What organic soil (brand) does the manufacturer recommend to use in this?
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Whatever you can find, as long as it's organic potting soil. There was not a good selection at Home Depot or anywhere else where I live. The only one I could find was Miracle Grow organic "POTTING" soil. And, BTW, the Earthbox is the box you want. The grow box is ok but not as nice as the Earthbox. The grow box comes apart when you try to move it. It's a real pain in A**.
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You will need to also purchase Sphagnum Moss from Orchard Supply or other source. The EarthBox instructions will specify how much to buy. This "moss" becomes the "soil" that you plant into.
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Natural Value brand is organic with no additives. That is what I am using now. Their cans are also BPA-free.
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Christopher, I asked a professional Gardner yesterday about the horizon-horizon. He said his crew uses the Tomita brand. It does the job for them. Decided to add this on to my former reply. Good luck.
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You want to skip the Georgia clay. You want to use a good soil with materials to allow easy drainage, (sand, perlite etc) along with organic materials. A good bag plotting soil from a garden center. Because the soil is going to allow the water to flow thru, you will need to water often for best results. The cloth pots have worked great for me and I have ordered more.
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Any brand would be good - as Randall does, I use simple green diluted 50/50 with water.
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I just went to Lowes and purchased a bottle they recommended. Don't remember the brand but it seems to work just fine. Hope this helps.
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It is your preference, if you prefer organic go for it... I find both effective
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Look at the company's website, pthorticulture.com, and you will be able to compare all of their products. They make a growing ,mix that has organic in the name so you might want to try that, depending on your intended use.
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I just used a regular potting soil. I have had it for 7 months and it is doing great. I give it a little water twice a week.
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I am an organic grower myself, and I have a friend that is a scientist at the USDA lab. Don't fool yourself, just because it has the USDA seal does not mean it's up to your organic standards. Very often organic farms use substances that are more dangerous than conventional pesticides and fertilizers. The USDA does not run everything through a GCMS, the company just has to meet certain standards, they can still lie about things. I bought this for my cosmetics business to do R&D;, and it is very good quality, so I am happy with it.
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I have both Scotts and Earthway and the settings are different. For fertilizer, I follow the recommended settings on the fertilizer bag for different brands and types of spreaders. For seeds, it's usually trial and error for either brand. Sometimes it's the same for fertilizer. Certainly not a very exact science.
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I have found the following to be helpful. If you are comfortable with the API products you will also want to order API co2 booster. Every four months I also insert into the soil API plant food. I used these two products for the past year with my planted tanks. I currently have three planted tanks. All are flourishing and doing great.
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high, ya I use it in promix & fill 3 gal pots up with HEALTHY roots. This rocks.but check out maxi crop,azomite,humic&fulvic; acid &mycrozie.; It's all about the Roots! Enjoy!
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Not necessasarily you need to look online and ask a nursery a garden shop call them for best mix I have Peat moss:perlite and try to grow vegetables and insect eating plants the mix is different per type of plant I think you may have to add 4 soil count to 1 or 1:1 depending on your location
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I just cut the biodegradable plastic where the fertilizer is(under burlap) and threw that in the GARBAGE.stick with just miracle grow poting soil or strictly organic the bulap blanket will help the top from drying out they are worth the money.
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Sandy soil can be a vexing problem, but peatmoss and the compost with manure could be the best way to get it back to the way a rose garden need s. Lotsa organic stuff! Should be fine!