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hazeldazel · February 6, 2019

I'm starting to think about this coming year's container garden and especially what I should fill the containers with. The problem is that most of the online resources call for compost. My local gardening stores don't sell compost. Okay well they do but it's either wood chips or bags of Miracle Grow. Not what I would call compost. The city doesn't offer compost to residents because they sell it all to farmers.

So, here's my plan but I need help:

*coco coir bricks
*perlite
*bone meal
*blood meal

Is that enough? or do I need to amend with some other stuff? The containers are grow bags with automatic drippers. I tried coir + perlite + bag of planting mix + once weekly masterblend last year and while I loved the coir and perlite, I could tell that I wasn't getting enough food to the plants.

Hit me with your potting mix recipes!

February 6, 2019	#1
hazeldazel Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Mar 2018 Location: Northern California Posts: 22	Potting Mix ingredients? I'm starting to think about this coming year's container garden and especially what I should fill the containers with. The problem is that most of the online resources call for compost. My local gardening stores don't sell compost. Okay well they do but it's either wood chips or bags of Miracle Grow. Not what I would call compost. The city doesn't offer compost to residents because they sell it all to farmers. So, here's my plan but I need help: coco coir bricks perlite bone meal blood meal Is that enough? or do I need to amend with some other stuff? The containers are grow bags with automatic drippers. I tried coir + perlite + bag of planting mix + once weekly masterblend last year and while I loved the coir and perlite, I could tell that I wasn't getting enough food to the plants. Hit me with your potting mix recipes!