Roots Organic Soil 1.5cf $31.95

Roots Organics Natural Organic Potting Soil 1.5 cu ft $23.95

Roots Organics – Organic Potting Soil 1.5 cu ft $22.95

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Benefits of Organic Soil for Your Garden

Organic soil is created with ingredients that are completely natural and organic. Healthy organic soil, is rich in nutrients and organisms, and is an essential building block for a healthy organic garden. Soil is a complex and delicate ecosystem with a multitude of organisms that convert inactive materials into the essential nutrients that your plants need to thrive. By using chemical fertilizers, you can destroy these organisms, creating an ongoing cycle of dependency on chemical fertilizers to replace the nutrients.

While it may be hard to think of any soil as inorganic or unnatural, many commercially made soils contain high levels of chemical fertilizers, pesticides, fungicides and herbicides. Soil is natural designed to encourage healthy plant growth while discouraging insects, fungi, and weeds, commercial soil accomplishes this, but they do so at any cost. Organic soil on the other hand does not contain chemical ingredients, providing a rich substrate for plants to grow by using natural means to control pests.

There are a variety of organic soils which include organic potting soil, organic soil for backfill and there is also organic soil specifically designed for vegetable or flower gardens. You can find a variety of organic soils at any garden center or you can create your own organic soil in your backyard by composting.

There are many advantages of using organic soil and if you prefer to grow organic vegetable, organic soil is your only option. A major benefit of organic soil over commercially made soil, is that it does not produce harmful runoff which could cause problems in local waterways, making it an eco-friendly choice. Many people beleive that organic soil is also better for the garden, since it helps to promote slow, healthy plant growth, rather than rapid growth, which can lead to the loss of nutrients in the soil.

A fundamental principle of organic gardening is to feed your soil and let the soil feed your plants. By providing the natural and organic materials that natural fauna and flora organisms in your soil need to thrive, you will encourage more and more of these organisms to grow and thrive. This provides your organic garden with an ever increasing quality of soil with more and more available nutrients for your plants.

Another benefit of organic soil is that it helps to promote a healthy population of worms. Earthworms benefit the soil by pulling pieces of leaves, grass and other living things into the soil helping to add nutrients. Worms also burrow tunnels in the soil where water and air can move which helps to stop erosion, while letting water and air get down to the roots. Another benefit of worms is the castings they create from what they eat, these castings create a perfect fertilizer for your garden.

I need some soil to repot a bamboo plant…………?

I need some soil to re-pot a bamboo plant into a larger pot, it so happens that yesterday we had 3 tree removed at these apartments and put through a wood chipper. I have a pot with soil the same size as the pot I have the bamboo in, could I use some of the mulch material mixed in to the soil to use for my re-potting. I know that some organic materials when decomposing become acidic and can burn the roots, would this type of mulch burn the roots?

I wouldn’t, for several reasons. Yes, the material is too fresh, and can burn the bamboo. It can also harbor insects, bacteria, or molds. It doesn’t, at this point, have available nutrients, either, and will take up space that fertile soil could be using–sort of like empty calories in a human diet.

You can save some of the mulch, and use it later after it’s dried and seasoned, if you like.

VCE Master Gardener

Super Soil vs Roots Organic Part 2

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