Garden Soil question

licellec 5/13/2013, 6:30 am

Can this garden soil be modified to become a potting mix?

Garden Safe Garden Soil (organic) For Flowers and Vegetables- Sold by Menards
Garden Safe Garden Soil for Flowers & Vegetables 0.10-0.05-0.05
•Completely natural organic vegetable soil that contains natural plant food
•Not only great for your plants, but also better for our planet
•Provides slow-release plant food that lasts up to 3 months
Garden Safe Garden Soil is a completely organic vegetable soil that contains natural plant food. It grows delicious and incredible vegetables and herbs. It contains a special blend of organic soil made from natural ingredients, including sphagnum peat moss, composted bark or reed-sedge peat, organic plant food and a natural wetting agent. It provides slow-release food that lasts up to 3 months.

Thank you!

**Turan** 5/13/2013, 10:56 am

From the ingredients you list it is peat and peat substitutes with fertilizer added. So for MM it would replace the peat part.

**camprn** 5/13/2013, 11:06 am

Sounds like it IS a potting mix. You could always add compost, now or later. The bag states the mix will be out of nutrients in 3 months.

bnoles 5/13/2013, 12:13 pm

camprn wrote:Sounds like it IS a potting mix. You could always add compost, now or later. The bag states the mix will be out of nutrients in 3 months.

+1 I agree totally.

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