What I use for potting soil for Container Plants and Propagation Frames
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- čas přidán 26. 06. 2017
- I finally got around to answering the number 1 question I get which is, what do I use for potting soil for my container plants and my propagation frames. This video goes into detail about how I first started making my own to how I discovered a cheap and easy alternative to buying potting soil by the bag or making it at home. This is the same medium I use for my container plants and my propagation frames.
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I really like your information & your honesty about the soil stuff. Everybody else seem to have to much of different things mix together, just so much complications & costly & much of a hassle to go through all the mixtures everybody else recommended, and of course I never follow their recommendation anyway. I use a simple, plain Twin Oak Top soil mix w/ partial shredded hardwood, and I use fish fertilizer every Two weeks to feed them & all my plants are very happy & productive. Thank you so much for sharing, I totally agree with you, no need to fuss or worry too much about to many type of mixtures of soil. Thumps Up!!! for you, Mike!
Thanks a lot for the really positive comment. I'm always trying to make things easier around here and then pass it on to you. Have an awesome day!
InstaBlaster...
I have watched garden guru after garden guru and they all seem to have special mixes.... Finally I come to this channel and it is explained simply, no fuss, and thoroughly. Thx so much Mike!
That's what it's all about! I try to keep our favorite hobby simple and fun!
Mystery solved! So glad I came across your channel! Everyone makes this stuff so complicated and confusing and it discourages me from getting involved at all. Thank you very much for this simple, unconfusing explanation. I will start looking for “fine” bark readily available in my area! Thanks again!
Glad it was helpful!
Hi Mike, I did give 'Fir BARK' a try, (based upon your enthusiasm and recommendation), and my indoor plant, (purple passion vine), has gone from 3 small cuttings 5 months ago, to a reproductive monster, (at least 15 x's the size it was when I received the cuttings), and it's needed transplanting twice already, plus has even been producing multitudes of flowers and seeds. I'm going to try germinating seeds in 'Fir BARK' next. Thank you for the information and encouragement!
Yeah, no problem!
I have done quite a lot soilless mix testing and tried many materials and combinations of peat moss, perlite, vermiculite, coco coir, pumice, sand, compost etc. It turns out that the simplest material, fine bark, turned out to be the best of all. It’s like having peat moss and perlite in a simple single material. The bark fines hold nutrients and water well, and also allow a great deal of air to get into the roots. Plants just love it.
Yes! Glad you've come to the same realization about this stuff that I have. Happy gardening!
I want to thank you for this video I can tell that you love talking about it.AS long as you love it you will be on top of it. God bless you brother and happy planting.
Best landscape info hands down.I’ve watched all your Japanese maple videos after skimming through dozens of other people’s and I’m so glad I found your channel. Thank you for putting out such informative content,keep up the great work!
Thanks a lot Ben! I'm really glad you found these videos too.
Thank you so much for helping me with this. It is so vital. You have saved me a lot of money sweat worry and tears. Bless you Mike.
Happy to help!
Thanks Mike for the GREAT Tips on how to look for and buy this fine fir bark and not the double ground fine kind....I would have NEVER thought of testing the drainage like you did.....AMAZING.....You are really a GARDEN WISPER at all you do with growing and rooting plants !!!! Just ❤️ all your Video's.!!!! Looking forward to the next ones !!!!
Thanks a lot, Jacquelyn! I really appreciate you and love making these videos for all of our gardening family here. Enjoy the summer and happy gardening!
I just found your site today.. and I like this you tube .. it’s not boring and you have so much info , you make everything so easy . Thanks so much
Thanks, Mike. I'm one of the commenters who asked for your potting/transplanting mix.
Grateful for this update. Marian Porter
Glad to help, Marian!
After Kellogg's outdoor potting soil killed and stunted most plants I used it on, I made my own mix. 1 part home excavated virgin forest soil, medium clay. 2 part composted bulk fine bark and wood fiber, 1 part old composted manure, some sand, perlite maybe moss. Everything thrives and soil looks like something from Iowa. 1/3 the cost of bagged.
Dang, that sounds good enough to eat!
@@MikeKincaid79 Ha ha!!!
Thank you Mike! That's awesome! Soil can be so expensive, is crazy!
In listening to to your comments about different soils, you mentioned Point Defiance Park and my ears pointed straight up! I lived within one mile of that park in Tacoma, Washington during WWII and spent so many days walking over there and spent the day there. Loved that place! Beautiful landscaping and swimming in Puget Sound. What memories!
It's such a beautiful place with beautiful gardens!
I love your videos.......I have gardened for 'years"...... always open to learning, and you do a really good job. Thankyou
Thanks!
Thank you for your potting soil video! You are the BEST❤️👏👏👏
I love to watch your videos my friend, really good advice to me that im new in all this propagation and growing plants, thanks a lot!
You're welcome! Thanks for hanging out here with us on the channel.
Hahaha, everybody has a CZcams channel inside of them! Nice singing.
I really enjoy your videos.and find them very helpful. thanks for sharing.I'm learning so much.
Glad to help!
Good and timely information Mike,..Thanks!
Glad to show up when you needed it, Reg!
You're a really great teacher! We recently had to do some yard demo to install a wall and I'm really getting into propagating some generic plants we like and gardening in general. It's so much fun to learn and pick up better ways of doing things, especially when starting out. Makes it more fun with little successes :) Thanks and stay well!
Glad to help with the right info at the right time! Good luck on your project and have fun in the garden, Gary!
Really very informative video... Always learn new simple but effective techniques with great results... Thank you...
You're welcome, thanks!
Thanks so much for all you have taught me thru your videos!
I'm honored to help! Thanks for watching.
Makes a lot of sense. I got a lot pine bark mulch and a commercial chipper and shredder, sand and peat moss. Thanks for your video. Blessing to a lot of gardeners.
Soiless medium and Mulch in one ..................
Love the ingenuity. That’s how you have to think when you’re not a huge commercial operation.
you rock dude, your videos are amazing. thank you very much, please keep up the great content, this channel is a gem.
Hey, thanks so much!
Ai like the vying is explain things....very clear. Thank you.
You're welcome!
Great! I learned from you use inexpensive propagation media and not to water cutting to death. I am ready!
You got it!
So happy to find you!! Great advice😊
Glad you found me too! Enjoy the channel.
Thank you your videos they always full of knowledge , great way to explain it
Glad you like them!
Thanks for this, very well explain but so informative 👍so glad to have found this ❤️
Glad you found it, Jovita!
I really like all the information you give that is helping me so much. Yet, I'm still having so much trouble trying to get my roses to propagate. even if I do get it to root, I sometimes get them started in water first, then plant them and 9 out of 10 times they don't make it! I follow your info and I'm still not having much success. Can't seem to figure out the main issue?? I did have a hardwood cutting that was calloused, so I planted it in half potting soil and half topsoil and it did great for about 4-5 days. It even had new leaf growth, yet died a day or 2 later?? I wet thoroughly to start then only spritzed every other day. I used to have a "green thumb" when it came to any plant, yet I guess it's turned brown. Thank you for your info it's greatly appreciated. I can't seem to get access to any fine fir bark.
Very good information. Thank you.
excellent information and explanation. Thank You
Hey, thanks a lot.
Very Good Testing Tip for Container Potting Soil Mike.
I thought you'd like to see that.
Mike Kincaid Not only exclusively me but a lot of You Tube Watchers impress by your Water Draining Pot Soil tests. Much of us awaits your plants third important thing Nutrients in the Soil, thanks in advance if you will You Tube do it.
I have done a video on the fertilizer I use czcams.com/video/F5BRZwFEe50/video.html but am currently working on a new video about fertilizer and nutrients.
Thank you, this really helps me with my planting.
Great, Yvonne!
I would have never guessed that that would work by itself but look behind you! 🌲🌳🌱
This stuff works great and you don't have to add a thing to it.
the Roadies I can really understand because they grow in that kind of environment. just regular stuff is what I'm surprised about but your stuff behind you as flourishing so I believe you. proofs in the giant jungle behind you
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Great info, thank you
Thank you so much for this. Just learn so much for you,
Awesome, Kim, I'm glad to hear it!
That was great I garden mostly in containers so it was very good information for me
Getting excited for spring. I'm sure your place is beautiful with containers full of blooms.
Awesome ,glad that I found your channel on CZcams👍
I'm glad you found it too. Enjoy the videos and let me know if you have questions.
This is amazing
Thank you so much for this Mike!
You're welcome, Annisa!
So very helpful, thx Mike...
You're welcome, Sherry!
Here in Utah, Our public dump has been taking in cuttings from trees, shrubs and other greens and they have came up with a wonderful compost. It is $30 per truck load. Good deals.
Sounds like a great material for mulch and planting.
Soil conditioner seems to be my go to! Nice video!
Right on! Do what works for you.
super,those were my questions too,thanks a lot for this video!
Glad to help, more videos to come this Spring!
Just subscribed! Thanks for your informative videos!
You are absolutely welcome! Thanks for hanging out here.
The juice I use is my own too❗
Coconut husk with Aloe Vera in one gallon of water.
Shake, not stir.
Mint brushes thrive alive and other plants react to this new juice.
I'm going to try it on tomato plants.
I'm sure they will thrive with it.
Your an absolute stud Mike
Thank you Mike, you are the best! War Eagle from Alabama!!
Thanks, Angela!
We are both producing our natural black bark with wood chips and right now we buy it - it is pitch black gorgeous aged bark mixed with 50 percent compost. we buy it every year, and it just does very very well with the plants. We use fresh wood chips that are 70% plus green leaves or needles for mulch on top of the soil. They all turn into dirt anyway, just put more on.
Sounds like a perfect mulch for just about any plant. They rhododendrons sure love that kind of stuff.
I see, found the answer in minute 5.51, so Peat + sand can replace this bark that absolutely I can't find in my place even in google shop, I think I should watch all you video just to figure out more about propagation, thanks again mike!!
Glad it helped you out. sand will work well on its own without mixing in peat and is better for drainage.
Thank you. Showing explained it so much better
You are welcome!
Love the videos. Thanks for the information.
Super helpful video. Thank you! Im going to mix my alpaca compost with some vermiculite and see how it drains!
Glad it was helpful, and good luck!
Thanks... just what I was looking. After the hurricane they shredded thousands of trees and left literal mountains of mulch... I can get a truck and trail load for $20... hopefully this mulch will work!
If it's fresh, it will work great for propagating and potting soil but if it's composted then don't use for cuttings, just potting soil. Good luck and nice find!
Hope i can get this in Ireland, I'm propagating some laurel,you're very good. Thanks
Thanks, Vilma! You can use any material that drains well and holds moisture and is inert. If you use peat then make sure to wring it out so it's not too wet.
Good info.
Thanks!
Great information
Glad it was helpful!
Hi Mike Ive been using a mix of fine, and medium bark it seems to have worked quite well. I have some Ilex Crenata on this mix, and some others on the ground, and some others on just normal potting mix, and the ones on this bark mix have just shot up in growth! They have put as much as 2x or 3x as new growth as the others it's crazy
Awesome! Glad it's working well for you.
Excellent video and very helpful! I wonder how random kinds of saw mill dust would work. This is a challenge I have been facing for what to use in propagation myself. I have friends that own a large saw mill somewhat close and they have piles of the wood dust from milling the trees into lumber pieces.
It would probably work if it's fresh and not composted or aged.
I really dislike buying anything in plastic bags, so bad for the environment! But to get bulk supplies delivered, or pick it up yourself, is definitively the way to go 👍🏼🥳💚
It's the only way to go with this stuff.
good advice thankyou
No problem, thanks for watching, Vivian!
Thx so much Mike!
Any time!
Thank you Mike!
You're welcome! Hope that helps and like I said, you should be able to find this stuff in your area.
Hello,
you have a very nice channel here that CZcams has suggested to me by accident!
I congratulate you and have subscribed to your channel immediately!
Best regards from Austria!
Thanks for subscribing! Enjoy spring as it comes your way.
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Thank you very much for the nice reception!
My pleasure!
Thanks mate
Hey Mike, love the vids esp the fig propagation but have a question on fir bark, namely that I am concerned the pH may be too acidic for plants other than Rhodies etc. Thoughts?
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No acidity issues at all. I plant all of my cuttings in this stuff and they thrive.
Thank you!
Wow, so glad I found your website! Question--do you use wood chips ever or only bark from trees? I would love more info on that. Thank you!!!!
Just bark for propagation and potting soil but I do use wood chips for mulch.
Awesome
good job👍
Thanks
Tfs!
Love your videos! Best explanations yet! But i do have a question about Bark much. If cuttings need inert material to grow in and plants need nutrient dense material how is it good for both plants and cuttings? Help!
Thanks Kelly! So the inert material is used for the rooting process because nutrient dense soils are full of nutrients that will grow mold, fungus, and bacteria, which is bad for cuttings. Cutting are very susceptible to those things and will rot easily. Also, potting soil or other nutrient rich soils are usually much more dense and compact than I would like for cuttings. They hold a lot of moisture and along with the nutrients, that's a bad combo for attracting the bad guys. Once the cuttings are rooted, then I up-pot to potting soil or plant out in the garden and start fertilization.
Good information for next season. Edmonton's summer is ooooverrrr... sigh!
That's a shame. It gets much colder up there than we and much earlier. I'd love to visit in the summer though.
that's bark is good stuff the con is that it also absorbs alot of your nitrogen when you fertilize because it's just bark that hasn't decomposed fully. I like your videos!
Thanks man. I use a slow release fertilizer and it has the added benefit of helping to break down the bark with the nitrogen just like you're saying. By the time I plant them out, the bark is breaking down and ready to feed the rhody.
thanks for the engagement your a cool dude! I also use a slow time release fertilizer in my containers here at my wholesale nursery in Oregon. ... I've been thinking about starting a CZcams channel. thanks bro!
Awesome! Get it started up and I'll subscribe. I love nursery/gardening channels.
Mike Kincaid hi mike got a small nursery here in the UK got a huge pile of coarse wood chip could I use that if shred it up a bit love your information will be getting your video thank
Hi mike I've got a small nursery here in the UK I've been using bagged multiple purpose compost all the time I have a huge pile of coarse wood chip if I shredded it up could I use that instead it would save a fortune I've also got a pile of horse manure love your information going to get your video as I'm starting to propergating shrub cuttings have always grown bedding and perrinial from seed once again thanks keep growing
you'r all right man!!!!!!
Mike, I would love to see you do a comparison of growing some of your flowering shrubs in your pine bark verses the wood shavings with manure that has composted. I would love to know what works best after seeing how your figs took off in the composted mound.
Good idea, I can do that, it's going on the list.
Just found your videos. I will be sharing this with my horticulture class. What if any fertilizer do you use in these pots to make sure there is enough nutrients for plants to establish.
Wow, thanks, Robert! I'm humbled. I use a slow release granular fertilizer. I have a video about it here: czcams.com/video/F5BRZwFEe50/video.html
great video. do you find that the bark decomposes after some time, causing less drainage and aeration? for example, would you plant a long-term potted fig tree in a large container using only bark? thanks
It will decompose but very slowly over years. Even when it decomposes, it's still more airy and porous than soil. Also, the drainage of the bark is most important for cuttings, not rooted plants. Once they are rooted, it doesn't have to drain as well. It's perfect stuff because of the fact that it starts out inert and drains well but ends up a nice broken down humus eventually, and that's great for plants with roots to grow in. Hope that helps.
Thanks so much for the explanation Mike, can I use the wood bark to germinate seeds and as a seed starting mix??
Yes, I germinate seeds in this all the time. I have a series of Japanese maple seed germination videos in which I use this material.
I watched your video on growing roses. I have two that are doing well, with leaves. What is the next step? Do I plant them in potting soil with a 6-9 months fertilizer or in the ground? It is September and I am in Southern Louisiana, Gulf Coast. I learn so much from you video's. Thank You!
So glad you got your roses to root, Tina. In your climate, I would think they should do just fine in the ground right now. I'm guessing you've still got a couple months over 50 degrees.
I appreciate it. Thanks
No problem!
Thanks for sharing. You answered a lot of questions that crossed my mind, but never really thought to ask. I am So glad that I don’t have to worry about sterilizing my soil.
Absolutely not. Our society is way to obsessed with cleanliness and sterility. Glad to answer some questions for you and thanks for hanging out here with us on the channel!
I wished i watched this two days ago. Just potted up my autumn joys seddum with a couple hoistas , using a triple blend with sand and some grit.
Great videos. Subbed
I wish we had a grinder! We live on 20 acres of pine and douglas fir trees.
I actually buy mine at a local landscape supply business. You'd need to take down a lot of trees to get this much mulch.
Mike, I love your videos and am attempting some simple plant propagation. I have been taking cutting from geraniums with success for quite a few years. My question is about potting soil for plants that will come in the house for the winter. (I also bring in established geranium plants for the winter.). Should I just buy bagged potting soil for indoor plants? This spring we dug under our wood chip garden paths and scraped up all the composted chips. I used it for a new garden bed and in outdoor pots. The flowers have been amazing. I am sure it is from the composted chips with only occasional fertilizing with fish emulsion. I don’t think I could use these composted chips for indoor plants because of knats and other insects. Any suggestions? Thank you,
I buy bagged potting soil for indoor plants. It just seems to work better than outdoor soil or compost.
I have been enjoying your posts. Thanks for the information. When is the best time of the year to propagate bushes?
There are different times to propagate all different types of plants. Some do better as softwood cuttings in spring, some do better as semi-hardwood cuttings in fall, and others do better as hardwood cuttings through the winter.
Thanks
I answered my question. I forgot how CZcams worked slightly and thought you'd get to an earlier video sooner. I'll give the larch bark a bash and see what happens
Glad you found your answer, Stephen. Good luck getting your potting soil figured out.
Hi Mike, u r videos r v.helpful.lm from India having plenty of rain and sun too.I want to know cud we get fls from a plant propagated from a grafted Rose plant? Thank u
Yes, the flowers will be of whatever variety was grafted onto the root stock.
That double grind would be good for growing gunnera, if you have any left
I've got one growing next to a big fir tree that I planted a couple years ago. It grows bigger leaves every year and I do mulch with bark. Thinking about digging it up and planting away from trees though because they need a lot of water and in the heat of the summer the fir tree really dries the soil up around it.
Hey Mike! I am on my 5th video of yours and just wanted to say thank you so much for clear and concise instructions.
Question - My husband works at a sawmill that processes many types of hardwood trees. There is a debarker on the yard and while it pulls off larger strips, I was thinking I may be able to sift through it and get a lot of shavings and slivers from around it. Would this work?
It would probably work if it holds some moisture and is not rotted. Make sure to find fresh bark. Glad you're enjoying the videos ShirleyAnn!
🔴 Mike good content on your channel my friend. I just subscribed. Quick Q...
How well does this barj work in let's say a smart pot or self watering container for veggies like Bok Choy, collards or mustard greens? Thanks!
I would use more compost and nutrient dense potting soil for veggies. I just use the fine bark for landscape plants until I get them in the ground.
@@MikeKincaid79 10-4, thanks for the reply.
I agree with China Brendel
Mike, I really like your channel and the fact that you respond to everyone's comments.
I have question. What source of nutrition do the plants planted in fine fir bark have? Because fir bark by itself is inert. Normally vermicompost or compost or cow dung manure is added to coco peat or peat moss to make a proper potting mix for plants which are going to be permanently placed in containers. So do you add anything like that and in what ratio?
Yes, I add a slow release fertilizer to the potted plants.
Mike, can you make a video on propagation of trees that have been grafted? For example some fruit trees I have are grafted - how can I reproduce them? Thank you. Really wanting to understand and learn this. There has to be a way besides doing a whole new graft to make that tree again such as halls hardy almond
You can air layer many trees but the roots won't necessarily be the best to grow the tree on. That's why people find a good rootstock and then graft. Sounds like you don't want to graft but unfortunately that's the only way to get the trees you're looking for.
Mike Kincaid thanks!
Mike Kincaid I’m thinking about trying to root some cuttings in my basement here soon instead of doing outside where it’s getting cooler! Do you see any issues with rooting them in basement. I actually broke down and bought some small grow lights and a heat mat! Our basement is heated although cooler than rest of our house as it’s a finished basement
Hi Mike, sorry if the topic I´m going to ask for has been already discussed. In regards to bark as a soil, which is better, fresh or composted? The question lay in the fact that fresh bark could have tannins that be harmful to seedlings or avoid germination. And, for the composted bark it could have harmful microorganisms. I can not get fir bark but pinus bark. Thanks!
I've been using fresh bark for years and never had a problem. I've also used composted bark without trouble and actually prefer it when they get potted up. Pine bark will work just fine.
Thank you 🙏
You got it!
Mike can I use peat moss for air layering fruit trees sphagnum moss is so expensive?
yes
Please update us on the Green Giants you planted, I just planted 10 of them. I am just curious!! Thank you!!
Sure, I'll have to do that!