Grow the healthiest plants this spring! Our potting soil is a mixture of great ingredients for germination

Introduction

Soil is the most important component of a healthy garden. The best potting soil for your potted plants contains some key ingredients that all gardeners need to know about. No matter what kind of plant you’re growing, potting soil should be made up of nutrients that will feed your garden. Here are our top choices for the best type of soil to use for your plants:

Soil is the most important component of a healthy garden.

Soil is the most important component of a healthy garden. It’s the medium in which plants grow, and it’s what nurtures them as they grow from seedlings to mature plants.

Soil can be broken down into three basic components: organic matter (or humus), sand, and silt. Organic matter comprises up to one third of soil by volume; it consists of decaying plant material, animal waste, and other decomposing materials that have entered the soil over time. Sand is made up mostly of quartz crystals, while silt is a finer particle size than sand but coarser than clay particles

The best potting soil for your potted plants contains some key ingredients

Peat moss
Perlite
Vermiculite
Compost (your own or bagged)
Soil, dolomite lime and gypsum (if needed) for pH adjustments. If you are using a bagged product as your base soil, it will likely already be at the right pH. If not, I recommend adding a scoop of dolomite lime to raise it slightly. This will help prevent nutrient deficiencies in plants. In addition, if your potting soil is too acidic for the plants you want to grow in it—such as poinsettias and geraniums—you should add some gypsum to help balance out the pH level—and thus increase their chances of success! Also use this when transplanting into fresh pots filled with lighter soils like coco coir because they can compact over time due to lack of drainage holes at bottom; simply mix 1 cup per cubic foot container before filling with potting mix until full (or just add 1/3 cup per gallon bucket).

Identifying good potting soil by touch

So how do you know if your potting soil is good? Here are some tips:

Feel it. If the soil is moist, but not wet, you’re in good shape. It shouldn’t be so dry that it’s crumbling apart or so wet that it sticks together in clumps.
Look at its texture with your eyes and touch its texture with your hands. Good potting soil should be light (not heavy), should hold its shape when squeezed in a fist, and should mold into a ball when rolled between two hands.