last year's potting soil
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Comments (3)Al, thank you for your response. I'll skip on the coffee ground idea for the containers. Since it's not just full sun, but full Texas sun and reflected heat from the house that can easily reach 120 during the hot part of the summer, I'm growing mostly drought tolerant plants. It includes Dianthus, African daisy, lavendar, Alyssum, spotted Nettle, a Begonia, Lobelia, Georgia Blue Speedwell, Verbena, and Coreopsis. A few plants were just too pretty to pass up, but I tried to stick with mostly drought tolerant varieties. I do have a couple of fish ponds nearby, so I have an abundance of string algae, pond scum, & fish-poo fortified water. And I just found a box of miracle grow in the garage. I'm used to gardening in our horrid clay soil, but new to containers, and simply don't know what special treatment they need....See MoreCan I reuse last years soil?
Comments (1)How does one use the compost should Inix the compost with the regular soil or should just put the compost around the plant when transferring from starter pot into the ground?...See MoreCan I reuse last years garden soil?
Comments (2)Add compost to replace nutrients that last year's crops used. The usual method is to put a scoop (whatever that is) of compost in each square when you pull up the old plant. This doesn't necessarily happen all at once, but can be done throughout the year as you change crops. It is recommended not to grow the same plants in the same space every year, but some people do if they never had a problem with disease. Here is a link that might be useful: What's Growing On?...See More5:1:1 mix
Comments (5)If you live in Canada like me, you might struggle with finding the right type of pine bark fines for decent price. It costed me twice as much per gallon to get 5:1:1 mix compared to miracle grow potting mix, and miracle mix still outperformed....See MoreTheMasterGardener1
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