Homemade POTTING MIX, CHEAP and EASY DIY Gardening

Easily make your own potting mix soil for raised beds and potted plants that will save you money and grow incredible healthy plants.
Don't waste money on bagged soil or potting mix, make your own potting soil mix at home that will take your raised bed or container garden to the next level
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[@jamesprigioni]

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[@loriturner9038]

James, does it matter if the vermiculite is fine or coarse? I can find the big bag but only coarse?

[@millionairementality_]

What are the sizes of the beds at Team Grow? No contact number at team grow to talk to a lperson to place an order.

[@karenlombardi8242]

@@loriturner9038 I’m curious too. The bag he’s pouring from is ‘coarse’ - I see super coarse, coarse, and fine online … does it matter? - I’d love to know too.

[@artistlovepeace]

Thank you @jamesprigioni for all the lessons. You are a very inspiring educational channel. This is my second year practicing growing in the yard. I always rely on your lessons to find the best way to grow my own food. I love Tuck too! You are doing a great service to teach people gardening including me. Thank you for all your hard work and sharing your knowledge. Everyday the sun comes up is a good day.

[@nunyabeezwax9991]

Great video. I make my own seed start mix which is excellent! I dabbled in potting mix during covid. It did ok. This will def be my general guide. I think I hv all of the ingredients too.

[@Kathleen253]

I have my soil in my beds already and will be adding some of my homemade compost from grass clippings and veggie scraps. Has been good for my for past 5 years. I can't afford all that other things

[@windhorse3889]

I agree. I’m a pauper. Grass clippings, chopped leaves and dairy cow compost. 🌱

[@ausfoodgarden]

So long as you keep adding that compost you'll be fine. 👍

[@buntzy2]

If you have basic, good soil, you should be good. I'm in the desert southwest, so creating my own soil is vital. This should really help people like me 😊

[@rhondaeaton4708]

Yes no kidding. How is this video "cheap and easy" ?? Great advice but the prices of these products are completely out of my budget.

[@lisahenley2244]

Tuck is adorable in his sweater. Best and cutest little helper. Love your videos.

[@sonjo2419]

And he looking out over the garden dreaming of what’s to come🥰

[@Maria-ql3fc]

James I saw the clip of the raised bed you had the in ground pest and immediately thought of the spicy mustard treatment . You can grow that bed full of the spicy mustard and chop it into the soil and let it break down in the soil and that bed will be pest free, it even gets rid of the bad nematodes that attack the roots of the plants. I'm a firm believer and it works! I'm a lot older than you are and have been gardening for most of my life. Give it a try, yes it will tie up that bed for a few weeks but it's so worth it.

[@milliealford8968]

Thanks for the tip 👍

[@lolaseymour1532]

Others of your Golden Age gardeners might find the orange Home Depot 2 gallon bucket more manageable than a 5 gallon bucket. Love the mix idea!

[@shanjimenez6032]

He suggest that you don’t use the orange buckets as they are not food grade

[@kylemoss3833]

@@shanjimenez6032 which ones are food grade?

[@tommyfallon236]

I’m using peat moss, cow manure alfalfa bales with blood meal, earthworm castings and I’m making bio char with charcoal briquettes..this is only my second year gardening...so I’ll let you know.

[@berndtherrenvolk1951]

I've never seen a harder working dog than Tuck. There's no doubt he keeps your garden safe from squirrels, rabbits, lions, tigers and bears. (Oh my!)

[@michaelb.2446]

Mel would be proud of you JP And here is a ❤ for Tuck

[@janiecavender3800]

🤗❤TUCK IS TOO CUTE!!❤🤗 Thanks James for sharing your knowledge of gardening!! 👍😁👍

[@runningwarrior5468]

FASHION FOCUS TUCKIE!!!!!! WOOD CHIP CARPET RUNWAY MODEL!! You will have to buy him some TUCKET shirts!!! ♥♥♥♥♥♥

[@Thingys-Jill]

It is a great recipe, and it is an easy recipe, but by no means is it cheap. Still an informative video.

[@jojow8416]

Have you ever tried to plant is plane old garden soil? I grew up in the wilderness with the closest store hours away that required a dirt mountain road, a ferry and another mountain road. Driving to town was done only a few times a year and my mother successfully grew enough food that she preserved for our family of 6 to eat well all winter, spring and into the summer.

[@Mrsmetamorphosis2012]

Wow I’d love to learn.

[@renel7303]

Good for her, made do with what she had. You can still do that some places. Your Mama might have been the first person growing there so the soil wasn't depleted. A lot of us city folk inherit worn out soil so it needs some TLC to get it back in shape. Also for raised containers just tossing dirt in doesn't tend to work too well. It also leaves you with a pit somewhere else.

[@jojow8416]

@@renel7303 You make some very valid points that I never thought about. Thank you so much. Yes, my parents landscaped a rock slide behind the log house to create all the terraced gardens up the hill side and the earth that they brought in was from the nearby forest. That truly was a GREAT life.

[@cowboyblacksmith]

It can be as simple as your folks did it. Even crappy soil with just compost and leaf mold would suffice quite nicely. All these fancy schmancy designer ingredients are not required. Dirt, water, sun. Funny how nature does it all for free and quite well. Side by side comparison of my soil and his and I guarantee they would perform the same. I make my own worm castings, bokashi compost, regular compost, JMS microbes, leaf mold, and raised beds from free pallets. virtually no cost and incredible results works for me.

[@TheUnconventionalGrower]

James' videos are just phenomenal! I've been following the channel since 2019 and he is the reason why I didn't quit my plot back then having discovered his transformational journey building the food forest, use of permaculture techniques using woodchips, awesome constructions such as the hoop houses and his great 'How To' videos like this potting mix one. I've adopted so many of his ideas and they work wonders even here in the UK! Keep up the amazing work!

[@dbell10]

Great and much needed update to past hints in other videos. You’re the best, LONG LIVE THE GARDEN KING TUCK! ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@yukey2587]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤ for Tuck! 💋💋💋💋💋💋💋 for the soil mix! I am doing this soil mix this year. Already have the vermiculite, sphagnum, mushroom compost, homemade compost and worm castings. This is my first year square foot gardening, too!

[@Zar2244]

Seeing Tuck makes me miss my little silky terrier, who lived until 17 years

[@willwebber6496]

I recently mixed soil batches using Black Cow for the first and Timberline compost for the second (both purchased from Lowe's) I found Black Cow to have far more rocks and sticks in it than the Timberline brand. I'll be sticking with Timberline for now until Black Cow tightens up.

[@tamararoberts9307]

Your gardens are proof your soil mix is perfect 😊 ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@HealthyHabitsGrow]

And the size of his plants and harvest

[@jenniferprescott8655]

I fell off the face of the earth 6 years ago 😢..but I'm back and your my inspiration 😊

[@GeorgeMoore-wq8ck]

Hi Jennifer🌹🌹 How are you doing?

[@ShamisTalib]

I'm brand new to gardening. I mean brand spanking new and I am scared. I don't know a thing and I've been down a YT University rabbit hole so when I finally come across a video that has value and is not evasive I subscribe immediately! New subbie here. Wish me luck everyone.

[@groundedinfirstprinciples383]

Fail fast. 🙌 Make a local friend who is ahead of you. Call your local AG extension office for info and how to find my and Grey's and local gardens where you can learn and make a buddy to learn from. 👍 🌲🎄

[@ShamisTalib]

@@groundedinfirstprinciples383 Thanks so much for the tips!! Will do

[@normanshadow1]

James is all you'll need. And...don't be scared, we all screw up sometimes

[@ShamisTalib]

@@normanshadow1 thank you

[@Carmen72610]

I love your videos I’m a disable 78 yr old lady from NYC and I love my potted plants. Thanks for showing us how to make a good soil. Right now I’m also growing a Fig tree indoors hoping it gives me lots of figs🤞. I like the way you teach us the right way way to take grow and care if ours plant. Thank you God bless.

[@KensingtonOrchards]

Your an inspiration. I have learned so much from you over the years. If everyone just did 10% of what you are doing in their yards it would change the world. I am trying to start a movement in my neighborhood to get proper to turn their yards into food forests!

[@indraawai5183]

For Tuck the best boss and guardian of the garden❤❤❤❤ and he is cute in his sweater

[@frankgiuliano380]

James.. You are amazing.. I hope you realize that! Here in NE Florida, we garden 12 months a year. your mix is great. Also use it as an amendment for our sandy soil We live on Amelia Island Fl. and our soil is basically all sand. We container grow Tomatoes and peppers, 10 months a year. everything else 12 months. Your great advise works here in Florida as well as the North East. Thanks so much.

[@SwedishZebra9]

you are such an inspiration! we dont really have much space, we only have a balcony, but i tried putting a tomato seed from a tomato we had in the fridge in november or so, and now its 2 meters tall! standing by our window, i cant believe it. first time planting tomatoes and it got so tall we had to put it on the ground. I also planted peppers and now a few months later, i have about 12 flowers on only one plant! thas my story and i thank you and tuck for suck amazing quality content that i can watch over and over again! many hugs!

[@pilsplease7561]

Garlic loves mixes like this, you will get huge garlic when the soil is fluffy and rich.

[@josephinedaniel-vincent1130]

Thank you very much for this video. You are an angel. Stay blessed and happy. We all love your great job.

[@jo9364]

❤ So, so glad you finely got the little boss a sweater. ❤ ❤

[@benf4803]

I've seen a number of videos on making your own soil and I think your's is the best.

[@toniatalley1977]

I love seeing Tuck working so hard!!! He's the best of the best!!! ❤❤❤❤

[@fayekeller7411]

Lol I've used this mixture Make sure it depends on what I'm growing. I also add in once in a blue moon once I get it how I want and for which plant I sometimes will add Epsom salts for certain things and other minerals or some extra sand depending on where I'm growing in my garden whether it's a raised garden or it's on the ground

[@notforwantoftrying1]

I'm sure this potting mix performs extremely well, but I prefer to grow in the native soil of my location with just a small application of compost on the surface.

[@katie7748]

I wish I could do that too but 1) it's our first year here, 2) we have no idea what chemicals have been put here prior to us moving in, 3) our soil is clay and super rocky, 4) it's temporary until we buy land, and 5) I've never had the privilege of being able to grow directly in the ground so I need to do some homework first. I'm spending this year growing in containers and raised beds while working on trying to get a patch of the yard ready for next spring. Here's hoping all goes well 😊

[@runningwarrior5468]

I dont want my plants to get addicted to too many special amendments.

[@HealthyHabitsGrow]

​@runningwarrior5468 true! We learn so much from these videos and get overzealous. I sprayed BT last week on some stuff, same time I added granular 10 10 10 fertilizer. Not many worms. Pots, raised bed and soil garden. Lost 3 dozen seedlings/ plants/transplant. The BT probably was too potent. The fertilizer burned the roots?.idk. I live in FL and it's sandy soil so I spend a lot of time and money trying to build it up😢

[@lisasuewarren6204]

I just seen Tuck step into view with his new sweater!! Boss man looking good.

[@1stbadger700]

I bought a small cement mic per to turn and mix the soil and it works great. I have to grow all in bags because we live in sand and nematodes so it’s all containers. Takes a lot of soil. I fill the bottom with logs and leaves and greens then soil. A small hugelculture. Ps, it’s not cheap. Wear a mask because of what those components are made of.

[@lilly5363]

Thank you James for using your gift to serve others faithfully , God bless you and Tuck❤❤❤

[@Poohdad]

Just found this as i am retiring and fixing up my house. I am so grateful for your teaching technique

[@galeocean4182]

Spring is coming if you and Tuck are in the garden! 💕💕💕💕💕💕💕💕🥰

[@gigidi6816]

Tuck, you poshie little thing 😍😍😍 so adorable

[@justpatty7328]

❤❤❤ hearts and love for Tuck! Lots of admiration for you too- sharing all your knowledge. God bless you!

[@MTnumber11]

Coco coir doesn't have the high cation exchange capacity that peat does. Look up clackamas coots recipe if your interested in a real living soil. Similar to what your doing here but better for a few reasons...

[@anitahernandez1207]

❤❤❤🐶🐾 Cute doggy sweater. He knew he had to keep it clean for his photo op. Helpful video 👍

[@cindystimson3632]

❤❤❤ For Tuck and James.

[@GeorgeMoore-wq8ck]

Hi Cindy🌹🌹 How are you doing?

[@lisaschreiber2893]

love your mixes, this is how i do all mine now… and stuff finally grows 😂

[@jamesprigioni]

Let's Gooo!!

[@user-zv4wx9em5w]

Time I've gotten some food grade 5 gal buckets! This is great. You're the best. Tuck's the King! ❤❤❤❤Thanks! 🥰

[@renel7303]

A good source for food grade buckets is bakeries and donut shops. Sometimes free, my donut shop sells them for $3 each, lid included. They are 4.4 gallon, a little shorter and wider. Great for storing amendments and fertilizer. I have my cat's kibble in them.😊

[@sglenn704]

That's what I use. I bought 20 last year. Make sure you drill drainage holes in the bottom!! I then add a few rocks bigger than the holes so I have drainage but don't lose my soil through the holes. Make sure you leave the handles on the buckets too. They come in very handy!

[@juliespaulding5545]

Can you reuse the soil every year, add some compost and amendments or start over every year?

[@cowboyblacksmith]

It'd be nice to see how to compose a soil without breaking the bank in the process. kelp meal, myco fungi, vermiculite, perlite, seaweed extract, biochar, mushroom compost, fertilizer, coco coir, I know the kitchen sink is in there somewhere right? Where's the dirt? You can make just as effective a soil with homemade leaf mold and compost, homemade biochar, sand, manure, and top soil dug up. Fertilizers like anaerobic fermented weeds and greens are free and very effective. Bokashi composting and JMS in there as well. Total cost for my ideas…free! I guess being broke on a fixed income has its benefits when it comes to being creative and finding a way. It irks me that some viewers would think gardening is so damn complicated and just way too expensive when it doesn't have to be. Nature herself doesn't have to shop at Amazon for $pendy ingredients, they're all there just waiting.

[@redstone5149]

He gave you a basic mix to use. 3 parts coco coir,2 parts compost, 1 part 50/50 mix of perlite and vermiculite. Why are you complaining?

[@4gz252]

Tuck is looking out for the garden bandits..lol lo e seeing both of you. Peace and love from Ohio ❤❤❤❤

[@pn0606]

Is he on the front off the fertilizer package shushing that's hilarious lol

[@stephenmoberg8807]

I use equal parts of peat moss, potting soil, Black Kow, and premium topsoil with a little bit of perlite- Steve zone 6 b.

[@juliehelms4901]

This has worked for me in raised beds, but this year I’m also using a tower garden. I feel like it’ll need to be lighter! Suggestions!?!

[@mindymccarthy2462]

I ❤ Tuck! (and this soil mix, but mostly Tuck!)

[@deadoralive26]

Tuck sure does have a good thing goin here ❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@Warwck24]

James is so cheerful 'lets go,' great instruction thank you

[@RobbieAndGaryGardeningEasy]

Free soil is the way We go and works great in our gardens and love sharing how. Nice video & hi to Tuck

[@woodchipgardens9084]

If you read a Lettuce seed pack the plant spacing is suppose to be 8 inches, I get large Romaine hearts with 7 inch spacing and woodchip compost with a lot of sifted chips mixed in.

[@ragegage1221]

from arizona, I CANT WAIT FOR WINTER

[@jamesprigioni]

🤣

[@YDCFF_]

Add some red wigglers to your raised beds... You get natural castings and they aerate the soil for you...

[@tripplebeards3427]

I remember watching some of your videos about grafting and growing apple trees from seeds. My trees have to be 13 or 14 years old now. The one I have five different apples on is going strong, but it still doesn’t produce tons of apples. The tree started from a Honeycrisp seed. That tree produces apples that taste just like Honeycrisp but they’re probably 2/3 less of the size. I gave my buddy a tree while it’s too, that I twisted the trunks together. He gets giant apples off of both trees that taste awesome! Apparently, the odds of getting good apples from seeds were better for me than expected. I do have a couple of the trees that grew, but also turned into the crabapple trees. lol I planted those out on the boulevard.

[@jonb7805]

If you use that mix in a raised bed, what do you do to amend it the following year?

[@ehahn2604]

My soil gets very compacted. I saw Mi gardener amended soil with new compost/organic matters. Now I am adding peat moss or coco coir plus fresh raised bed soil from Home Depot. Hope it works

[@3coins.]

Blessings for the little Tuck ❤❤😊 in his sweater.

[@user-hg3lm9jb9x]

Is relying on worm and other soil creature activity enough to aerate the soil? Im asking if you dont have vermiculite and the other one. I get that they help with drainage too but if you control how much you water will that be much of a worry?

[@litaclayton946]

This channel is the top best for gardening and projects I have watched and researched so many I have learned so much and am so thankful and blessed to have this channel to refer back to I have been so inspired to keep going I rate this channel a top 10. ❤❤❤❤for Tuck!! An extra living addition to The Garden of Life ❤

[@louiseaumack330]

James unrelated, but would you please let us South Jerser gardeners know when it is time to spray the fruit trees with Surround Kaolin Clay? I'm going to try that for the first time this year.

[@jodalry]

Thanks James. 👍🏻 I’ve been looking out for a really good potting mix formula and yours looks amazing. I’m in a semi-rural area in central Scotland and trying to work with a very changeable climate - especially lots of rain! Therefore, a mix that is well draining is essential! I also want to avoid using peat moss and look forward to trying out your coco coir based mix. Just one suggestion, a list of everything in the info notes would be a useful idea for us (lazy) copy & paste people.🤣 Anyway, thanks again and I look forward to your future videos. 😎

[@cathykernen4909]

I always get something out if everyone of your videos. You make it so interesting that I don't want them to end

[@piedmontwildlifeandoutdoors]

James where did you get the lids or tops for your 72 hole trays? I ordered the jumbo tray bundle and they are fantastic, but they came with lids.

[@Many8s]

Thank you, James and Tuck♥, for explaining the how-and-why at each step!🌠 I appreciate that you included how you add to an established garden bed. I will try your formula to top my existing 10'x20' no-till organic slightly-raised-beds leased in a city-run organic gardening site in Seattle, WA.

[@newt52864]

Looks like a great combo 😀 Hey Tuck in your cute sweater❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@buntzy2]

Rember guys, a fertilizer with beneficial microbes is very helpful for building healrhy soil. I bought one from MI Gardener.

[@ellendavis9940]

Love❤❤❤❤❤Tuck! Thanks for the update on soil.

[@anniegaddis5240]

❤for Tuck! LOVE your mix recipe! I just add Azomite and an organic 10-10-10. I have a huge garbage can with an aeriator in it, where I added liquid kelp, and molasses (it drives worms into my garden) and then fill it with rainwater. This is what I fill my watering can with. If I tun out of rainwater I fill a 2nd can and wait 3 days for the chemicals to dissipate before I add it to my BIG can.

[@skorsoner15]

for chili cultivation you should try Soil, Pumice, Perlite, Worm Castings and you should also try Scoria.

[@stashusclay]

I started on the raised bed book you referenced. I think you are spot on by reducing the 1/3 vermiculate ratio from the book. Definitely going to follow suit this year. Thanks for the video.

[@HarvestingFaithHomestead]

When we built my garden beds we used cheap top soil that we bought by the dump truck load, along with peat and compost. Didn’t use any vermiculite or pearllite and it was honestly the biggest mistake ever. I wish I had seen your channel before we started building the beds because last year the beds essentially solidified and went hydrophobic. Nothing grew well at all. It was very upsetting 😢 I did add some manure at the end of the year and then topped off with leaf mulch, and it’s looking a lot better now. This year I’ll be adding an irrigation system so I can keep it watered better. I’ll also be adding more compost as I get stuff planted. Hopefully it retains moisture better this year and I don’t have to do anything drastic to fix it at the end of this season.

[@TheowlFreedompharms]

Boom! You just made the best soil ! Cannabis growers have been doing this for years. And never replace it. Just add compost and scratch in organic dry amendments. Great video James! 🌱👊😃🌱

[@sydneygardener540]

I make my own mix similar to yours. I use coca peat not peat due to the harm that the production of peat does to wetlands and environment. Here is the kicker. The production of coca peat is mainly done in Sri Lanka and India. The people working in the industry are all but slave labour. It’s good to know when you make your decision

[@roostershooter76]

Wait, doesn’t coco coir hold onto nitrogen salts that require flushing? If I’m not mistaken, peat doesn’t hold as many salts as coco.

[@IxHATExUCLA]

That’d be good to know if it’s like that. I’m not an expert. We’re all here to learn

[@flickofthewrist6279]

This is the video I've been waiting years for. Thank you SOOOOO much for this!!!! (Also, please make food forest stickers again. Thank you.)

[@dianewilliams8791]

Just started watching you a few weeks ago… You have given me lots of ideas! Thank you! Love Tuck!❤❤❤

[@FrozEnbyWolf150]

I can't afford most of those things, but I do have aged woodchips, leaf mold, and organic nitrogen amendments in abundance. I'm wondering if some combination thereof would make for a cheaper alternative.

[@danih7577]

He is demonstrating for container gardeners. If you want to container garden and can’t buy all the amendments use your compost, some type of soil and add either peat moss or coco coir so it doesn’t get to heavy or dry out fast. I mostly rely on my compost for nutrients added to inground gardening. For containers, I use peat moss and it’s true that it can get too dry and no longer absorb water well. I bought the bricks of coco coir to use instead since amazon had on sale for $15 . I add amendments for specific crops, but what you have is wonderful and you could definitely work with it for inground or container gardening. Ps i recycle my container soil every year so I don’t have to add a whole lot to what I have. I just want to stop using peat moss in my containers bc it really can be troublesome.

[@vickisavage8929]

My spine has been too damaged to let me mix it by hand, but I have a used cement mixer that does the job beautifully. Another benefit of coco coir over peat moss is that the coir doesn’t have fungus gnats.

[@ljgerken]

Thanks James for this timely revisit of your soil mix!! I have had some good luck with coconut coir myself too. Coconut coir doesn't carry the bug or bacterial risk that peat moss does, and I like this better. No problems with seedlings, fungus gnats, mold, etc from too much moisture retention.

[@19char62]

If you use the black kow compost, do you still have to add the worm casting, kelp meal ect? Z

[@rllyNoodle]

no i believe he said theyre optional

[@PANTTERA1959]

James try those Dog Vitamins for Tuck. Ppl are giving good reports on older dogs feeling frisky again.

[@EvCreates]

What dog vitamins? Would love to have them for my dog

[@pilsplease7561]

Peat moss is more environmentally friendly at the end of the day, less emissions to transport it less work to process it and it doesnt pollute with salt like coir does.

[@deb7639]

Perfect timing on this video, JP. Thanks for giving us the rationales for your choices. That helps immensely! Love Tuck ❤ and your food forest. You are an inspiration.

[@KuptisOriginal]

I would think using a concrete mixer or making your own mixer (like from an old clothes dryer drum with the paddles) would mix the ingredients better. But if you like playing in the dirt more then have fun.

[@stephw.6539]

What an adorable pup! Such a good helper 🥰

[@themaestro7922]

I would be nervous about having a pH too high for my preferences; you should measure and post what it is. My Mel's Mix seems to be 6.5, so subtracting the peat (which I thought had a pH of around 4) is something I'd hesitate to do. I think your mix is well thought out, especially with the perlite offsetting the coir's retention.

[@elyria649]

Thanks for the video! That second mix where you added worm casting, bio char etc… what would you use it for instead of the first mix..? Is it better for growing certain plants or in certain containers..? Maybe for heavy feeders..?

[@IxHATExUCLA]

Seems like a “good to great” type of example. I dunno…

[@Southern195]

Tuck is adorable!! ❤️

[@steph3118]

YAY TUCK! Working hard or hardly working?🤗 I have his hoodie in green, so cute!💚

[@DatboiTamale-25]

what a great mix. I have about 4KG of coco coir left. this gave me a great idea. Thank you! Tuck is adorable!

[@surfershaper]

Looks good man! I swear by earthworms. Garden slam loaded up, meaning the soil is alive and healthy. If they thrive it's alive! Constant fertilizer factory, the bioactive kind plants do best with. Additionally, there's a worm farmer down the road and his 100 % pure castings a just pennies on the dollar. Best amendment for the buck. I make inexpensive soil amendment as well. Wood chips dumped by a tree company for free, leaves that fall from trees for free, and fish carcasses and guts I also get for free (from a seafood market). Mix together, just add water and let it cook! An occasional turn and it eventually turns to magic. And...the worms love it too! Incidentally, I freeze some of the smaller fish for planting season. Excellent booster. Other organic amendments I purchase if needed. Let's get started!

[@FloridaGirl-]

Excellent resources!

[@margiekinney1130]

Perfect timing on this video. I’ve got the coco coir, vermiculite, perlite. Great tip on the other additions and ratios! ❤❤❤ for Tuck. Love his snazzy sweater.

[@tinabloomfield7228]

Tuckie!!!! Good to see you dude❤❤❤❤ you look so cute in that sweater❤️❤️❤️ Keep up the great work guys❤❤❤

[@ragheadand420roll]

Tuck ❤ Tuck i bet the ladies love your style little bro Youre looking smart and proper in that sweater Any little lady would be impressed right away. Keep styling it

[@pennyrarick9907]

Good to see you and tuck out getting ready!! I'm so excited to get going!!

[@BillDobbs-ld5tb]

I teach a horticulture class to middle schoolers in Florida. We have no budget and I am always in need of good potting soil and mix. This video is awesome and I will be teaching my students how to make it next school year. Does anyone have the receipe in detail? Thank YOU!

[@katjoy9921]

Great potting recipe.

[@GeorgeMoore-wq8ck]

Hi Kat🌹🌹 How are you doing?

[@ausfoodgarden]

That looks like an excellent potting mix. I personally like adding soil to my raised bed mix. I tend to aim for around 2 parts coir and compost, 1 part soil, and 1 perlite/vermiculite for raised beds. Clearly, your mix is working well though. Tuck in his little jumper ❤❤❤. Cheers!

[@johna8973]

Tuck is the Most Enthusiastic helper ❗ keeping the Pests 🐛 away , as usual