Recycling potting mix
After digging up the dahlia tubers in the last post I have some used potting mixes left over. Usually I would throw them into the compost mix to be mixed up with the rest of the compost but it’s not a good idea to put too much of used potting mix in the compost.
So in cases like this I would try to recycle the potting mixes by rejuvenating the mixes with fresh rich compost, slow release fertilizer and water crystals. What I’d do is try to get rid of the roots from the previous plants by shifting the mix through a mesh before mixing in the rejuvenating ingredients.
However if you’re too lazy to do all that yourself you could get yourself a box of PotMate from Debco. It has all the ingredients needed to rejuvenate your used potting mix so mixing the recommended dose in with the mix would be easy and quick. I don’t know how good this product is because I’ve never used it before. I’d prefer to add my own ingredients!
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