Container Gardening

4 Ways To Reuse Old Potting Soil



Potting Soil Isn’t Cheap! As you container growing aficionados know all to well, having to buy new soil every spring to grow all your veggies is a costly endeavor, making gardening an expensive acivity.

Well let’s stop that cycle! Today, I have 4 different ways to reuse your old potting mixes giving them a new lease on life to grow the next generation of plants! Each one is super easy and doesn’t require any special tools or knowledge!

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  1. If you're just starting out gardening in 2023, please check out my Amazon Affiliate links below to get the right tools for the job! It doesn't cost you a cent, but this channel receives a small incentive for any items purchase through Amazon. Happy Gardening!

    Seedling Trays!

    Amazon Canada: https://amzn.to/3xiKAgi

    Amazon USA: https://amzn.to/3DWD2DR

    Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3RRlrCQ

    pH/Water/Light Meter

    Amazon Canada: https://amzn.to/3yafmrV

    Amazon USA: https://amzn.to/3OKRW30

    Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3nvEIM4

    Composting Tumbler!

    Amazon Canada: https://amzn.to/39CgtYw

    Amazon USA: https://amzn.to/39Dha49

    Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3yLsKVf

    Handy 12-piece Garden Tool Set!:

    Amazon Canada: https://amzn.to/3jsNIyk

    Amazon USA: https://amzn.to/2YZhFwx

    Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3qapNql

    Hand Pruners:

    Amazon Canada: https://amzn.to/2YSIFxP

    Amazon USA: https://amzn.to/3q3Oftq

    Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/2YR3Xf8

    Watering Can:

    Amazon Canada: https://amzn.to/39U4nIc

    Amazon USA: https://amzn.to/2YR3p94

    Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3oX7hAa

    Spray Gun:

    Amazon Canada: https://amzn.to/3aBxijm

    Amazon USA: https://amzn.to/3aL7UHS

    Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3ruol1Z

    Gardening Gloves:

    Amazon Canada: https://amzn.to/2Lt6ZDx

    Amazon USA: https://amzn.to/3tzJ32t

    Amazon UK: https://amzn.to/3jpf1cU

  2. Thank you Jeffe! 💪😎💯😘 I have about three fabric pots that are root bound from last year when I weed whipped!! 🤦‍♀️I let them go and they got root bound but I kept them because I figured at some point I could use them. Recently I was going to throw them away because they were so tightly bound! Now I will put some elbow grease into it, cut it up and reuse the soil! Hopefully I can save the bag! Have a lovely day! 🍅🥕🥦🥬🌱

  3. UV radiation is good at breaking down herbicides including pyralids. When solarizing inputs that I'm not certain are 100% free of herbicides, I spread them 1/2" thick and turn every day for 3 weeks.

  4. I always compost my yard waste and old plants in my containers and raised beds. I have a bin I put my leaves in and put a layer in every container. Keeps the earthworms happy and fed as well as providing nutrition to the plants. I do also use organic amendments.

  5. I take our old potting soil and dump it in one of the raised beds. Then I mix it with the fresh rabbit manure in the bed and let it overwinter for the next year. The soil is usually from hanging plants or vegetables that were in a container. Great tips Jeff! Take care!

  6. A couple years ago I made the mistake of trying to use the oven or microwave to sterilize potting soil, thinking it was necessary. The major problem with these, other than the energy cost, is that they get too hot and can burn the soil, which releases toxic fumes. I also found a drawback to using sterilized soil is that the mold spores in the house can readily colonize it, which is bad for the seedlings. The best solution I found was to inoculate potting soil with native soil and compost, so the beneficial microbes and fungi can outcompete any harmful ones. I get way less mold than if I'd started with sterilized soil, so my seedlings are less likely to damp off.

  7. Great video! Do you have any tips for boosting soil in perennial container plants? I have quite a few dwarf crop trees and strawberries in different tubs – right now I just top up with compost and fresh mulch when the levels start dropping and add slow-release fertilizers + other amendments ahead of their producing seasons.

  8. i grow indoors and out. my question is how do i get rid of the bugs? i brought some used container soilo in to start seeds, the millipedes were everywhere. i put it ina tub covered it with diatemaceous earth and its sat there since idk what to do with it. i already had mixed it with a brand new bag of black kow

  9. Thank you so much for showing your straw. I’d been sitting on the garden fence trying to decide which type to buy: large bale or chopped, as you show, and how to effectively use it. I ended up with the chopped and I see you dug it in your soil, rather than remove it. A gardening tip you didn’t know others would see! I’m digging my straw in my beds this year.

  10. My favorite compost provider is having a sale on compost. Buy two bags, get one free. Do you think they will keep until next spring?

  11. I love the first one! We are going to let our large rowed bed sit for a season or so. We have plenty of land to grow in, so the chickens are going to work that land. I will plant herbs and lettuces and other chicken safe things in and just let it sit. I take my container soil into a bin and mix it with worm castings and new soil, peat, azomite, etc. And get a great return on it. Great video!

  12. Amazing! I enjoyed your vlog immensely. It is a pleasure to watch your work. Thank you so much for sharing. I wish you your continuing success. 👍

  13. I let my raised beds lay dormant for a year, but I did plant a few fall crops into 1 and I added ammendments and you can tell exactly where because I seem to have an outbreak of mushrooms only in the narrow 4 rows where I seeded. Is that normal or was my compost that I bought because I didn't have any the cause? They are weird mushrooms too, they look like a mushrooms crossed with a dandelion!!!

  14. Brilliant video and just what I needed to know as I have just pulled out my tomatoes! I’m in the north of Ireland and I add in seaweed powder or sometimes well rotted sterilised farm yard manure, plus some of my own homemade compost! I was given a wormer recently and seemingly the liquid from this is good what do you reckon? Thanks again love your videos😊 ☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️☘️

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