By Jennifer Poindexter When you purchase plants from your local nursery, do you save the soil in the planting containers? If not, you may want to start. Purchasing soil can increase your gardening costs. To some, this may defeat the purpose of growing a garden. Instead … [Read more...]
What is a growing medium for plants?
QUESTION: What is a growing medium for plants? I see these words mentioned all the time in articles about how to grow plants when I look them up. Is it like dirt, or what? - Paisley O GARDENING CHANNEL REPLIES: A growing medium for plants is anything placed within a pot that … [Read more...]
Perlite vs Vermiculite, Fully Explained
by Matt Gibson and Erin Marissa Russell If you are standing in the garden center, trying to figure out which additive your soil needs the most, wondering what the difference is between perlite and vermiculite, then this article is for you. The two soil additives are popular … [Read more...]