Soil Tips for Indoor Gardening

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• New at Gardening in general

  Hello! Last year I attempted growing some herbs from seeds but a few weeks in they all up and died on me! I said forget it. This year I bought a sweet basil plant and it was around 4" and its about 9" now! I went to Lowes today and… More

• Gardening in the ground

  I could almost cry this question sounds so silly, but I really don't know what to do: I will be tilling up my flower bed by hand in a few days with a hoe and a shovel. Currently my "flower bed" is covered in grass and decomposing leaves. do I… More

• The economics of gardening

  The whole point of this post is to figure out if you save money by gardening. Let say I make a garden and my total harvest is somewhere around: tomatoes, onions, lettuce, rhubarb, carrots, pimentos, potatoes, onions, peas, radishes, strawberries, different type of herbs, etc (if you have more ideas… More

• must have gardening tool

  outside the super basics "shovel, rake, wheelbarrow, hose etc" what tool do you just love using? Hoe? garden weasel? pitch fork? what I like my little hand rake great for weeding digging loosening soil whatever More

• Installing a Backyard Fish Pond Tips

  Installing a backyard fish pond is an aesthetic addition to your landscaping and offers a bit of tranquility as well. However, taking care of backyard fish ponds is not as easy as one might think. And, you have to do more than simply install the fish pond and then let… More

• Miracle Grow Potting Soil

  Hello! I'm a newbie here, and fairly new to gardening in the Northwest. Love this site. We have very poor soil out here in North Idaho, and supplement with topsoil and Miracle Grow Potting Soil often. My question is, when using this brand, should I still add nutrients as usual?… More

• Wrong Soil? Will my plants die?

  PLEASE HELP!!Has anyone ever used for your container a garden soil mix that is supposed to be worked into regular soil? I bought Sta-green garden soil for vegetables and flowers for my containers because regular potting soils did not specifically say "for veg." (I have NO experience with gardening at… More

• BAD soil help needed

  I am hoping someone here might have an easy way for me to deal with my very poor soil conditions. I have been envisioning years of hard labor to get my soil in better shape, and thought someone here might have a "short cut" of some sort for me. We… More

• What soil to use in a raised vegetable bed?

  We are building raised beds for vegetables this year. Since we are new to gardening and especially veggies, we need to know what type of soil to use in our 4x10 beds which will be about 12-15 inches high. Can we use topsoil or a "garden mix" that we can… More

• just started gardening

  hi everone I just got my backyard cleared the other day and 4inches of top soil down. I wanted to plant some roses but don't know how far apart I should plant between each rose bush. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. The rose plants I wanna get are about… More

• Soil Sample Now?

  Ok Im adding on to my garden. I took the 6' x 20' long 1 1/2 year old horse barn compost pile, a 10 cubic yard load of year old wood chips(half rotten) and that roll of moldy hay. I layered it over the area, Tilled the area both ways.… More

• Pineapple tips

  Bought a pineapple this weekend, cut the top off and stuck it in some soil. As I understand it, it takes two+ years to see a fruit. Any tips out there on maybe speeding-up mother nature. (or is it "Not nice to mess with Mother Nature"?) More

• Datura tips?

  I'm new at planting Datura. I know there are many varieties. Can anyone offer tips in planting Daturas,i.e, soil ammendments, fertilizers, amount of sun, shade etc? I've planted 7 different Daturas, so far only 3 varieties are seeded. More

• From AcraMax Gardening Email Tips on getting rid of UNWANTED Pests

  What's Bugging You? By: Kathy Bond Borie Because of the mild winter and soaking spring, it promises to be a banner year for garden pests. I'm bracing myself for the onslaught. The slugs are rearing their ugly heads already, so I've been wearing thick-soled shoes whenever I visit my garden… More

• indoor patio herb guarden

  i am a novice and am growing basil, thyme, rosemary, oregano, parsley, cilantro in my screened in patio in ft lauderdale. see alot of small flying insects in soil and on leaves of basil in particular. what is best, organic if possible, way to eliminate these and any other pests… More

• Insects seen in my indoor plants

  One of my potted plants (sorry dont know the name ) was dying all of a sudden (leaves started to just fall off) , so i checked the soil to see if there was enough water, and thats when i saw this brown thin insect (like a worm ) but… More

• What is your best Soil Mix

  I have mixed several types of soil mixes for my containers, raised beds and ground planting type gardening, so given the test I'm going to try one more, though my horse poo/oak leaves and chips composted for a year under those old trees ant bad. So here is my new… More

• clay soil

  hello I have clay soil lots of wild weeds red clover grasses soggy areas my garden is quite large for european standards some 900 metres former gardens of mine where around 50 to 120 metres so this is big I did read somewhere adding builders sand so did that in… More

• Sterile soil?

  I see that a lot of instructions regarding gardening require "sterile soil". I may not be using the right word, but they usually are referring to a soil that doesn't have any germs. I'm just wondering if this is silly or if I should expect the gardening police at my… More

• Indoor container gardening with grow lights?

  I question whether or not my deck is going to get enough sun for my plants to be very productive. So I'm considering using grow lights in my basement. 1) What kind of lights would I need? 2) Should I go with some type of hydroponic system or just regular… More

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