 месяца назад

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@blacksmithden 4 месяца назад

Go buy ourself a cheap cement mixer !!! Buy a used one. Rent one. Whatever. They make life SO much easier for both the initial mixing and when you want to amend. Last summer I set mine up beside my compost pile. I laid out a tarp, and laid out a couple of bags of peatmoss, some top soil, and a 4 cu ft bag of vermiculite. There's nothing super precise about it. Throw in a shovel full of peat, soil, and compost. Top if off with an icecream bucket of vermiculite. Push start and wait 2 or 3 minutes. Dump that out, and do it again. In an hour, you can make a HUGE pile of the most beautiful mix you could imagine, it's really thoroughly mixed, AND, you didn't have to do a lot of straining to make it. It helps to mix any almost composted stuff into the soil. It breaks up a lot of the chunky soil bits. Let's just say it works really well, and it's pretty much the exact same thing the "garden bed soil" companies are doing. Obviously, if you're only mixing up enough for a few pots or buckets, it's not worth the cost. If you're like me, and just keep adding more and more growing space to your yard, it sure makes life a LOT easier. Yeah yeah...it's the anti-Christ to the no till crowd. I do what works for me, and I've had awesome results. You do what works for you. We go our separate ways.

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

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@janetc3707 4 месяца назад

Does the peat moss lower the pH in the soil so much that might harm vegetables like eggplant?

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

Not really. I do have higher alkaline soil. You can always toss in a handful of garden lime to your mixes. GreenStalk Vertical Gardening Towers Use the Discount Code THERUSTEDGARDEN on GreenStalk 'Vertical Tier Systems'. Use this link and enter my code for the discount greenstalkgarden.com/?rstr=therustedgarden

@muhlisan5855 3 месяца назад

What fertilizer did you use?

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 3 месяца назад

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@Just-Nikki 2 месяца назад

Do you use azomite for your clay soil?

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 2 месяца назад

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@DirtyFastingLife 4 месяца назад

Can I use coffee grounds?

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

For sure. Mix them into this. 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/

@katiekane5247 4 месяца назад

Years ago, there was a mulch company near me, family owned. Natures Helper came from there originally and it was a composted bark product. They sold out to a bigger company and now the product is just crap. Big sticks, lumpy crap and the price doubled 😡 What I'd give for plain old Pine fines at a reasonable price. I come from the ornamental horticulture side when Pro-mix was what we grew in. I always mix my own container soil for my ornamentals, always use perlite for drainage. I got a chip drop 3 years ago and let it compost down. Be aware that organic soil additives in bags can be composted human waste. I avoid it because of what else might be in there and always wear nitrile gloves with bagged soil. I'm in Georgia, most soil sold here has specific Georgia contents, usually 55% or more composted bark materials. We can get Yellow Bag compost here, it's a consistent product but only available in 3 states.

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

I agree. You dont know what you get in the bags. And a great local company is what we all need. Have a great week. 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/

@ltlwlwl5057 4 месяца назад

Doesn't wood chips suck nitrogen out of the soil. So, does that mean the bagged soils with wood just steal nitrogen from plants?

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

Yes. If it fresh wood, that is the problem. Wood that is aged and breaking down is more forgiving. 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/

@AjArpopP52 4 месяца назад

Do you think peat moss or coco coir is better?

@larpbusters 4 месяца назад

I like coir much better. Neutral to slightly acidic right outta the bag and absorbs moisture much better than peat. Also, Peat is way more acidic.

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

I like peat for my garden. My pH is high. Either one works. 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/

@thomashouseal5688 4 месяца назад

@larpbusters what's better for the environment ?

@XenobiaF 4 месяца назад

50-50 by weight or volume?

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

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@-FREAKSHOW 2 месяца назад

What's the ph of that custom mix?

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 2 месяца назад

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@janilynn327 4 месяца назад

idk where get peat moss for 3$ a foot

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

About $3.50 a ft in this large bail from Home Depot. 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/

@katjoy9921 4 месяца назад

Perlite does more than make a mix look like it was store bought.

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

Yep. I like to call it eye candy. 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/

@Grayald 4 месяца назад

They really trying to get people with this soil racket. I started gardening at the end of last year and said to hell with that shit. Dug my beds, broke up there clods by hand, and mixed it with peat and manure.. and other than starting seeds indoors, I use it for everything.

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

Perfect and your soil will be better than the bag stuffed. 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/

@captainfancypants1877 4 месяца назад

Unfortunately, more confused after the video than before. What exactly are we looking for? More wood less wood. Walking along squeezing soil and showing prices doesn't help.

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

I think it helps because it's not about being told what you need. It's learning what is in the products. They can all be used to fill a space. I feel the demonstration at the end gives you a good idea of a base. Peat moss 50% and earth 50% is what I would recommend. If you can make compost that is what you always want. 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/

@RealJasmineLove 4 месяца назад

I don't know why you are confused. Maybe you should watch it again. I'm an intermediate gardener, been doing this about 5 years now. I thought this was a brilliant, well organized video. I learned more than I knew before, and I have watched hundreds maybe thousands of videos, and I still learned more. I am now a subscriber to this channel. Looking forward to the next video!

@whytchywooo 4 месяца назад

Plus.... how much chemical has leached into the product from the bag itself??????????

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

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@123gyra123 3 месяца назад

What if your yard soil is mostly clay-ish? Can you still use it with the peat moss to make your own soil?

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 3 месяца назад

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@Laljack564 3 месяца назад

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@THERUSTEDGARDEN 3 месяца назад

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@thomaskitlica5572 4 месяца назад

Peat moss isn't sustainable!! I just use compost!!!

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 4 месяца назад

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@Laljack564 3 месяца назад

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@THERUSTEDGARDEN 3 месяца назад

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@ep1436 3 месяца назад

Thank you for explain detail between different soils.

@THERUSTEDGARDEN 3 месяца назад

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