Potting Soil

Wal-Mart Knock-off

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Hi,

It sounds like the Wal-Mart knock-off of Miracle Gro Potting Mix with Fertilizer. I know many folks use the Miracle Gro Potting Mix. I do not see a problem as long as you plant heavy and keep the lights down a bit in the beginning.

Make sure there are no “wonky” smells, when in doubt don’t. :gw

Biollante

 

Soaking Good

Hi,

Soaking is a very good idea.

Before the dry start drain off and squeeze out as much of the moisture as you can. Muslin, old towels or pillowcases are great for this. :gw

A few days or a week ought to be sufficient for a dry start.

Biollante

 

In Your Own Words Please Tell Our Readers...

Hi,

With commercial potting soils soaking for a few days is sufficient, boiling speeds the process.

Can you do me a favor?

If so, please tell the folks (in your own words), did it stink up the joint?

{Rant Alert}

I hear more whiney little namby-pamby apron clingers crying about how they cannot boil soil or worm poop ‘cause it is going to stink up the place. “That is why I have to spend more for substrate then a new car,” the whiney little namby-pamby apron clingers, whimper.
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Please! If it stinks, there is something rotten in the State of Denmark.
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Biollante

 

Not Bad, Eh...You Didn't Know I Spoke Canadian

Hi,

{Geezer Alert!}

Well since I watched those “old” black and white Lassies on a then “new” black and white TV, I guess I am entitled to use “namby-pamby” to describe the aforementioned category of whiner.
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It is cool (if that isn’t too much of a geezer term) the way boiling this stuff makes ideal substrates.
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Biollante

 

Well all the post are informative on potting the soil but what I have seen that you are forgotten to composite the soil.
According to one source, premium compost for nursery mixes should have:

1. pH of 6.5 to 8.0
2. no (or only a trace of) sulfides
3.