Will this soil work?

efaunt86 · June 27, 2013

I am completely new to gardening, much less container gardening. I dumped a bunch of garden soil in pots and, lo and behold, it didn't drain and set like concrete. So I tried mixing my own for some different pots I went with a 5:3:3 ratio of peat/top soil/manure compost. It seems to drain pretty well. I have tomatoes in 10 gallon pots with no gravel or anything on the bottom. When my other veggies, the ones in the concrete dirt, sprout big enough I'm going to remove them and mix in peat maybe vermiculite because I'd be really disappointed if I put in this much work only to have the plants die because my lack of knowledge of container needs.

June 27, 2013	#1
efaunt86 Tomatovillian™ Join Date: Jun 2013 Location: nola Posts: 6	Will this soil work? I am completely new to gardening, much less container gardening. I dumped a bunch of garden soil in pots and, lo and behold, it didn't drain and set like concrete. So I tried mixing my own for some different pots I went with a 5:3:3 ratio of peat/top soil/manure compost. It seems to drain pretty well. I have tomatoes in 10 gallon pots with no gravel or anything on the bottom. When my other veggies, the ones in the concrete dirt, sprout big enough I'm going to remove them and mix in peat maybe vermiculite because I'd be really disappointed if I put in this much work only to have the plants die because my lack of knowledge of container needs. Last edited by efaunt86; June 27, 2013 at 01:59 AM.