Want to cut costs in your garden? Potting mix and compost is arguably a gardener’s biggest yearly expense. in this week’s episode, Ben treats us to some money saving tricks and tips for filling pots and raised beds for a fraction of the price, if not entirely for free. Better get collecting now! Off you go, but not until you’ve watched this!
Minimum soil depths for common crops
Min. 6in/15cm deep Min. 8in/20cm deep Min. 12in/30cm deep
Basil Beets/beetroot Broccoli
Cilantro/coriander Cabbage Carrots
Endive Chard Cauliflower
Lettuce Cucumber Chinese cabbage
Mustard greens Garlic Corn
Radishes Peas and beans Eggplant/aubergine
Scallions/spring onions Peppers Kale
Spinach Summer squash Onions
Strawberries Turnip Pumpkin and winter squash
Zucchini/courgette Tomatoes
For more videos on potting mixes, compost and all things soil-related, see this playlist:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1CrTA8oFJtc&list=PL3VEy0_tuFgT__NtYarmFkG431pw1JrwA
For more videos on composting, watch these next:
How to Make a Compost Bin from Pallets
https://youtu.be/fW_DVNUt7ms
Supercharge Your Compost Heap
https://youtu.be/4D43HPdYHsA
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Türkiye 'den Merhaba
Compost harika çok teşekkür ediyorum
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Thank you, Ben– I see winter as my time for "gardening school" and this video taught me some new ways to work with my garden beds! I have lots of kitchen scraps to put to use– I really like the idea of putting them right into the growing bed to become food for future plants. Thanks again!
Good on you, Ben! Always a thumbs up from me on your videos. You are a wealth of gardening knowledge.
Great. Thanks!
Ben, I appreciate your videos!!!!! So much good information. I live on a hay farm surrounded by cattle farmers so I have an unlimited supply of cow manure in various stages of decomposition. How do I use that in my compost area. Assume I'm starting with nothing and have a lot of cattle waste and a lot of woodlands around me.
I always dig a large trench in early spring and fill wityh the kitchen waste over the course of a few months to grow my runner beans in. Holds the moisture and feeds the beans. Works a treat!
Thank you, again, Ben, for your great videos! I have another question about compost and mulch. I have a cedar mill very close by and they have loads of cedar dust. Is this useful for improving compost or mulching vegetables? In addition to my veggie garden I have 100 organic blueberry bushes and have seen mixed reviews for mulching with cedar dust. What are your thoughts?
What breed is your dog?
Can't I just use the dirt I've been collecting from the woods? It looks and feels exactly like potting mix you'd buy from the store.
I save my egg shells all winter long. I keep my banana peels and used tea bags inside the freezer until they are ready for the garden.
last season potting mix as a base for worms to provide the best potting mix !
What do you think about mixing coir with more expensive compost? I'm hoping to reduce my compost costs by doing this – coir bricks are quite cheap (Wilkos) and make quite a large volume once they've been mixed with water.
You are my favorite gardener, always so informative and encouraging.
Love the info. I hv been trench composting in raised beds. I was curious if I can continue doing them in all seasons or is it recommended only in winter
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They're not called "zucchini or corjet"… just zucchini. America is the only country.
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My local trash company allows all residents to pick up two 50lb bags of compost each week. Self service and the bags can easily hold more than 50lbs each. It's consumer grade compost, so there's a bit of trash and plastic but very little. Certainly not perfect but if you are already using graywater then it's hard to beat free compost.
Loving the mention of vegan alternatives! It'd be great to have a video explaining some of the various alternatives if possible!
Gardner who in his tardis!
The crazy thing is we are growing our veg in the garden needing the scraps from the supermmarket and they dump tonnes of vegetable waste every day. In plastic so it's not even going to make a compost just a slime mess in a landfill. They should have shopping center pigs to eat the waste at least and then have a bbq for staff in the summer. Just saw a rubbish truck pick up big huge bins full of food in plastic bags it was kinda shocking.