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2. What’s The Difference Between Potting Mix And Potting Soil? A ...

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   Most of the time, gardeners refer to potting mix and potting soil as the same thing. But products labeled with the word “soil,” such as garden soil or topsoil, are meant for in-ground use only ...

3. 8 Tips for Growing Your Own Salad Greens Indoors - AOL

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   Don't use garden soil for your indoor plants because it won't drain well in a container. Plus it may contain pests, plant diseases, and weed seeds. Potting soils are designed to drain well ...

4. 10 Essential Tips for Growing Carrots from Seed Successfully

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   If your soil is too dense for root vegetables, try growing carrots in pots, raised beds, or grow bags filled with a well-draining raised-bed mix or a DIY soil blend made with 1 part potting mix ...

5. Houseplant - Wikipedia

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   Houseplants are typically grown in specialized soilless mixtures called potting compost (in the UK), potting mix, or potting soil. [6] Most potting mixes contain a combination of peat or coir and vermiculite or perlite. Keeping plants consistently too wet ("overwatering") leads to the roots sitting in water, which often leads to root rot. Root ...

6. 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 ...

7. Potting soil - Wikipedia

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   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.