Potting Soil vs Potting Mix vs Potting Compost 😦😱😵 What are the differences?

[@worldofamyth]

Thanks.....love the slow peacefulness in which you have made my life easy. from the UK....!!!

[@kristinekiddell1196]

So useful, thankyou! Have found this so confusing as someone new to plant growing, this was very helpful and well explained, thanks for taking the time.

[@rbthegardennannyllc4219]

Thanks for clearing this up. I just purchased yesterday Miracle Grow potting soil to repot my Amaryllis that I just pulled out of dormancy. This was very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

[@Jules-740]

Such great help! Thank you very much! Great content in this channel❤

[@historyconversation8314]

Excellent explanation, thank you

[@joseolivares9050]

Very informative. Thanks

[@ankursharma7812]

Ok thanks for fundamental clearance

[@kathrynmettelka7216]

Glad to know more and reduce confusion. In US coconut coir is substituted for peat sometimes.

[@Gardenfundamentals1]

Yes, it is being used more. It is still expensive in North America.

[@ellencarbone9346]

Here are some facts: Canada has over 270 million acres of peat bogs which produce peat moss. Each year the peat moss industry harvests only 40,000 acres of peat moss mostly for horticultural use. If you do the math that comes to one of every 6,000 acres of peat moss is harvested each year. Peat bogs are living entities. The peat bogs grow 70% more peat moss each year than is harvested. With that data some consider peat definitely a renewable resource. The other thing to consider is the shipping of coconut coir from where it is produced to where it will be used could have a CO negative affect due to the fuel used in processing and shipping.

[@Gardenfundamentals1]

The message is correct. I think we use even less peat than that. www.gardenmyths.com/peat-peatmoss-true-story/ www.gardenmyths.com/coir-ecofriendly-substitute-peat-moss/

[@bbyjcky1]

Ok I’m steering away from uk gardening vids😂😂 thank u!

[@palanisamym6719]

Sir what soil mix is suitable for my garden plants ( viz apple, pear, fig, plum) in Ireland.

[@jcwong10]

I can't wait until that ad for the "composting" machine turns up on your video explaining that they don't compost.

[@johnyewdall398]

Here in the U.K. we are likely to ban the use of peat products within a few years. The U.K. government is currently consulting on how this should happen. Naturally for a government, taxing peat products to make them less popular is its first option. The cutting and drying of peat contributes to global warming because of the release of CO2. Peat free composts are available at a higher cost than composts containing peat and are of very variable quality. A high proportion of peat used in the U.K. comes from Ireland where the majority of peat power generating stations have been closed down, cutting peat has ended and the sale of tons of peat formally cut for power stations is sold as peat products to finance the reclamation of peat bogs.

[@Gardenfundamentals1]

One problem is that no peat substitutes work quite as well as peat.

[@johnyewdall398]

@@Gardenfundamentals1 true. I thought of stocking up but as fast as I buy it, I use it. My delivery of 3 tons of horse manure was split last year. Half spread before winter set in and half stored in pallet boxes (think what you would have paving flags delivered in) My stored manure, inoculated with soil to generate worms, nematodes and local bacteria will be used instead of bought compost next spring.

[@Mrjboomseedco]

I like roots organic and fox farm brands works great for all my fruit veggies everything

[@JH-lr8cl]

How do you decide the amount of lime needed when making potting mix ? Is there a way to determine buffer ph at home ?

[@racebiketuner]

It depends on the form of lime and your target PH. For most applications, it will take between two and six tablespoons of lime for each gallon of peat. Get a roll of Hydrion 5.5-8.0 paper and a gallon of distilled water for testing and adjust as required. Forget about using a cheapo PH meter - they're notoriously inaccurate.

[@Gardenfundamentals1]

It depends on the acidity of the media and even more on the alkalinity of your water. Home owners can't really measure buffer pH without some special equipment. This might help: www.gardenmyths.com/alkalinity/

[@johnyewdall398]

reminder for your video of comparing growth mediums. We all think stuff grows better in bought compost but you showed your native soil was best for you..

[@cindysayavong8513]

I’m new to gardening. Do you have a video about top soil/garden soil. Do I need to put top soil/ garden soil on my garden? Thank you 🙏

[@Gardenfundamentals1]

NO - I don't know why so many people do this - it makes no sense. Only add them if you want to raise the soil level in an area - you don't do that in an established bed. For that use mulch or some compost. kzbin.info/www/bejne/qYvYpXWoe9Goi68

[@thomasjohnbirks132]

In UK, still Potting Compost.

[@noelcepeda1245]

What type of soil should I buy to transplant my 3months old acerola plant? Thanks in advance!

[@Gardenfundamentals1]

potting soil

[@noelcepeda1245]

@@Gardenfundamentals1 thank you very much👍

[@paullanders]

What components are missing from a soilless mix (e.g. minerals) and why would it matter for growing in pots?

[@Gardenfundamentals1]

Plants need certain nutrients and many come from minerals. Provided they get them, they don't need minerals.

[@annebuchanan3200]

Very helpful, thanks. Clarifies why I was confused when UK channels talked about compost in their containers. I’d like to buy peat free mix in Canada but can’t find it. You explain why, thanks, but do you know of any solutions for those of us in search of a peat free alternative?

[@Gardenfundamentals1]

You can buy coir and add some perlite to it. As you will see in my next video, all of the other additives are not needed. Coir is available in small compressed blocks at some hardware stores in Canada. Or on Amazon amzn.to/34iGhGy

[@Gardenfundamentals1]

Note that the small block actually expands to quite a bit of material.

[@johnyewdall398]

@@Gardenfundamentals1 ~Because of the chemical treatments coir has to go though and the CO2 generated from transport before it is useful locally as compost , it is just as bad for the environment as peat if not more so..

[@annebuchanan3200]

@@Gardenfundamentals1 Thanks

[@niftysparrow7996]

In RSA we use all those words and more and I've been confused about the definitions my whole life because they all seem to mean the same thing and different things at the same time. Compost generally means compost like from decomposed kitchen scraps but it also means decomposed wood material, it can be called lawn dressing but lawn dressing could be any kind of decomposed organic matter. People call lawn dressing "top soil" too but topsoil is any soil thats on top. Potting soil and potting mix are the same thing, it's the stuff you put in pots to grow plants. But neither term tells you anything about the composition of the material. It's very confusing.