At the end of the growing season, the soil in containers can become compacted, depleted of nutrients, and less effective at supporting plant growth. Starting with fresh potting soil each time you plant is ideal, but it can be expensive. Follow these steps to refresh your old potting soil, use it for another season, and save money.
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it’s time to prepare containers for planting if you’d like to refresh the soil and use it again in your containers I’ll show you what to do pull off any Mulch and then dump it out into a wheelbarrow or a tarp and break it up removing any big Roots this doesn’t have a lot of roots so this is a good choice to reuse this hasn’t been watered for a while so you want to make sure that the soil can accept water and that it’s not hydrophobic next we’re going to add some nutrients into the soil with some fresh worm castings some fresh raised bed mix that has compost mix in it and we also want to add some balanced organic fertilizer now this soil is ready to put back in your container before filling up your containers clean them out and make sure there’s no pest or disease once they’re cleaned out I let them dry in the sun same thing with your OAS clean them off a little bit before you put them back in your containers
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If it is hydrophobic, what can you do you fix that, either in a wheelbarrow like you have it or if there is still a plant rooted into it in a pot?
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For the ollas encrusted with hard water minerals, just a good brush, or use vinegar or something?
Sorry to bother you Angela but, would you give an approximate ratio of new to old soil per container, sq. Ft or Lbs? Thanks in advance❤
Olla in a pot?! How often do you fill those?daily?
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I found grubs in my pot 🪴. I dug out a dead plant. But had a few others growing the same pot. Would you recommend changing the whole soil and repotting the other plants or is there anything I can add to the soil to kill the grubs when I water? Organic of course. Thanks
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A drop or 2 of soap in a volume of water will help with hydrophobic soil.
* Almost any soap will work. But there are good and better options.
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I put all mine straight into an active compost bin, mix it all up and water as needed. It works for us!
I reuse my flower containers every year. I mix up the soil, water it down and then add some pelletized fertilizer. That’s it…that’s all. Works every time. I fertilize my flowers every two weeks and they look great. I have yet to have a problem.
Does the oya have a hole?
No! Leave those roots! They break down – good stuff.
I've started vermicomposting using my old flower pots dumped into a tote adding food scraps and lots of shredded paper and cardboard coconut 🥥 coir and letting the worms work on it all winter and by spring all the old plant matter and leaves from fall have been eaten and the soils are ready to put back into the hanging baskets and planters and they leave their cocoons so during the spring and summer the planters all end up having baby worms to keep the soils aeratored and fertilizer added
Pest and disease would also be in the soil.
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Thank you for these gardening tips.
Can hydrophobic dirt be rehab? Or does it need to be trashed?
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I live in zone 8b, and my lettuce is finally growing, but going into flowering. I see that some of my other greens like cauliflower, broccoli, and raddish are flowering too. Why is that.
What happens, what to do if the soil IS hydrophobic ?
Why remove the old roots?
What about sterilizing soil?
I just add some compost on top, dig a new hole, plant whatever I planned to plant sprinkle, fertilizer, water. Done! I only empty the pots ever 5-10years. Never had any problems.
What do you do if the soil is hydrophobic?
Just put compost in. If they have roots it doesn't matter anyways.