"Phisherman" wrote in message
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On Wed, 03 Jun 2009 07:36:01 -0400, Frank
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AKT wrote:
Thanks, but what is potting soil for if not for plants in the pots?

I was looking forward to your getting a variety of answers. I'm no
expert but I use potting soil for house plants and plain old cheapest
bagged topsoil for my container grown tomatoes, peppers, eggplants and
cucumbers.

I found nothing better than home-made potting soil. Not exactly sure
what is in the bagged products, but these bags (including Miracle
Grow) are not consistent. Bagged soil should be heated to kill
insects, mold and bacteria. I heat mine to 300 degrees.

Many bagged soils, composts, mulches, and manures are clearly labled either
"sterilized" or "nonsterilized", the sterilzed costs a few pennies more but
I'm not about to waste fuel cooking many cubic feet of soil at home, nor am
I willing to spend my time and energy at so frivolous a task when I can buy
soil already sterilized so inexpensively. And I've found the national
brands to be reasonably consistant, as consistant as any claimed to be
custom mixed at some local nursery.