Help calculating how much potting mix will I need, please
sue_ct
10 years ago
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Comments (7)I can't tell you how large a planting area you need but a 1200sf garden should be able to grow a LOT of produce, especially if you do succession plantings of fast crops likes greens and peas. I grew up with a much smaller dedicated vegetable garden than that and my folks canned and froze a lot of what we grew. There were 6 of us in my family. You might want to look into 'square foot gardening' for intensive planting in a smaller area. How much soil/compost you will need will depend entirely on how large the garden area is you decide upon. You will have to determine that before you know how much to add. If doing raised beds, it's pretty easy to calculate the volume each will contain (multiply the length x width x depth). If open beds, you'll need at least 6" of soil, more if you want to grow any root crops. Remember to keep the units the same - 6" = .5'. If you were going with the 30'x40' garden area again to a depth of 6", you'd need 600 cubic feet of soil or about 22.5 cubic yards. That's assuming you have no existing soil at your disposal. Here is a link that might be useful: square foot gardening...See MoreNeed Help in Calculation, Please
Comments (19)Hmmm....very interesting. My ready-to-use Round Up says 1% on the spray container. My lawn guy and I checked out all of my products on Friday, and when he saw the ready-to-use Round Up was only 1%, that's when he told me I needed to purchase the concentrated variety and mix it with water to achieve the 2% solution. He was very specific. I like the idea of putting the Bermuda tendrils in a pot of solution and leaving them...but I have too many, so that's not feasible. I think Bermuda is so difficult to kill because it is a woody plant (feel the stem), the roots are exceptionally deep and cannot be pulled up, and the grass spreads by its roots as well as by seed, so if not totally killed, it'll continue to spread across the lawn. Fortunately, it's in a small patch of my lawn, but there are many tendrils in that small area. So, I'll attack aggressively with the 2% solution...and I may well have to repeat applications. My lawn guy told me to leave it un-cut for 3-4 weeks, applying additional killer, to ensure the Bermuda takes the poison down to its roots and kills the roots. Thank you all for your help....See MorePlease Help Me Pot Up My New ML to Gritty Mix
Comments (7)Hi Terri - can I ask you where you got your tree from? I've been looking at 4 different nurseries and not sure which ones to trust. I like Four Winds but their shipping fees cost more than the tree. Thanks....See MoreHelp! Container potting mixes all disappointing...need suggestions
Comments (16)Hey Z, I started by mixing hundreds of gallons of 5-1-1 over the last 3 years and it's a pain. Now I use three things: Kelloggs Patio Plus, EB Stone Cactus and Promix (or Sunshine). Kelloggs with added pumice is 90% the performance of 5-1-1 with pretty much none of the hassle. It lasts for much longer than any other peat-based product. Also, Patio Plus is cheap, mostly because peat is more expensive than the bark used in Patio Plus. It holds a little more water than 5-1-1 but isn't nearly as retentive as Promix. I use Promix for seed starting or veggies like lettuce. Finally, EB Stone I use for all my cactus/succulents. Both Patio Plus and Promix can be found at Home Depot (at least in CA). For you, if you're growing outside on your balcony, I would say go Patio Plus. Patio Plus has "organic fertilizer" aka manure and it smells all kinds of funky. For indoors, I'd go EB Stone. Even though it's for cactus, it's still really solid mix that will last a long time. Blue Ribbon is great, but still peat-based. It will only last 6 months or so. But those six months the plants are happy. It's also "organic."...See Moresue_ct
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