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%

On Mar 27, 9:43*am, gar_newbie wrote:
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)

[snip]

Gee. You must have a money tree.

My compost is leaf mulch, shredded paper from the office at work and
lawn clippings, with this stuff sprinkled into the mix.
That and some nice, wormfilled shovelfuls of garden soil. The
microorganisms and earthworms are busy right now, turning waste into
beautiful rich humus.

--Bryan

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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.
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ ++++++++


It certainly sounds OK however, I recommend you send a sample off to your Ag
office to be tested to make sure you have all the essentials as well as the
micros in there. Further, you should have sent a sample of your soil off
first and then used the report as a roadmap to amend/build your soil.
spendy dirt you have made

BTW, do look up the defination of soilless, yours is not.