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2. Potting soil - Wikipedia

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   Potting soil. A flowerpot filled with potting soil. Potting soil or growing media, also known as potting mix or potting compost (UK), is a substrate used to grow plants in containers. The first recorded use of the term is from an 1861 issue of the American Agriculturist. [1] Despite its name, little or no soil is usually used in potting soil.

3. Miracle-Gro - Wikipedia

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   History. Miracle-Gro, a water-soluble fertilizer, was developed after Horace Hagedorn met nurseryman Otto Stern and learned of Stern's troubles shipping plants in 1944. [1][2][3] They hired O. Wesley Davidson, a Rutgers University professor, to develop the fertilizer. [1] In 1950, the company was formed after Hagedorn's wife Peggy named the ...

4. John Innes compost - Wikipedia

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   The potting mixes are used to grow different types of plants depending on their nutrient requirements. [1] All three potting mixes have the same soil component: 7 parts sterilised loam; 3 parts peat; 2 parts sharp sand [5] They each contain ground limestone, and varying quantities of the same base fertiliser mix: 2 parts hoof and horn; 2 parts ...

5. Scotts Miracle-Gro Company - Wikipedia

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   6,500. Website. scottsmiraclegro.com. The Scotts Miracle-Gro Company is an American multinational corporation headquartered in Marysville, Ohio, where O.M. Scott began selling lawn seed in 1868. [2] The company manufactures and sells consumer lawn, garden and pest control products, as well as soilless indoor gardening equipment. [3]

6. Bokashi (horticulture) - Wikipedia

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   A soil ball with indigenous worms in soil amended a few weeks previously with bokashi fermented matter. Bokashi is a process that converts food waste and similar organic matter into a soil amendment which adds nutrients and improves soil texture. It differs from traditional composting methods in several respects.

7. Gardening in restricted spaces - Wikipedia

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   A container garden in large plastic planters. Container or bucket gardening involves growing plants in some type of container, whether it be commercially produced or an everyday object such as 5-gallon bucket, wooden crate, plastic storage container, kiddie pool, etc. Container gardening is convenient for those with limited spaces because the containers can be placed anywhere and as single ...