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In Today\u2019s post we will look into the best potting mix or the\npotting soil recipe for indoor container gardening. The various ingredients\nused and the function of each will be explained with simple concepts.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Urban gardening or small-space gardening in containers is on\nthe rise! And the number of people growing plants indoors is also on the rise.\nThe most important aspect of container gardening is the potting medium used,\nbecause this, along with light and moisture will be the most important factor\nto help your plants grow healthier and disease free.
\nI never use the commercial potting mixes available, which are infact too expensive.\nI rather prefer to make my own homemade potting mix recipe for both my indoor\nand outdoor plants<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Now, lets start looking at the ingredients we use to prepare\nour indoor soil mix, one by one. We will list out the formula or the recipe\nwith the proportions of each ingredient used, shortly. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

  1. Garden\nSoil:<\/strong> This forms the major component of an outdoor potting soil recipe\nbecause one of its major functions is plant anchorage which is very important\nfor outdoor plants which can easily knocked down by strong winds. We will use\ngarden soil in our indoor potting mix too but in smaller quantity.<\/li>
  2. Cocopeat\nor Peat Moss:<\/strong> I prefer cocopeat because its easily available and inexpensive\nand has a neutral PH. Plus mixing this with garden soil removes the compactness\nof garden soil and makes it well draining. This forms the major ingredient of\nour indoor potting mix. Its available as a compact brick or in powdered form. The\ncoco peat brick can be easily reconstituted into cocopeat powder by mixing it\nin water. One brick of about 5 kgs will give you a large volume of upto 75\nliters of cocopeat powder.<\/li>
  3. Compost:<\/strong>\nlike vermicompost or decomposed cowdung or horse dung powder or both. Compost\nmanure is an essential component of any potting mix to provide the major and\nminor plants nutrients like the NPK \u2013 nitrogen phosphorous and potassium along\nwith the trace elements. We have already discussed this in our previous episode\non the basics of indoor gardening.<\/li>
  4. Neem Cake\nPowder: <\/strong>This is optional. But adding this will take care of any fungus and\nharmful bacterial growths and protects your plants.<\/li>
  5. Bone Meal\nPowder:<\/strong> This is again optional but very useful if you are growing\nvegetables or flowering plants indoors under grow lights. This will induce\nflowering and fruiting if mixed in potting soil.<\/li>
  6. Perlite,\nVermiculite or Pumice:<\/strong> All these serve the same purpose of making a well\ndraining potting mix plus adding a good aeration system for roots.  Among these Vermiculite should be cautiously\nused, because it holds lot of moisture and can rot you plants especially\nsucculents. Vermiculite can be used for water loving plants like lucky bamboo\nand others. Pumice and Perlite are the best options. Among these two, the main drawback\nof Perlite is it gets crushed into powder if you use it along with too much garden\nsoil and in this case pumice is the best if available. Garden Pumice or\nhorticultural pumice is available in various grades or sizes and it does not\nget crushed unlike perlite. You can find the links to purchase these items online\nin the description below.  <\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n

    Now quickly, before the formula\nor recipe, lets know the difference between Potting Mix and Potting Soil.\nPotting Mix is simply a mixture of all the above ingredients minus the garden\nsoil. That\u2019s means it is a soil less medium. On the other hand, Its called\nPotting soil when you use garden soil in the mixture. That\u2019s simple! But most\noften these two terms are used synonymously.
    \nWell, here in this recipe, considering the importance of plant anchorage, we\nwill use garden soil too but in small quantity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    Now lets look into the actual\nrecipe of this indoor potting soil.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

    • Cocopeat forms about 40 to 50 percent of this\nmix.<\/li>
    • Garden soil about 10 or 20 percent.<\/li>
    • Perlite or Pumice or both about 20 percent<\/li>
    • Compost like vermicompost or Cow dung compost or\na mixture of both 20 percent depending on what you want to grow. For veggies\nand flowering plants, you can increase this to 30 percent. For ornamental\nplants 10 to 20 percent is sufficient. This can also be added later on to the\ntop layer of the soil \u2013 a handful of it per container once or twice in a month.<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n

      Optionally you can add 5 percent bone meal plus neem cake powder. <\/p>\n\n\n\n



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