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Bethany Brown

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My husband bought me a soil blocker and it’s about time to put it to use. I don’t want to buy a bunch of imported material to make the soil mix. Any ideas for what I might be able to use?

Anne Miller

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There are several recipes here on the forum for making potting soil most end up using items that would need to be purchased.

Other than using soil from your garden I can't develop a solution.

This is a unique solution using compost and straw:

https://permies.com/t/153926/DIY-Potting-Soil-Scratch

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Hillbilly Dave

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I'm mixing 1 part Peat Moss, 1 part Compost, 1 part Top Soil and Fertilize with Rainbow Pro Mix Grow and Lime.

Was using 1 part Vermiculite but was told this was a no no and my Mix was holding water.

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I bet compost would be good for a soil blocker without having to buy other things.

Everyone knows that plants always come up in a compost pile.

Here are some threads that folks might find interesting:

https://permies.com/t/159554/Growing-Compost

https://permies.com/t/181387/Soil-Compost

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Hillbilly Dave

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I have trouble with Soil Blocker because some places I put Trays is about shoulder high and my blocks get destroyed trying to put them up there with one hand.

Do better if everything is in cups. Most I get a little wet.

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