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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%