Organic Potting Mix Recipe

[Sorren11]

Thanks!

[mommymilestones]

Mix it with an old washing machine. You can get one one on craigslist for $50.

[WisconsinEric]

Cotton crops are loaded with more chemical pestiides than just about any other seed meal as cotton is not grown as a food crop. Cotton farmers can spray just about anything on cotton crops.

Alfalfa, Flax, Neem, and many other seed meals are much cleaner. Also fish meal and fish bone meal are a safer alternatve to the factory-farmed blood/bone meals.

Many manuares contain de-worming medicines used on livestock. Bad for garden worms. Avoid facory farmed products when possible.

[yeahitsk]

I like your videos, just made a batch today! This is very helpful. I watched your videos, took some notes, and headed out on a mission to track down the ingredients. Only difference is that I used homemade compost and kelp meal in place of the green sand. Looking forward to getting some plants in it tomorrow.

[Polarcupcheck]

Ever try growing pumpkins with this mix? In a container, of course.

[sal39759]

@Polarcupcheck  haven't tried pumpkins in containers but I have grown canteloupe in containers. They should grow just fine as long as you supply plenty of water!

[Kymimom]

Thanks for the great information and I hope your wife let's you back in the house : )

[TheWilda28]

Thanks for the video! Got everything for potting mix and fertilizer. It is working.good. Started a month ago inside. After reading the posts I mixed by pouring the ingredients in a line on plastic And mixed and turned it as suggested by someones post. It was so much faster and easier than mixing.Agaon thanks

[carrotpeeler101]

Thanks!!

[roxtar10870]

I made the mistake of leaving a bag of that compost in the trunk of my car overnight.... What a mess!!

[nopot2peen]

To mix things up you could use one of those Concrete Mixing Bags. It would be in smaller batches I suppose but dead easy, much cheaper and easier to store than a concrete mixer. If you want to mix larger batches, you could get a mixing sheet and a friend and mix up a bunch at once.

[tjberger09]

when mixing up a batch of potting mix, i found that an electric drill with an eggbeater drill bit (typically used for mixing drywall mud or mortar) worked pretty well. not as easy as a concrete mixer would have been, but still easier than mixing by hand. especially since the manure compost was quite moist.

[sal39759]

@tjberger09 good idea.....I'll keep it in mind when I make the next batch!

[rypetkypar]

what brand of compost is used in this vid?

[sal39759]

@rypetkypar I used "Black Kow" cow manure compost

[christiscomingselah]

When you stored the soil in the plastic garbage bags, did you have to put holes in the bag for ventilation? Any mold or mildew from storing the soil? Great video...

[sal39759]

@christiscomingselah I ended up putting it in a plastic garbage can....depending on the moisture content, it will need ventilation. I usually use up a batch pretty quickly so it hasn't been a problem for me. Thanks

[vnnmurphy]

hi i think this is one of the most helpful videos on youtube. thanks.

[npecom]

Great video. My dad came up with a great way to mix larger batches. He just measures the ingredients into a pile on top of a large piece of that ground cloth like was under your container garden. Then you grab an edge and drag (roll) it over the top of the pile, first one direction and then another. Mixes a bunch at one time!

[KayakFisher01]

I would recommend a kiddie pool, as mintvagoo said, to mix your ingredients in. Cheap and gives you more room and less chance of waste. Also, do you have any tricks to rehydrating the Peat Moss? It hates water straight out of the bag

[sal39759]

I would like a small cement mixer, turn it on for a little while then dump it in the bin!

[KayakFisher01]

@sal39759 The concrete mixer would deffinately make things faster. Good luck on finding one but even if it is alittle more expensive than you want, it will save you lots of time and make a more uniformed mix. Just depends on the other work or play you want to do and what your time is worth. Might be worth the compromise in cost.

[Allen2045]

@KayakFisher01 hey thanks for the kiddie pool ideal.

[mikebius]

Great job of showing us all the details!

[rwtattoo]

I've already picked up all the fix'ns, so I'll be using it next year also. Can you message me with what books and sites you use for your Growing/Farming Guidelines please?

Thanks again.

[rwtattoo]

Is that a 3 gallon bucket your using for your portions? And was the cup and a half of fertilizer sufficient, or would you mix in more or less next time?

Thanks again for these videos.

[sal39759]

That's about the size of the bucket. I was really pleased with the mix and the results. I ended up putting 1 cup of the fertilizer to about one cubic ft of potting mix. The seedlings I grew with this mix were very healthy and grew fast....and the most important thing-----I'll use it again next year!!!

[mintvagoo]

Thanks, I'll give this mix a shot next season. I mix my soil in a cheapo kid swimming pool I picked up at walmart-- I can do approx. 45-50 gallon at a time. This year I did equal parts coir / worm castings / perlite-- so far, so good.

[fatchrome]

Great video! A real help to the novice like myself. Thanks!

[sal39759]

Thanks....I'm glad it helped!!!!

[SassafrasHomestead]

Great video. I also use chicken manure with sawdust, and it is fully composted. Excellent video for newbies.

[keith19692]

how do u know how much of this and that to mix and dont you have to worry about burning your seedlings? Thanks

[sal39759]

Keith, This is a receipe recommended by ATTRA. These are natural products that are very gentle on plants. The recommended rate is 4-6 qts per 100 ft of row.

[integrityfs]

You can pick up a mixer at harbor freight fairly cheap. Only thing is you have to put it together...

[sal39759]

Thanks, I'll check them out!!!

[sal39759]

Manford, Thanks for the encouragement......Greg

[manford78]

that was a good video keep up the good work! thank you

[Praxxus55712]

That's some supercharged potting soil! Very nice. I make my compost with chicken manure and straw since I raise chickens, so it's very potent but thouroughly cooked. I used cow manure before and it's great stuff. Great video by the way. Thanks. :)

[sal39759]

Thx Donald!

[webcajun]

Another great video for the organic gardener...... Donald