Path to Sustainability (and surviving the zombies)
Smart Pots for winter garden

I decided I could manage to fill all the pots without a big trucking shipment, and in doing this, I could experiment with a few different mixes.

Al’s 5-1-1 Mix  - 4 cu ft pine bark fine mulch, 10 gallons sphagnum peat moss, 10 gallons perlite, 4 cups dolomitic lime,

1x 20 gallon & 1x 10 gallon on the ground

1x 20 gallon & 1x 10 gallon on cement pad

Earthgro Planter Mix, 2 cu ft (similar ingredients to above but commercial bagged mix)

1x 20 gallon on ground

Kellogs Garden Soil 3 cu ft (red bag, flowers & veggies) + Harvest Supreme soil amendment (2 cu ft)

1x 20 gallon on the ground

1x 20 gallon on cement pad

Kellogs Garden Soil 3 cu ft (blue bag, trees & shrubs) + Harvest Supreme soil amendment (2 cu ft)

1x 20 gallon & 1x 10 gallon on the ground

on cementOn gravelMore on gravel

Bark based mixes need to absorb a lot of water and I also need to test how fast or slow these drain, so I soaked them all with water and will test them with a dowel rod over the next few days.

I am still figuring out what mix to use with the 200 gallon pot for the root veg,



I also transplanted a couple tropical fruit trees into some remaining mix of Kellogs Red, peat moss and perlite.  A few more trees tomorrow when I get more mix.
Mango Plant (1 ft tall about 6 months old), Cocktail Grapefruit (2 ft tall), Pomegranate (Sweet red - 3 ft tall), Mexican Papaya (8 in tall), Asian Guava (2ft to 3 ft), Pineapple Plant (1 feet tall)

Cocktail Grapefruit?Pom and Asian Guava


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