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MrLanky · #1 (**permalink**) 05-22-2006, 01:34 PM

So I recently bought a couple 40lb bags of organic top soil. Is this better or worse than potting soil? The top soil seemed more compact than potting soil, but I can always aerate it.

SouthernPride · #2 (**permalink**) 05-22-2006, 03:05 PM

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So I recently bought a couple 40lb bags of organic top soil. Is this better or worse than potting soil? The top soil seemed more compact than potting soil, but I can always aerate it.

Forget soil, use black cow.

Spanishfly · #3 (**permalink**) 05-22-2006, 03:37 PM

Mix in a bit of sand to make it drain better.

What is sold as ´potting soil´ is usually nearly all peat.

Organic top soil is going to have more nutrients. I get best results fom a nutritous, well draining mix. I add horse shit, sand, volcanic rock and garden compost to a peat based substrate. And use a comfrey based liquid fert.

We all have to make best use of what we can get.

SolRebl · #4 (**permalink**) 05-22-2006, 10:01 PM

i've had good experience with it. I germed my seed in them. The soil is very light...of course I live in a different continent so...

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#1 (permalink) 05-22-2006, 01:34 PM
MrLanky Registered User Join Date: Apr 2006 Posts: 102	potting soil vs top soil So I recently bought a couple 40lb bags of organic top soil. Is this better or worse than potting soil? The top soil seemed more compact than potting soil, but I can always aerate it. __________________ 'I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be" - Douglas Adams

#3 (permalink) 05-22-2006, 03:37 PM
Spanishfly Banned Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Costa Blanca, Spain on a Temporary Ban from the City Posts: 2,656	Mix in a bit of sand to make it drain better. What is sold as ´potting soil´ is usually nearly all peat. Organic top soil is going to have more nutrients. I get best results fom a nutritous, well draining mix. I add horse shit, sand, volcanic rock and garden compost to a peat based substrate. And use a comfrey based liquid fert. We all have to make best use of what we can get. Last edited by Spanishfly; 05-22-2006 at 04:07 PM.

#4 (permalink) 05-22-2006, 10:01 PM
SolRebl Registered User Join Date: Feb 2006 Posts: 59	i've had good experience with it. I germed my seed in them. The soil is very light...of course I live in a different continent so...

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