Soilless growing medium for vegetables
Hi Everyone,
First time gardener from Ohio need your help. TIA.
I am planning for vegetable plants in a (container) wooden boxes of
size 4 foot x 4 foot x 8 inches (=~ 11 cubic foot). Four of these
boxes makes 45 cubic foot approximately.
I filled these four boxes with the soil less medium as following:
Coarse Vermiculite 15 cubic foot
Sphagnum Peat Moss 15 cubic foot
`Compost kind of` 15 cubic foot (1 cubic foot each of
below)
I have searched 50+ of garden centers locally (zip code: 45040) and
couldn't find so called COMPOST. For next year I will be preparing
my own compost so this question won't arise. But, to begin my first /
fresh vegetable garden; in the place of compost I used the following
mix. I mixed them *VERY* thorough spending a week.
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Question: is the following mix 'OK' to begin my garden? Am I sort of
something here? Am I going to kill the plants with Over dosage? Any
other suggestions/ideas to help myself is greatly appreciated.
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My `Compost kind of` - 15 cubic foot is:
1. Mother Nature's SWEET PEET Composted soil conditioner 1 cubic
foot
2. Nea's POSY POWER Powerful soil booster 1 cubic foot
3. Premier Horticulture PRO MIX Growing mix 1 cubic foot
4. Nature's Helper MUSHROOM COMPOST Organic soil 1 cubic foot
5. Garden Magic COMPOST AND MANURE Peat & Manure 1 cubic foot
6. Ace COMPOSTED MANURE Loosens soil 1 cubic foot
7. New Plant Life MUSHROOM COMPOST SOIL Soil amendment - 1 cubic
foot
8. Garden Scape PEAT HUMUS Decomposed Organic
- 1 cubic foot
9. Garden Scape COW MANURE will not burn 1 cubic foot
10. Organic Valley HUMUS ready to use 1 cubic foot
11. Organic Valley COW MANURE PLUS ORGANIC COMPOST Ready to use
1 cubicfoot
12. Organic Valley ORGANIC COMPOST PLUS MANURE Compost & manure
1 cubic foot
13. Garick MOO NURE Organic Compost with Cow Manure 1 cubic
foot
14. Country Stone COMPOSTED COW MANURE Soil conditioner 1 cubic
foot
15. Earth Gro ORGANIC HUMUS AND MANURE Soil amendment 1 cubic
foot
Thanks & Regards
Ganesh
In detail (if you are still reading this post ;-) ) Assuming the
product is what the cover says.
1.Mother Nature's SWEET PEET Composted soil conditioner 1 cubic
foot
Organic material made from wood shavings, farm manure & plant
fibers (USCC)
2.Nea's POSY POWER Powerful soil booster 1 cubic foot
All Organic: Horse manure, sphagnum Peat, Brewer's Grain,
Gypsum & lime
0.7% 0.45% 1.0%
3.Premier Horticulture PRO MIX Growing mix 1 cubic foot
Compost Enrich (from shrimp, seaweed, softwood bark),
Microrise inside, Sphagnum Peat Moss, Peat Humus (OMRI)
4.Nature's Helper MUSHROOM COMPOST Organic soil 1 cubic foot
5.Garden Magic COMPOST AND MANURE Peat & Manure 1 cubic foot
Reed sedge Peat, Manure
0.1% 0.1% 0.1%
6.Ace COMPOSTED MANURE Loosens soil 1 cubic foot
0.5% 0.5% 0.5%
7.New Plant Life MUSHROOM COMPOST SOIL Soil amendment - 1 cubic
foot
8.Garden Scape PEAT HUMUS Decomposed Organic
- 1 cubic foot
A decomposed organic forest peat fiber
9.Garden Scape COW MANURE will not burn 1 cubic foot
1% 1% 1%
10.Organic Valley HUMUS ready to use 1 cubic foot
11.Organic Valley COW MANURE PLUS ORGANIC COMPOST Ready to use 1
cubic foot
0.05% 0.05% 0.05% (USCC)
12.Organic Valley ORGANIC COMPOST PLUS MANURE Compost & manure 1
cubic foot
0.05% 0.05% 0.05%
13.Garick MOO NURE Organic Compost with Cow Manure 1 cubic foot
0.2% 0.2% 0.2% (USCC)
14.Country Stone COMPOSTED COW MANURE Soil conditioner 1 cubic
foot
Cow manure, Peat and Humus
0.05% 0.05% 0.05%
15.Earth Gro ORGANIC HUMUS AND MANURE Soil amendment 1 cubic
foot
90% organic humus (peat, compost, forest products) and 10%
manure
0.05% 0.05% 0.05%
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