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i want to know whats written on the backside of the potting soil bag the ingredients??

2007-10-15 03:18:59 · 2 answers · asked by Kalluto~ 2 in Science & Mathematics Botany

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Common ingredients: Peat, perlite, vermiculite, sand, coconut coir, compost, topsoil.
Potting soil varies with the use. There are soilless potting media that are very light in weight, easy for roots to penetrate and free of insects and disease. Potting mixes that contain garden topsoil provide larger plants more stability because they are heavier. Bagged potting media containing garden soil will be pasteurized to kill pathogens. Topsoil will be amended with compost and coarse sand or perlite and vermiculite to make it lighter & less likely to compact.

Coir is shredded coconut hull fiber.
Topsoil, consists of 93% mineral and 7% bioorganic substances. The mineral portion of dirt is roughly equal parts clay, sand, & silt.
A soilless potting mix will have sphagnum peat moss, perlite, sand, or vermiculite but no soil or compost.

2007-10-15 07:16:36 · answer #1 · answered by gardengallivant 7 · 0 0

dirt and compost

2007-10-15 10:26:12 · answer #2 · answered by Razorwind 4 · 0 0

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