soil mixes

  1. Larry {the} Gardener

    Reusing old soil

    I turned off the water to my improvised rain gutter grow system a couple weeks ago and let the pepper and tomato plants die. They have dried out enough for me to get started getting the old soil out of the grow bags. Since I'm always running low on soil storage {that other garden gets all...
  2. shogon92

    Best way to get rid of Root Aphids & Springtails

    Dear friends, Now i've hear Springtails are beneficial to the soil and don't cause much harm to the plants however Root Aphids have the opposite approach!:wall: I've come across what seems to be Root Aphids and was wondering how i can get rid of them so they can stop eating at the plants...
  3. underD

    Peatmoss Question

    HeyGuys, First time grower here :D. I'm in a city where I could only find one type of Peat moss. it has 192-N 219-P 384-K and ph is about 5.5 with added dolomite I don't know how that translates to the ratios i've seen from growers 10-10-10 and others, the bag is 50L. my question is, is this any...
  4. Rasta Roy

    Oyster shell as a calcium source?

    I'm trying to leave the lime out of my next soil mix, I don't really need the pH raise. Since I won't have the lime I believe I'll need something for calcium and magnesium right? I hear oyster shell is a good source of calcium so I picked some up. Is Epsom salts my only source for magnesium...
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