Here's the trick I learned with potting soil. I leave it in my pots, but take the plants out in the fall when they have died back. Then I work up the soil well and sit the pots, soil and all in the back of the house all winter long. That way they get the rain and snow an all the nutrients both provide. Then in the Spring I once again work up the soil and if I have any compost from the compost pile I add it as well. Then I plant my plants in that same pot. I've been doing this a couple of years no and each year the soil seem s to get better. Could be the compost I've been adding as well.
If it's in pots, spoon out an inch or two and add new to replace it. I have to do that for my humongous pots. And fertilizer. Follow directions on package
I remove all my annuals, leave the dirt in and put the pots under my deck, pull them out in the spring and sift through them to pick the leaves and debris out , then I always add a little new soil. Never had a problem. For my perennials in pots, they just die away after the first freeze, then I put them all together in a flower bed in back of the house. They bloom again every spring.
Because of the size of some of my pots they stay in place year round. Starting to put the big ones on stands with good dolly wheels. I put all smaller pots against the house for the winter unless they come in the house. In the spring I take at least half of the soil out and mix with new potting soil and peat moss, then plant the seeds or plants. The excess soil that I end up with I put in the veggie garden. I usually leave any leaves, etc. in the pots to break down, but I do remove any tree seeds, etc. to prevent germination in the pot.
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i never replace the soil, but I do mulch the pots in he fall heavily with dried leaves
No, but you do need to use a good fertilizer. I mix 1 T epsom salt to 1 gal water and use on alot of things.
My husband mixes some of the old with the new. He also uses fertilizer in his water a couple times a week. We always have beautiful plants.
Here's the trick I learned with potting soil. I leave it in my pots, but take the plants out in the fall when they have died back. Then I work up the soil well and sit the pots, soil and all in the back of the house all winter long. That way they get the rain and snow an all the nutrients both provide. Then in the Spring I once again work up the soil and if I have any compost from the compost pile I add it as well. Then I plant my plants in that same pot. I've been doing this a couple of years no and each year the soil seem s to get better. Could be the compost I've been adding as well.
I use the old soil in the bottom of the pots and plant in fresh soil.
I always mix in new with the old.
If it's in pots, spoon out an inch or two and add new to replace it. I have to do that for my humongous pots. And fertilizer. Follow directions on package
I remove all my annuals, leave the dirt in and put the pots under my deck, pull them out in the spring and sift through them to pick the leaves and debris out , then I always add a little new soil. Never had a problem. For my perennials in pots, they just die away after the first freeze, then I put them all together in a flower bed in back of the house. They bloom again every spring.
Because of the size of some of my pots they stay in place year round. Starting to put the big ones on stands with good dolly wheels. I put all smaller pots against the house for the winter unless they come in the house. In the spring I take at least half of the soil out and mix with new potting soil and peat moss, then plant the seeds or plants. The excess soil that I end up with I put in the veggie garden. I usually leave any leaves, etc. in the pots to break down, but I do remove any tree seeds, etc. to prevent germination in the pot.