Container Mix Recipies

AlittleSalt · March 7, 2018

I have been looking up container mix recipes today. These are two examples of the many I found. Your input would be much appreciated. I want to grow tomatoes in 5 gallon buckets.

From the Old Farmer's Almanac https://www.almanac.com/blog/gardeni...n-potting-soil
Basic Container Mix Recipe

Ingredients
1 bucket (2-½ gallons) peat moss
1 bucket (2-½ gallons) vermiculite or perlite
1 half bucket (1-¼ gallons) screened compost or composted cow manure
2 cups fine sand
2 cups pelleted time-release fertilizer
½ cup lime (to counter the acid of peat and keep the pH level near neutral)

From: https://www.planetnatural.com/potting-mix-recipes/

Cornell Soilless Mix (adapted for organic growers*):

1/2 cubic yard peat moss or coconut coir
1/2 cubic yard perlite
10 lbs. bone meal
5 lbs. ground limestone
5 lbs. blood meal

* This soilless mix was developed at Cornell University for commercial growers, but is easily adapted for home use. I have substituted select organic fertilizers in place of synthetic fertilizers.

March 7, 2018	#1
AlittleSalt BANNED FOR LIFE Join Date: May 2014 Posts: 13,333	Container Mix Recipies I have been looking up container mix recipes today. These are two examples of the many I found. Your input would be much appreciated. I want to grow tomatoes in 5 gallon buckets. From the Old Farmer's Almanac https://www.almanac.com/blog/gardeni...n-potting-soil Basic Container Mix Recipe Ingredients 1 bucket (2-½ gallons) peat moss 1 bucket (2-½ gallons) vermiculite or perlite 1 half bucket (1-¼ gallons) screened compost or composted cow manure 2 cups fine sand 2 cups pelleted time-release fertilizer ½ cup lime (to counter the acid of peat and keep the pH level near neutral) From: https://www.planetnatural.com/potting-mix-recipes/ *Cornell Soilless Mix (adapted for organic growers):** 1/2 cubic yard peat moss or coconut coir 1/2 cubic yard perlite 10 lbs. bone meal 5 lbs. ground limestone 5 lbs. blood meal * This soilless mix was developed at Cornell University for commercial growers, but is easily adapted for home use. I have substituted select organic fertilizers in place of synthetic fertilizers.