Today we will look into how to make your own Universal Potting Soil and Potting Mix recipe which is also a great universal seed starting mix and a light weight planting mix. Also we will discuss the Difference between Potting Soil and Potting Mix and Benefits of Each + which one to use and where to use them. What is Perlite vs Vermiculite:
What is vermicompost:
First of all before knowing how to make your own potting mix and potting soil, We will clarify ourselves with the confusion between the two Terms in Gardening and a common question in the mind of a newbie gardener – is there a difference between Potting Soil and Potting Mix. Yes actually there is a difference, people not aware of this use both these terms interchangeably referring to the soil or mixture of many other things they prepare for their plants.
Please Note: Potting mix is a soil-less growing media suitable for container gardening and specially for terrace gardening and because there is no garden soil or earth soil in it, its light weight and used commonly for balcony and terrace gardening in containers.
Whereas Potting Soil is a mixture of mainly Garden Soil + all other ingredients like Peat moss, coco peat, perlite, vermiculite, compost, cowdung powder and many other things in varying proportions. This is commonly used for filling in low spots in the ground and also raised bed gardening and also container gardening in ground floors.
Now Lets Start making our own Potting Soil and Potting Mixes with the best available ingredients.
For Universal Potting Soil for plants, I am using this Formula: You can change the proportions as per your requirement, but generally this mix will be useful for any plant.
- Garden Soil 50 percent
- Cocopeat or Peat Moss 30 – 40 percent or even you can use River Sand to mix in this.
- 5 percent Vermicompost
- 5 percent Perlite or Vermiculite
- 5 percent horse dung or cow dung powder
- 5 percent Neem Mix
This forms an excellent universal potting soil for your plants and multipurpose potting soil. Use it for repotting or even transplanting seedlings and even starting seeds. But I usually do seed starting in a Potting Mix. To make this as Potting Mix, You remove the Garden soil and use 60 Percent Cocopeat or Peat Moss Plus other ingredients as above. You can also add river sand about 20 percent. This potting mix for plants can be used as a seed starting mix or potting mix for container terrace gardening.
Regarding What is Perlite vs Vermiculite, and also what is vermicompost – please watch my separate videos in my collection – and you can also find the links in the video description below.
So there we have it folks, that was our episode on how to make your own potting mixture and how to your make your own potting soil for universal use. If you like the video, please give a thumbs up, share the video with your friends and also write your thoughts and suggestion in the comments section below. Also consider subscribing if you are new to the channel. Happy Gardening!
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