Should I use garden soil or potting mix?
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Question by dayner: Should I use garden soil or potting mix?
I live in the midwest. I’m planting Cana’s in pots and wanting to know if Potting mix or garden soil would be best?
What do you think? Answer below!
2 Responses to Should I use garden soil or potting mix?
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Definitely potting soil. Garden soil is meant for open ground gardening or raised beds, where roots will be able to spread longer distances for nutrition and need more dense soil to hang on against wind.
Potting soil is more loose, more porous and more easily watered and fed.
Anna C.B
January 15, 2012 at 11:14 pm
The problem with putting any plant in a pot is that pots in general tend to dry out alot faster than the ground. I would use like a miracle grow potting soil that helps retain moisture and also feeds the plants as well. At the bottom of your pots you can put those packing peanuts and that makes the pot lighter if you have to move it like in the fall when cannas are usually lifted because the bulbs don’t do well during winter in our climes. The need to be lifted and dried and put in a dark place like a paper bag so that they can be replanted next year. Hope this helps!
Mary C
January 15, 2012 at 11:34 pm