Comments on: Organic Mechanic Potting Soil: A Peat Free Alternative That Plants Love

By: Vegetable Seedlings Not Cooperating! Angered the Gardening Gods? | Green Talk®

Thu, 16 Jun 2011 21:30:49 +0000

[...] don’t like to be re-potted such as lettuce, spinach, and leeks? I re-potted them using my Mechanic Soil which is peat-less potting soil made with compost and other ingredients. In the past, the seedling loved this potting [...]

By: Funchal

Funchal — Mon, 11 Apr 2011 11:20:44 +0000

Green Home Improvements, peat certainly is not a “green product” – peat extraction destroys natural habitats and leaves a barren landscape.

I know Monmouth Council in the UK collects garden and food waste from householders and recycles it into compost with the help of millions of worms. I can testify, it produces excellent compost for seedlings. The entire scheme was set up with the help of a grant from the EU.

What a shame more local councils have not introduced similar schemes.

By: Brenda

Brenda — Sat, 03 May 2008 05:24:34 +0000

Organic soil makes complete sense as to the health of your little broccoli seedings. When the soil is full of nutrients, then the plants become healthy. A vitamin shot indeed! Worm castings provide some phenomenal results. Great post! Brenda's last blog post..Podcast: Treating Thatch in a Lawn

By: Green Home Improvements

Green Home Improvements — Mon, 28 Apr 2008 18:47:42 +0000

I always thought that peat was a "green product", it looks as if I might be mistaken. Scotland uses peat when they produce scotch (or at least good scotch) so they should protect their resource. Green Home Improvements's last blog post..Starting Seeds a Green Home Improvement

By: CompostGuy

CompostGuy — Sun, 27 Apr 2008 03:43:55 +0000

This stuff sounds great – thanks for the info.
Vermicompost (worm castings) is phenomenal stuff, and a little goes a long way.

By: Green Talk

Green Talk — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 03:44:39 +0000

I see Terracycle in home depot and walmart too. Have you tried it yet on outside plants?

By: N. & J.

N. & J. — Fri, 25 Apr 2008 00:39:57 +0000

You can also purchase fertilizer from Terracycle which is worm castings and may be more easy to find since even Walmart sells it and they are packaged in old soda bottles- recycling without creating any additional toxins which is pretty cool. N. & J.'s last blog post..Alaska Experiment Review

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