Make Your Own PREMIUM Potting Soil For Half The Cost Of Potting Mix At Big Box Stores!
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- This video will show you how to make your own premium potting soil for half the cost of potting mix at big box stores! This DIY potting mix is easy to make, inexpensive, super high quality and is a great all-purpose potting mix for container gardening!
Homemade potting soil is not only a great way to save money, but you can control all the ingredients that go into the process! This homemade potting mix recipe is a great all-purpose potting mix for most container gardening applications.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
0:00 Making Potting Mix Of Premium Quality
0:36 Potting Mix Prices At Big Box Stores
1:48 Differences In Potting Soil Types
2:33 Comparing Potting Mix Prices & My Potting Soil Recipe
5:04 How To Make Your Own Potting Soil
8:14 DIY Potting Soil Results!
10:15 Adventures With Dale
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0:00 Making Potting Mix Of Premium Quality
0:36 Potting Mix Prices At Big Box Stores
1:48 Differences In Potting Soil Types
2:33 Comparing Potting Mix Prices & My Potting Soil Recipe
5:04 How To Make Your Own Potting Soil
8:14 DIY Potting Soil Results!
10:15 Adventures With Dale
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You can buy for $2.50
Do you prefer this method now over your previous diy potting mix.
Can you post links to the brand and sizes of Pearlite, Peat Moss and Compost you used? I have been racking my brain for about a week now looking at various brands of some of these things.
This compost for potting mix, is very cheap compared to same European countries, l wish I could buy at this price tag as in America
I’m a millenial😂 and I’ve been gardening from last year. I used all plantar boxes, pots and soil from last year for this time. Last year I started making compost from kitchen waste with used potting soil, removing all tiny routes and dried plants. It came out really good! How I know? I saw 100s of earthworms 🪱 in my composted mix😊.. it was such a proud moment for a newbie😊 to know that I am making less waste, recycling, nurturing nature.
I’m 65 and recently retired, thought I knew something about gardening ,then I started watching your videos about 3 months ago .Man have I learned A lot . Thank you for sharing your information with me (us) . Look forward to learning more . God Bless
I'm 62 years old, and I started growing veggies for the first time in my life last year. I really love the way you explain things for this beginner gardener!! I take a lot of notes while watching your videos and you're so very knowledgeable, helpful and speak in easy to understand directions!!
Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us!!
Love ❤️ the easy way that you explain gardening tips. Thank u.
Thank you! I was just getting ready to fill my garden beds and containers! You're awesome!
Thanks so much for this video. I’m setting up my garden now and will build my own potting mix thanks to you!
Thank you so much for this video! I am making my own soil for the fall and am loving it! Not only is the soil drainage amazing, but the quality is much better for my plants. The plants seem to thrive more! In the spring I bought local potting soil from Lowes but now it smells perfumey and didn't feed my container plants very well! This has changed the way I container garden and I save money!
Man I can’t believe how expensive potting mix and soil amendments are now. I feel like the prices have literally doubled since last year.
They're up 50%. About the same as beef and pork. I think I lot of the costs for these companies is wrapped up in transportation costs, and $5.50/gal diesel is just killing everything, sadly. The good thing about these homemade potting mixes is you can make a better product for a lot less and know everything that went into it. That being said, I'm pretty sure these $14 bales of peat were $9 last season when I bought them.
Everything has doubled in price since last year. Some even tripled. Con-found Biden and his damn Demoncrats. And NO that's not a typo. I do love this video though because I watched a video before this, someone got samples of many different Black Gold Mountain Magic soils which of course were beautiful but you can only order them online and pay for shipping plus high quality equals high cost. This is so much simpler plus you put it together yourself so you know what's in it. Early in the season I bought cheaper potting mixes which are full of mulch, mostly mulch, but I will get a sifter and fix that problem especially since I ordered coconut coir off Amazon in 10lb blocks. I can mix those. They weren't that bad in price but that was months ago. I need the best medium for micro greens. What do you say for that in particular? Thanks again for this video.
By design I suspect
And more folks are searching it out and purchasing it since the pandemic. Some of that will die down, but I couldn’t get many things this year at my local greenhouse because of newbies. I won’t complain. Everyone should garden. Made me get creative. We’ll see how it goes. Good garden luck to all.
@@TheMillennialGardener We in The UK are not buying Peat as its part of our ECO SYSTEM!!
THE Peat on the MOORES CAUGHT FIRE 3 YEARS BACK: this shocked everyone to protect it more!
I really appreciate your videos my brother. You’re super easy to understand and explain things very well.
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Thank you for this video!! I’ve made two batches and working on the 3rd tomorrow. Appreciate all you offer!
The love you have for Dale is so heartwarming!!!
Thank you for your clear and concise information on all things garden related!
Dale is my boy. He's the best! He's always by my side. He follows me like a dog 😂 Thank you for watching! Glad you enjoyed the video.
I USUALLY SPREAD OUT A TARP & MIX ALL MY Potting mix (A mountain of it) but i think i may use the dogs kiddy pool cuz we have to get another (a small little leak now with duct tape on it. Lol) & then I add the amendments/additions & THEN COVER IT WITH ANOTHER TARP UNTIL ITS USED UP. WORKS WELL. I use my arms & hands to mix it all together (use your old clothes & gloves) Easy Peasy. So much easier. Thank you for your wonderful gardening site. We are not too far apart, I am in Maryland close to the the PA. Line- under that Mason-Dixon line. Zone 7 A & B on the cusp. Thank you for all your wonderful information & knowledge that you share with all of us. It is so very Appreciated. God Bless you & your family. 😊👍✌️
thanks a bunch, i`ve been f0ollowing four a couple of months, been trying to plant from bananas to papayas and little succes in the past, but now by you have been an inspiration, i live in zone 8B in shreveport LA, but this season i have satzumas a meyer lemon, avocado, thanks you live in a little colder zone and i can do it , taking all you help at every video you make' now of curse iam gonna save money making my own premium soil, Thanks again mate keep them coming
Ive watch and rewatch your videos just to make sure i didn't miss anything and keep things fresh in my mind 😊 love that you compare prices too, you are so informative and precise i just love it.
Love your videos. I learn a lot. You are so informative and comprehensive. Thanks!
You’re welcome! Thank you for watching!
Great vid; this is so necessary due to high potting mix prices. Thank you!!
Thank you so much for this, I just built three huge raised beds and I was regretting paying for soil mix. Now I'm headed to the store to make my soil! Also, LOVE DALE!!!
You're welcome! Dale says hi 🐕
So helpful! Thank you. Love your out takes with Dale!
You're welcome! Dale says hi! 🐕
Okay!! I did this today! It was amazing! Potted Up my desperate stunted tomato seedlings today! THANK YOU! Great video. I'm subscribed!
Thank you for the information brother. This videos was super helpful!👍
Sir, thank you so much for giving us this beautiful tips. I'm gonna use this recipe for my indoor plants 🪴 ❤...Om Shanti...God bless us.
I love that you include Dale in your videos. They are so much a part of our family.
Dale is the star of the show. I'm just his gardener.
Thank you for Al the great information I really enjoy your channel.
Awesome, thank you! I will try that nice mix this year. 😊
Love this. Dirt is so expensive & in SW FL we are mostly sand.
Awesome video. Thank you! ❤
Excellent details on everything. Apparently you really do your homework B4 you make videos.
Love that you take great care of the dog too.❗
It is so helpful. THANKS FOR SHARING✌👌👌👌👌
Wow! Thank you. You are so smart!!
We bought some of those metal raised beds this year and I'm filling them with basically this mix. Only change is the perlite is going to be a 50/50 mix of perlite and vermiculite. For compost, I have the big 1 cu yd bales from "SuperSod", the Soil3 people. Most beautiful compost I've ever seen commercially.
Yes thank you - EXTREMELY HELPFUL. Will be doing just that soon. Thank you so much for sharing. Judi
You’re welcome! Thanks for watching!
Started all my seeds with leaf mold and perlite. I also used the leaf mold when making up my potting soil. Leaf mold, home made compost, worm castings from my worm bins and some vermiculite, ended up with a beautiful potting mix. Unfortunately I ran out of home made compost and had to purchase some, not next year.
Started a huge pile of leaf mold last fall, have not gotten to it this spring. I did uncover it about a month ago and only the top few inches were frozen. I insulated the pile with bagged leaves and also put bagged leaves on top.
What is so cool is the number of worms. Every time I pot plants up I am finding worms. The worms that were in the leaf mold and worm castings are living within the roots of my seedlings, breaking down the leaf mold and compost into a natural food for my plants. It's a win win.
I will never buy a seed starter or potting soil again, just a huge bag of perlite and vermiculite.
You should make a video on it explain what that looks like when you say you used leaf mold and perlite alone to start seeds. I've tried to understand about making your own worm casting or the need for it if you are composting leaves , food and anything else you can compost since worms are all in that compost anyway. Do you still use fertilizer in your potted plants? I like peat cause it keeps me from watering all the time..I want someone to find a way to fix that issue so we don't have to use peat to keep them moist!
@@skyangel6336 Actually leaf mold holds a lot more moisture than peat... Up to 700 times its weight. This next winter i am going to even skip the perlite and start all of my seedlings in straight leaf mold.
As far as fertilizing , I use compost, worm castings, worm casting extract and now comfrey tea. I do not spend a dime on commercial organic or inorganic fertilizers.
I use worm castings and compost in similar but yet still different ways. I see worm castings as a way to aid in transplant shock when planting into the garden. I also use worm casting extract as my sole fertilizer for my seedlings. Sometimes I even top dress existing plants with worm castings for an extra boost..
Compost I mainly now use as mulch, Sometimes I will make a compost extract, but with my abundance of worm castings I have no need to use compost as a direct fertilizer..
Under the microscope, worm castings hold a greater diversity of soil life than most compost. I use shredded leaves for worm bedding so I even have nice beneficial fungi in my worm castings.
Brian, can you please share what ratio of leaf mold , vermiculite and compost did you use to prepare your potting mix ?
@@irq001It was about 1/2 leaf mold and 1/4 each of sifted compost and worm castings. I added enough vermiculite to keep it airy, maybe another 1/4 or 1/8. this year I may try skipping the vermiculite and perlite.
I had 3 worm bins going all winter so I ended up with a lot of worm poop. I already have about 40 gallons of worm castings saved from this summer.
Hope this helps.
Brian,your whole post is really impressive,I'm brand new to all of this gardening,is bone and blood meal,tomato fertilizer,lime,etc a necessity,can't the plants thrive in the premium potting mix without adding all that other stuff,fish fertilizer also???
Excellent video! you re-inspired a slightly tired container gardener.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!
Love for Dale ! ❤
Thanks for sharing.. always like saving money and still getting the best of the best!
You're welcome!
Just to let you know.... Your cut jug technique worked GREAT!
Out of the 12 tomatoes I planted back at the end of March, I lost one (in the 10 gal pot). But it was because of poor drainage, not that 5 inches of snow we got. The other 11 are growing like weeds.
THANKS!!
Outstanding! Glad to hear it worked even in containers. In ground, it works even better since the ground stays warmer longer. It’s a great way to get food sooner 😊
Thank you!
Oreo perlite, I love that! Thanks for tue very useful tip! 🎉
Great video.
Thanks for sharing.
New subscriber here from Philadelphia PA
your the best man, thank you. by the way i used your method for fig cutting on the heating mat and rooting mix and my fig cutting are going crazy and this video is my next step.
Thanks awesome! I’m so glad to hear it 😊
thank you so much for sharing your knowledge 🙏 extremely helpful and informative . I love your channel. 😍😍
I appreciate it! Thanks for watching!
Great video. I have been making my own mix for years now. I have a few blends that work very well for me. For most fruit trees; I use 3 parts extra fine fir/pine bark mulch, 2 parts compost, and 1 part sand. For Blueberries; I use 3 parts peat moss, 2 parts GH coco-tek coco coir(never generic brand, it is not the same), 1 part compost. For cane berries; 2 parts peat moss, 2 parts GH coco-tek, 1 part compost, and 1 part perlite. 2 cu ft of bark mulch is $5, 1 cu ft compost is $2.50, and 1.5 cu ft of sand is $5.
If your trees will eventually go into the ground, the mix should be closer to your natural soil. Adding natural soil to the mix can be beneficial.
Osmocote plus is my primary fertilizer for most potted fruit trees, but I use dry organic berry fertilizer for the blueberries and cane berries. Miracid fertilizer is great for the first year or two of blueberry growth, as well as rhododendron, camellia, and azalea.
I wish I had access to pine fines. I can't find them anywhere here except by the cubic yard. I need a bag full of them...I don't want a $100 truckload of them 😂
I am testing one with mostly native soil in pots.
It is 60% native soil in my case it is sandy loam
20% peat
20% compost
Man! I wish I could copy and paste this comment.
I guess I’m slow, I got 3 parts potting soil to 3 parts manure to 1 part perlite but I would appreciate it if you could tell me the size of each. I have two raised beds 8x4x 18 inches, my math is terrible when figuring this could you help me figure total amounts. I’m not going to fill with this mixture only will partially fill with other
@@dw6506 your beds will hold 48 cubic ft each. 96 cubic feet total. I would do 18 cubic ft of peat moss, 18 cubic ft of compost and 6 cubic ft of perlite to get to 42 cubic ft of mix and fill in the rest with top soil. Unless you need extra to fill other things. Then I would up it to 21 cubic ft of peat moss, 21cubic ft of compost and 7 cubic feet of perlite. I'm going through this right now having recently added 2 12'x4'x32" beds 2 12'x4'x18" beds, 2 8'x4x32" beds, and 2 8'x4'x 18" beds and a dozen 45 gallon bags and another dozen 30 gallon bags. Most of which is rebuilding and expanding existing gardens to meet the needs of my aging back!
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Excellent excellent excellent advice Very useful One must do their best for sustainable development for gardens ☮️🇺🇸
Absolutely! Especially with prices nowadays. Thanks for watching!
thanks for sharing you experience . appreciated
You’re welcome!
This is very similar to the potting mix that I used to make. I used an old compost Tumblr to mix it up as I am unable to get down and mix by hand so much anymore. I usually add a little bit of garden lime to offset the peat moss. I think a quarter cup per 6 gallons was my ratio. Great video!
Great video, as always! Just an FYI to save even more money: I don’t know about other cities, but where I live the city contracts with a landscape yard for yard waste disposal, and you can get compost for free if you’re willing to shovel it yourself. A pickup truck is the easiest way to transport it, but you can also use buckets in the trunk of a car. The quality of the compost can be hit or miss, though.
This is a great video. Thank you
You're very welcome!
I appreciate your breakdown of the cost of making this, and giving a recipe! I, too, have found that the cheap stuff is pretty useless.
Thank for this video. I'm going to make this potting mix
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
This is great Info, thanks!
You’re welcome!
Just wanted to say thanks. This video gave me the confidence to make my own mix this season. I saved so much money doing it. I had a lot of re-potting of house plants plus all of my peppers going outside to pot up so I needed more soil than normal this year. I used this video as a reference to make my own plus added some amendments of my choosing as you suggested near the end. Saved me so much money this year plus it was a lot of fun and rewarding knowing exactly what is in my mix. I won't need as much soil next year but I will still make my own as the savings can not be debated. Cheers.
I'm a newbie to all this gardening,do we really "NEED" to add bone and blood meal and maybe lime or can the plants just thrive in our premium potting mix???
@@mercedesbenzs600bash My understanding with adding lime to peat is that peat tends to be acidic on it's own which can effect nutrient uptake and effect plant growth. Lime helps balance out that acidity bringing the PH level to more of a neutral level. The blood and bone meal is optional unless you aren't adding a compost or balanced fertilizer to the mix. If you are using a compost and/or balanced fertilizer than the additional blood and bone meal will likely be redundant as the nutrients from the compost or fertilizer will cover what the blood and bone meal do. If you opt for a premium potting mix than the lime will not be needed as the potting mix will already have it added and have a neutral PH level.
@@mikek5631 I really appreciate all of that,that premium potting mix that was made in the video do you think plants will thrive without adding all the other stuff,fish fertilizer also???
@@mercedesbenzs600bash Depends on the quality of the compost/fertilizer that is added. Peat on it's own does not have the required nutrients to sustain plants throughout the growing season. You must add some type of compost and/or fertilizer to the mix. For reference, I made my own mix this season using 1/3 peat moss, 1/3 fish compost, and 1/3 perlite. I then added a balanced organic fertilizer that had all of the micro nutrients to the mix. My plants are doing great. I don't think adding bone meal and blood meal is needed as long as you are getting those nutrients from your compost or a balanced fertilizer. There are plenty of balanced fertilizers out there which have the micro and macro nutrients which makes adding additional amendments redundant.
Enjoy yourself Dale! Great video! Marlene from SC here! I hate buying any potting mix! I grow some of my plants ,earliest ones to go into our 72 x32 hoop house! We just put down the whole hoop house floor in the fabric barrier! No more ants there! Hopefully the rest of my back garden soon! How long do you keep the turkey litter,before you use it! I have chicken houses for fertilizer,but need a small dry place to let it go through a heat ! Well Thanks and Happy Gardening !
Appreciate the price breakdown! Thank you!!!
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Very helpful
brilliant idea for plant media,thank you for sharing 🇲🇨🙏
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Thanks for the good tips! 🥰
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Glad to have seen this video as I was going to mixing this ratio (3/1/3)and use it as seed starter. After watching this I am going to do a 2 peat/1 perlite/2 compost for my seed starter
I'm glad it was helpful! For seed starting, you may want to use some vermiculite. Vermiculite is good for seed starting, but not great for up-potting. Perlite is better for up-potting.
Thank s very much bro always happy to know how to do something new
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!
This is amazing!
Thank you!
I've gone with sunshine mix #4 for two years now. It's good stuff. My Lowe's doesn't sell perlite in bulk. We have one of the smallest garden centers in the region.
Thank you, awesome video and information
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Fantastic!!! Thank you!!!
You're welcome! Glad it was helpful.
Thanks for this video. I am just learning and watched several videos with out measurement ratio, without saying if they were adding compost or soil or what they were mixing, just 20 minutes of indeterminate information loss.
THANK THANK THANK you. I just put together my raised beds and was wondering how to fill them up and not break the bank.
Thank you for such an informative video! Would this mix work well for raised beds as well? Also does the dry quart to ft³ conversion work for perlite?
Thank you, very interesting 👍
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Thanks man. Love those videos
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I love you're jobs
I find it very therapeutic to make this.
It is. Gardening is therapy.
i noticed a difference in your container mix from 5 yrs ago and this one so its ok not to use any soil. just want to be sure!!!thanks and you do have the best videos!!!
Nice! Sweet pat to Dale!🐕
Dale says hi 🐕 👋
Great stuff. Unfortunately in Australia all the ingredients are too expensive (small market) with the sphagnum peat moss being around $37.00 for a small bag. I'm going to try Organic Hydrated Coconut Coir as a substitute & see how I go. Happy gardening.
I'll be starting my backyard fig and fruit orchard this coming Spring. I'm located in eastern NC also, on the Outer Banks in the Kill Devil Hills area. It can get very windy here with the occasional coastal storms, I decided to plant in the 15 gal pots you recommended so that I can move my trees inside if necessary. My question is that once the trees are established in the pots will there ever be a need to change out the potting soil mix, or will regular fertilizing be sufficient? Thanks.
That's how I make my potting soil. It's a lot cheaper. I liked how you used a swimming pool.
God bless you and your family 🙏🤗🐕🐾🐾🐈🐾
Thanks! It was the only thing large enough to mix them. Finally, those $20 kiddie pools are good for something 😅
Awsome video thank you
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Excellent instructional video. Thank you. Could we have a citrus potting mix tutorial next.. would greatly appreciate it.
Thank you. I only have 4 citrus trees in containers, and they're pretty small. I've always purchased the MiracleGro potting mix for palms, cactus and succulents in the orange bag, because it's fast draining and excellent for citrus. However, if you had a large container like a half whiskey barrel, it would probably cost $40-50 to fill that. When I up-pot my citrus, I'll probably have to come up with a recipe using sand, perlite and bark of some ratio.
Another great video 👍🏼.
I appreciate that! Thank you!
Thank you very much👍
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For those using Black Kow, note, Black Kow now contains sticks and twigs. Like they mixed the manure with cheap mulch.
I’ve had some hard balls that look/feel like giant hard rocks. I bought 5 bags this season and all have been the same. I was expecting a premium compost because ppl talk about it so much. Kind of disappointed. We don’t have many options in my area.
Thank you so much!
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Terrific! ♥️
Thanks for watching!
Thanks man
Great info! I subscribed ❤
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Those citrus trees 👌
At both my house in Austin, TX and Huntington Beach, CA - I can get free compost at the local dumps. They are both self serving so you need a shovel and container (or my truck) and just load up.
I just need to purchase the additives that he explains so it saves some money especially because i have a ton of raised beds.
Shout out to Dale 😊lovely dawg👍🏿
In my 5-gallon self-watering containers I use 3:3:2 (coir/peat, compost, perlite). The extra perlite helps wick the water up through the mix. I mix in a large scoop of worm castings, too.
I used that as well, but I cut down on the perlite. My mix is 3:3:1 now for extra nutrients I add some bloodmeal for nitrogen, Bonemeal for phospurus and kelp for pottasium. Then I water it good with 4-1-1 fish Emulsion for a gentle boost as well as added micronutrients.
Since everything is in a container, your plants draw nutrients from whatever is already in there. Is your mix sufficient from the get-go, or do you add anything to your plants throughout the season for an added boost of nutrients? @@Rocketman0407
Watching from Trinidad and Tobago
Thank you so much!
If you live in an area with "black dirt" or a high clay soil there's some easy great ways to make your own soil that cost much less. Peat moss, grass clippings, dead leaves, mix into a pile in a tub and add water. Use 1 bottle of the liquid green miracle grow or a few spoons of tree stump remover. Mix well and add compacted soil as you mix with a rake and just keep mixing over and over until you have a light fluffy soil and you are done. There's also an endless amount of amendments you can add as well such as branches sticks, ash from the fire pit, coaled wood etc. This will all break down and make a great planting soil for anything, grass, garden whatever your heart desires. Just pay attention to the pH balance of what you are using the soil for.
I have black cinder and compost (lots of wood and chunks. I put that for drainage at the base of large container then add a similar mix.
This is my go to mix and I add my rabbit manure and homemade compost in too. In combination with my hugelkulture beds 1/2 full of rotting logs, my plants are very happy and so is my budget!
I'm a newbie to all this,is blood meal, bone meal,tomato fertilizer,lime a necessity,wont the plants thrive in the premium potting mix???
@@mercedesbenzs600bashIt is not a necessity. You will have enough nutrients in the potting mix coming from the compost. It is of course nice to add some extras for a boost though.
@@Rocketman0407 Much appreciated..
@@mercedesbenzs600bash your welcome. What do you plan to grow?
@@Rocketman0407 I started my very first 5 gallon container garden in June,bell peppers,sweet banana peppers,eggplant,Japanese eggplant,kale,onions,garlic, squash and watermelon,It's turning out really well..
Hi! Keep doing your thing
As long as people continue to watch, I’ll continue to make these videos 😊
Great video
Thanks!
On point! Like what you said about citrus and the like!
Thanks for watching!
@@TheMillennialGardener Welcome
Have you consider using sheep manure?
I’ve read on a few places that is better for tomatoes than cow manure.
What is your thought?
Love your videos.
Keep up the great work. 👏
Dale taking his vitamin D. He is so cute 😍
We are so lucky to have that boy 🐕
Great video, thx for posting it.
I worked with a very small bedding outfit, like Bonnie, but much smaller.
Wetting the materials was the biggest head ache of the job.
Would it help îf you stuck the hose in a corner of the bag of peat and just filled it with water? Then a couple of hours later poke holes in bottom and sides of bag, when all water has drained out mix it with dry compost, at least you'd be half way there.
Also, at home, on a Much smaller scale, I have actually added dawn dishwashing to new potting soil, helps with wetting and as far as I could tell didn't hurt anything. Do you have any comments or opinions on this?
Thank you for the wonderful job youre doing....
Keep calm and dig on!