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Tomato Dirt #331: How to make your own potting mix (and save money)
March 20, 2025

Tomato Dirt Newsletter
Volume 15, Number 6

Dear Tomato Dirt reader,

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FEATURE: How to Make Your Own Potting Mix (and Save Money)


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It may surprise you to learn you can make your own potting mix for growing tomatoes for less money than the cost of buying a commercial potting mix …

… and your homemade potting mix can be better for your tomato plants than what you buy at the home improvement store.

Plus, you can put together your potting mix any time of year even before planting season, while you’re waiting for spring to come.

Potting mix and seed starting mix have slightly different ingredients.

That’s because they have different tasks.

Potting mix will become "home" to your new tomato plants. As such, it needs to be …

(Keep reading …)


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Tomato Growing Tip: When you make your own potting mix ...


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More about Potting Mix and Potting Soil

Potting Mix vs Potting Soil: Which Should You Use? Growing Tomatoes from Seeds: What Potting Mix Should I Use? Review: Pro-Mix Seed Starting Mix for Tomatoes Review: Coco Coir for Starting and Growing Tomato Seeds

That’s it for now. More next time.

Until then, happy gardening!




Kathy with Tomato Dirt
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