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Just like you need nutritious food to stay healthy, your crops can grow healthy and strong if you plant seeds in organic soil. Following the simple recipe detailed below ensures that your plants will grow in soil with the necessary ingredients that can nourish your plants and help them retain moisture.
The recipe below is tweaked from a recipe found in Mel Bartholomew’s book “All New Square Foot Gardening.”
By using high-quality soil for your garden, you can help your plants thrive. To cultivate a healthy garden, start by figuring out how much garden soil you need for your raised bed.
Use this link to calculate your soil needs with a soil calculator. Change the settings if you’re working on a raised bed or a pot or elevated planter.
This simple recipe only requires three ingredients:
The recipe components are measured in cubic feet or cubic yards. For example, a four-by-four (or 48-inch by 48-inch) raised bed that is 6 inches deep will require eight cubic feet of soil.
The sample measurements suit larger beds and for buying soil for bulk delivery.
Using the sample measurements above, you will need:
Next, divide eight cubic feet by three. This means you need 2.66 cubic feet of each component.
Follow the three easy steps below to make DIY organic garden soil for raised beds. If you can’t take exact measurements, eyeball each ingredient.
If you don’t have the means to measure the components exactly, measure your formula this way:
You’ll need more compost because this component is very heavy and weighs differently in volume. Try to follow the recipe by cubic feet or cubic yards.
If you can’t, follow this alternative method:
Use compost, peat moss and vermiculite to make DIY organic garden soil so you can grow healthy plants right in your backyard!
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