This morning I went to a garden center here in Cleveland. I told the guy I was starting 40 or so tomato plants in 7 gallon containers and wanted to get the stuff I needed for a good potting mix I didn't have to fertilize a lot and would allow me to have healthy plants for the season. This is what he recommended:
He said take a plastic garbage can and sterilize it with bleach and let it dry out.
Then mix together in the garbage can with a big stick:
3 40 lb bags of compost
1 40 lb bag of peat
1 40 lb bag of cheap potting soil (hyponex or generic made of sand vermiculite and soil)
3 cups triple phosphate
3 cups dolamite lime
3 cups potash
1 cup ammonium sulphate
2 cups epsom salts
3 rolls of tums crushed
No water!
Mix it well and let it sit covered outside for a couple of weeks while I harden off the plants.
He said to make 4 batches of this over the season. May June July August
Fill the 7 gallon pots in 1/4ths as the plants grow.
Water the pots deeply every morning.
Do you all think this is a mix or a mess?
I have this posted on the tomato thread too because that is what I growing the most of.
This message was edited Mar 24, 2008 1:40 PM
Is this a good mix for container tomatoes and other veggies?
