Miracle-Gro Garden Soil
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Comments (4)I take a bag of the Miracle-gro garden soil, some top soil and some of the native soil I will be transplanting into and mix it all together. Than when I am putting my transplants in the ground I make my hole a little bit bigger and fill it with that mixed soil for a little extra kick. Now mind you this is only the second year there has been a garden in my yard and it has a lot of clay so the plants can use a little extra help. Also take this with a grain of salt as this is also only my second garden and I know just enough to be dangerous to myself and others....See MoreMiracle-gro garden soil
Comments (5)I do the same thing with almost all my transplants. All my tomato plants got up to almost 8' tall last year and we're talking 80 tomato plants. So I don't think it was the Miracle-Gro garden soil. Now take my opinion with a grain of salt as this is only my second year for having a garden and I know just enough to be dangerous. I would suspect maybe it had something to do with the extra watering. I live outside Atlanta and it gets very hot, even so I didn't water more than every 3 to 4 days. I hand water everything at the root level and gave them some miracle-gro fertilizer every 2 weeks....See MoreMiracle Gro Garden Soil for Raised Beds?
Comments (8)If that's the case if you want to put some high quality stuff in in the first place. Biochar, mushroom compost or horse manure compost are some of the things I add for new soil mix, aside from making my own leaves compost and worm casting. I would avoid MiracleGro unless you like fungus gnats taking over your garden. And avoid the Home Depot inhouse brand "Vigoro", it is junk, I wasted a lot money on that stuff when I started. It now take up space in the lowest depth of my raised beds. Even though I didn't intend to till, I ended up having to because there are trees growing around and their roots invade the beds and stealing the nutrients, so you may want to keep that in mind....See MoreMushrooms in Miracle-Gro bag
Comments (3)MG is EXTREMELY water-retentive right from the bag, so mixing garden or topsoil into it is not a good idea because it can only ADD to its tendency to hold excessive amounts of water. Also, soil partnerships aren't nearly as beneficial or important in containers as they are in the open ground. Container media suitability is pivotal on the soil's structure, not its ability to feed the plant. Get the structure right and you have something to build on; get it wrong and you'll be constantly fighting against your chosen soil for control of your plants' vitality, which unfortunately is usually the case when using MG's soils. Growing in pots is much closer to hydroponics than it is to growing in the earth, which is one reason why trying to move the garden into a pot works so poorly. Taking and maintaining control over your plants nutrient supply is monkey easy, so it makes no sense to sacrifice soil structure on the altar of nutrition. Al...See Moreblazeaglory
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