Tour with a Professional Potting Soil Producer

Thank you so much for this video. As I keep trying to improve my growing soil, both in pots and in the ground, this helps me understand how to do that. I’m hoping you have a video on how to make your own potting mix at home that coincides with this information. Thanks.

Great content, thank you.

Closed captions: *tug-of-war, not tiger war; *fir bark, not furbar, etc.

Very informative and straightforward, thank you

Rosy soil doesn’t use peat or coco. It truly is the best soil I’ve tried for seedlings, clones, and houseplants.

Very interesting video. Is there a way to wash out the salts from the coir at home?

Wow, this was such a helpful and enlightening video. Never even thought about coco coir being high in salt content but it makes perfect sense

You really have a skill in summarizing technical information into plain language. I really appreciate it. Thanks

Very knowledgeable person, but explained things in a simple way so everyone can understand!

Gracias amigo. Saludos desde Perú

Great video! Thank you for sharing...

one of the most informative videos I've seen in a while

This was great. Thanks for taking us along on the tour.

Extremely informative!

Awesome Video!

I have some small blocks of coco coir (the fine stuff) that I bought from an online nursery. I wonder if I must try to rid that stuff of any salt before using it? I have used some of the MULCH type (bigger pieces) before as mulch around my Magnolia tree, BUT, it had been a Southern mag, so, possibly was not sensitive to salt. Wow, I never thought about excessive salt in it. But, mine is bought in small packages, and not a BULK product like it is here in this video. I'm up North, so, NOT likely going to be using any coir that is brought in a huge truck and dumped in a pile, as it is here, so, MAYBE mine is washed?

I use bunny poo tea, and chicken poo that is already made into a granular fertilizer that is bagged up.
Pumice? I only use that in small amounts to pot up certain plants I have, for me, that is PRICEY indeed. I'm sure it works great though. Yeah, bringing the stuff to places far from where it is naturally seen is WHY it is so expensive. I LOVE pine needle mulch, BUT, where I live, the longer and thicker needles are so far away, down South. And, it would cost me a LOT to have a bunch trucked here. Probably THOUSANDS of $$$$$.

Okay, anyhow, this was a great peek into potting soil creation. I'm guessing this is in Canada or Washington state? I'm in the NE, so, I can't recall hearing of this company, or seeing their products near me.

That guy is a freaking scientist.

There a good deal if you live close to one of those.

THANK YOU ,most educational facts about the soil and the production technology . Very interesting ! Thank You again 🌲🌲🌲

Thank you for your time and trouble in gathering all the relevant info that has helped to educate us in growing our roses. Much appreciate your generosity
God bless you

I would be so incredibly grateful if you put together a "grow kit" for those of us that have watched these videos and still aren't sure what to do in order to give our roses the best start. Particularly for roses being grown in containers. Just a "starter kit" with potting soil and any amendments would be so amazing! Please consider it.

People of America😇 now realise how lucky you are to be able to use these products. Here in India we don't have a potting mix sell like this in grocery ...or other shop. I often use soil from garden or cow dunga or near chicken houses or pig houses..but they are not sterilised and we have to face another issue again.

Love your field trips! Very educational and interesting.

Excellent video! Thanks so much for sharing😊

That was an amazingly good and useful video. So much information! Over the years I’ve bought all sorts of different soil mixes for container growing and for my garden and have never known all the ingredients and their properties. Thank you for putting the video together. Your behind the scenes videos (2?) are information rich.

I’ve learned so much thank you!

Miracle Grow potting soil is all coconut shells and sticks it seems

I have question .... I always wash coco coir with water twice and let the salt remove from coir then I use it. ..it's works well for me after I wash coco coir with water.... is it good enough or I still have to use calcium nitrate? ??

Also if you want to learn about the soil, check out gary’s best gardening channel. The guy is gold.

Super interesting 🤔 Thanks Jason! 🍀🌺🌸🦢🌸🌺🍀

Fascinating! People need to understand soil and potting medium more, myself included. I love pumice and how lucky you are to have a bulk supplier nearby! Currently, in much of N America and particularly the NE, the issue is invasive jumping worms (Amynthas sp) coming inside of much of commercial soil media - soil, manure, compost, mulch, castings products - whether bagged or bulk.

I learned so much in fifteen minutes.

Very interesting! Thank you!

Very informative video, thanks. Bert recommends fine cedar chips as a weed barrier atop pots. I can’t get those, so is chunkier landscape bark an acceptable substitute or would this steal nitrogen from the mix? Failing that, would composted fine pine bark mulch work? It sounds similar, but there is the array of products out there gives us lay people a headache! Cheers Jason, one day I hope to make a horticultural pilgrimage to your rose farm!

As a longtime bonsai grower and small scale hobby vegetable farmer, I enjoyed that…. I still love growing in peat based mixes even though I know it’s not the most sustainable unfortunately. If you water with liquid seaweed, the biology is boosted fast in it.

things you cant get high on.

Pretty interesting video, thanks for sharing!

What a knowledgeable guy. Enjoyed the tour.

Yes. Tell him I said thanks. And thank you for the video. Job well done.

Why are you still using Peat ? Over here in the UK it’s going to be banned shortly hence why everyone is buying up the peat compost. Cheers 🍻

Man I did not think this would be an interesting video, but it was incredibly insightful. Thanks!

Great content! Canadians really are the nicest people - thanks for sharing.

Ironically, coconut coir is worse for the environment than peat moss.

Treating with Ca(NO3)2 will probably cause CaCl2 to precipitate, leaving NaNO3 which is very soluble and easily washed. CaCl2 is afaik very insoluble, so I wonder how they get rid of that. Afaik instead of peat or coconut core, in countries where garden waste is collected separately (like here in the NL), composted garden waste is also mixed in. (finely divided and then composted in big heaps, started with a steam hose)

We do really need to stop using peat. There was no discussion about the benefits or advantages of peat, and what they could (or couldn't) replace it with. In the UK we have increasing numbers of suppliers who provide peat-free growing media. It can be done!

Absolutely the best, most informative not only about the unique features of each form of media but also of The Big Picture behind the scenes stories of their originations and qualities prior to making them an effective, safe growing media. Saved to my gardening AND favorites playlists. And will be sharing. Thank you you Gentlemen, very, Very much 😁

Wow there's way more to dirt than just dirt! Super informative guy.😎👍

What an operation! Thank you for sharing. 👍

This was super interesting! Wonderful video with so much useful information, Thanks!

In my area, chipped Pallets, clay and whatever is laying around becomes the famed Triple Mix. Colour to suit.
Mushroom farms change out their soil but it is very salty I am told. Pore Space!!!! Voids, no nutrient. Take some pails and get some dirt from the bottom of a creek bed/pond banks.