Question about very specific growing medium: BOG (mostly peat moss)

w00rsel

Member
A quick question about growing medium. If one was planning to grow in a peat-based medium, very similar to bog conditions, what would be the best way to prepare the site?

Would it be best to dig a hole into the peat, fill it in with the usual type of growing soil, but then control the pH with something to counteract the acidic conditions in the bog? Or should one forget about planting in the ground and just keep the plants in pots above ground?

Thanks for your time!
 

riddleme

Well-Known Member
There are a lot of popular mediums that are peat based ie: promix bx and sunshine mix #4

the key is to ammend with dolomite and those 2 that I mentioned come premixed for proper ph
 

w00rsel

Member
I acknowledged that the acidic boggy soil will need to be buffered, but was instead curious as to what other preparations would need to be done to the soil in order to make it workable. The site is outside and thus the plants will be grown straight in the ground.

I guess my new question is, after the soil has been buffered to the correct pH, what would be the best treatment in order to get it as nutritious as possible for the plants? Should (for each plant) a 2x2x2 cube be dug into the ground and filled with one of the recommended organic potting soils mentioned on the board here? Will rain wash some of the acidic soil into the growing soil and require the grower to continually buffer the pH of the soil as time goes? Or will the dolomite/pH buffer be a one time thing?
 
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