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Category: Container Gardening | Posted: Tue Apr 14, 2009 1:19 pm

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The best advice is to dump it in your garden or woods, only reuse if you are sure there are no disease problems left over from the previous season. You will need to fertilize more frequently the second year because many of the nutrients have been lost or used by the plants the previous season. Organic media will decrease as well, which may slow water drainage and root growth. Best advice, start with new soil each year if possible.


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Green_Numb wrote on Wed Apr 15, 2009 1:26 pm:

good advice there Planterlady...

i guess you never know what stuff might be catching a ride with the old soil. Just yesterday i found some termites in some old soil...

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Planterlady wrote on Wed Apr 15, 2009 1:33 pm:

Hi: Am sure that you change your soil each year - it is a very good habit to follow - can't imagine what would happen to your plants with those termites in the soil.

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Green_Numb wrote on Wed Apr 15, 2009 1:57 pm:

yeah i was re-potting some strawberries yesterday and there was a termite family living in the bottom.

Got the strawb in a bigger tub now filled with some nice bone meal food.. :-)

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