Mixing soil for planters
I am wondering if I mixed my usual soiless mix with some well rotted
cattle manure in my outdoor planters. Would that work? The manure is like compost - 2 years old and very dry and black. Lori |
Mixing soil for planters
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Mixing soil for planters
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Mixing soil for planters
Lucky you! Lots of people don't realize the manure does have to be
"aged". Yes, I am lucky. My husband brings me a fresh pile every year so the previous years doesn't always get used up. As to your question: what is in the soilless mix? Pro Mix is a general growing medium. I don't know what is in it. I use it to start my seeds but I have found that when I transplant into my outside planters that they do not do so well even though I fertilize with Miracle Grow. This year I thought perhaps if I mixed with manure I would have better looking plants. Lori |
Mixing soil for planters
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Mixing soil for planters
I filled a very large planter with a mix of Whitney Farms potting soil
and Home Depot steer manure (about 4:1 or so ratio, maybe less). I've been using it for years on garden beds, and I added it to a large planter for the same reason Lori did - hoping it would enrich the potting soil. Most of the "container gardening" searches I did mentioned soilless potting mix, though, so Lori's reasoning seems sound to me. M. -- B - - - - - - - - - - - - - Melinda Tennielle M10TVC15 (at) yahoo.com |
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