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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2015
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Thanks h_g!
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2008
Location: NW Louisiana
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I'm assuming you are being facetious, right?
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2008
Location: California Central Valley
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2016
Location: Dallas, TX
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There's a reason we don't use dirt in containers. It doesn't act like dirt in the ground, but like a sponge.
As for "starting soil", that's a question that presupposes an answer. Start in what you're going to grow in. Nothing special needed. I've tried special starter mixes and none performer any better than plain old Miracle-Gro Potting Mix.
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Tomatovillian™
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I don't think I was responding to you. Calm down
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#51 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Apr 2016
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So what were you responding to, in your shotgun style?
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#52 |
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I really don't know I have gotten lost in the thread but I don't think it was you, must have been somebody else. It would not make sense to anything you have said I think, "shotgun style" or not, sorry your wittle feelings were hurt. Shoot me.
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Join Date: Aug 2006
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I would use a soilless mix drenched with something like an odorless liquid fish fertilizer or Maxicrop (seaweed based), or mostly a soilless mix plus compost or something with moderate fertility. The key here is potting MIX and not potting SOIL.
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#54 |
Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Dec 2016
Location: Atlanta, GA
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@Wvabob I used Coast of Maine last year to transplant my seedlings, along with several other kinds of potting mix. There was absolutely no question that Coast of Maine was the winner. Plants that I had started later and transplanted into CoM grew faster and were stronger and healthier than plants I had started earlier and transplanted into other potting mixes. After that experience, I'm not sure I'll use anything else.
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Tomatovillian™
Join Date: Feb 2010
Location: Indiana
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Interestingly, for many years until I "knew better," I used the 40# bags of "top soil" in my uncovered Rubbermaid Garden pots. The gray square ones with a detachable watering tray that are about 16" square by 10" tall. Used 10-10-10 and no other amendments. For the most part, they did great. But now, of course, I use potting mix. I grew mostly Early Girl or some other smaller type plants in those containers. Of course, I wouldn't recommend that now, but still...
-GG Last edited by Greatgardens; December 29, 2016 at 02:08 PM. |
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