Hello, I’m a little low on potting soil and I cannot find the brand I use anywhere near me (Dr. earth)I have some left and I also have some organic seed starting mix. I was wondering if it’s OK to mix the two together in order to make enough for my 2 gallon pots to fill. Will it be ok to do that to stretch what I have?
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I would think it would be fine, just keep in mind what nutes (if any ) in the soil and add nutes accordingly if needed
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@Mr_Wormwood is correct. I mix soil brands pretty often and reuse a few times. No ill bearings.
As he said, keep in mine whats in the soil ur adding. If you have the bag, a picture of the ingredients speaks volume
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Agree with those two. 
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That doctor earths is the beeknees dude! Thats watcha want there lol.
The seed starter is more peat then soil. Thus u wanna treat it as more of a hyprophobic medium. Like coco… i wouldnt really mix piles of the two unless it was mostly Dr Earths. Then the peat acts as a perlite of sorts.
Much rather grow in soil or peat/coco. But mixing them is viable. Maybe 3:1 tops would be for me. But u could get away with 50:50. Dont be suprised if the pH gets creepy tho.
Also food for thought. Peat is non renewable. Someone told me about peat mining and it botherd my greenthumb’s stomach. I mean its gonna be used around the world either way. But i can say no for once
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I appreciate your response! I was looking everywhere for Dr. earth, for some reason it’s hard to come by in my neck of the woods LOL! I was thinking maybe have soil on the bottom and do a top layer of the seed starter That way when it begins to root it will hit the soil,I’d much rather grow in the dr earth soil but I can’t find any👎🏼 I really don’t want to deal with PH issues! I’ve dealt with that in the beginning of my grows and it was a pain
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Not sure where your neck of the woods is, but Amazon has it in the US:
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Yeah I was looking online, I guess I’ve just been lucky enough to find it at local stores. The last two bags I actually found at target! Lol
Yeah I was looking online, I guess I’ve just been lucky enough to find it at local stores. The last two bags I actually found at target! Lol
NO MG! Lol. Its taboo round these parts.
Check the ingredients. Any time releasing nutrient loaded MG is a nogo for newer growers. Its impossible to get it under control
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Oh I will never use MG!!! I’ve heard the horror stories about MG! Lol not good!
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