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Keeping houseplants happy.(potting soils)(Evaluation)
Potting soil with added time-released fertilizer is one of life's little problem solvers: You don't have to remember a fertilizing schedule or wonder about under- or overfertilizing. We tested Scotts Potting Soil Plus Fertilizer, $3.79 for 10 quarts, and the similar Miracle Gro Potting Mix (made by Scotts), $3.39 for 8 quarts. We compared them with plain potting soil, $3 for 10 quarts, and also with plain potting soil to which we added Osmocote Extended Time Release Fertilizer, $5.99 for 114 pounds. We used Osmocote's instructions for transplanting.
We tested over the summer, growing flowers from seedlings and from seeds, and six varieties of tomato plants in containers.
Flowers that grew in the soil with premixed fertilizer were taller and fuller and had more blooms that the rest. Plants grown in our own blend of potting soil and fertilizer yielded full and leafy plants, but they didn't bloom. We may have overfertilized. That's a common problem when you ...
- POTTING SOIL BASICS.(the importance of potting soil in container gardening)
- Magazine article from: Flower & Garden Magazine Chaplin, Lois Trigg June 1, 1999 700+ words
...Besides water, a top-quality potting soil is the single best thing you...marketplace. In such poor potting soil, plants will never have a...Plants need a high-quality potting soil -- one that won't pack like...
- Cigarette in potting soil sparks Dover Township fire: Cigarette ignited...
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire April 22, 2009 700+ words
...disregarded in a plastic container with potting soil ignited a Dover Township fire that caused...combustible material contained in the potting soil, melting the plastic container, which...a state police fire marshal. The potting soil contains highly flammable material...
- Potting soil fungus won't harm plant.
- Newspaper article from: Albuquerque Journal (Albuquerque, NM) February 17, 2001 700+ words
...causing this and is the plant in danger? Should I fertilize it? Anna Victoria Reich, Albuquerque A: The fungus in the potting soil is growing on the organic matter in the soil and will not harm the plant. It will just help the organic matter decompose...
- Potting soil fire destroys home.
- News wire article from: UPI NewsTrack July 18, 2008 700+ words
...house began with spontaneous combustion in a flowerpot. St. Paul Fire Chief John Maczko said that the plastic pot, full of potting soil, was on a plastic table on the deck of a home in the Mendota Heights neighborhood, the St. Paul Pioneer Press reported...
- Medium is the message: (potting soil).
- Magazine article from: Gardening Life January 1, 2001 700+ words
...soil tilth. When watered well, it can hold 20 times its weight. Before seeding, mix any of these mediums with sterilized potting soil, or sow seeds directly into vermiculite, perlite or peat moss. While seeds are germinating, keep them moist, not wet...
- Graphics bloom on redesigned potting-soil pouches.
- Magazine article from: Packaging Digest September 1, 2003 700+ words
Planting the seed for further growth of its potting-soil products, The Scotts Co, chose Marketing By Design, Inc. (mbd) to refresh graphics on the product's range of standup and...
- Sun Gro Horticulture. (Vendor News).(potting soil agreement with...
- Newspaper article from: DSN Retailing Today April 21, 2003 700+ words
Sun Gro Horticulture has signed a deal to become the exclusive supplier next year for Albertson's private label potting soil.
- Success with your own soil. (potting soil recipes) (Garden Basics)
- Magazine article from: Flower & Garden Magazine December 1, 1994 700+ words
THE NATURE OF THE SOIL IN YOUR yard was determined centuries ago, by geologic forces at work in your area -- unless, of course, building contractors changed it radically by scraping the native soil away, dumping fill over it, or similarly altering it. Since the soil in your garden, lawn or even
- Complaint: EnergySolutions overstates waste safety: Hot potatoes ? Group...
- News wire article from: The America's Intelligence Wire March 9, 2009 700+ words
(From McClatchy-Tribune Regional News - The Salt Lake Tribune - Utah) Byline: Judy Fahys An exchange on state Sen. Howard Stephenson's Red Meat Radio show two weeks ago has rekindled a red-hot debate about the hazards of radioactive waste. In the show, the Draper Republican was talking with
- Gardener at home: celebrate the beauty of the garden, indoors & out.(indoor and...
- Magazine article from: Country Living Gardener March 22, 2004 700+ words
...edge of the container. * Half fill with moistened potting-soil mix formulated for containers. This drains more freely than plain potting soil. * Select the plants: At right, two 4" plants...
