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    What is the best mix to use starting a small back yard garden? I tried to get one going the last couple of years but with limited success. Plants seem to grow ok but don’t produce much. Could also be a pollination problem I guess. I dug all of the old dirt out this afternoon to start over.


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    Dixie mix. Might be pricey though, I haven’t priced it in years. A place on Farrow rd. was selling it.

    I just did a raised bed in the back yard and mixed topsoil, composted manure, sand, and peat moss.


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    If Feet’s doesn’t carry it,there is a place on Augusta rd in West Cola that has it.
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    Super sod carries the big burlap totes. The kind a lift picks up

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    Dog food center in South Congaree had some good top soil last year. Haven't looked at it lately.
    I'll be there one day this week and check it out, I need some to start some grape Vines.
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    Dixie mix. I worked for them for years when they first developed it. I have used it for years in top dressing raise beds etc. Wiley's bought it from Dixie and makes it now. If you get it try to get it when we haven't had alot of rain. Try to get a fresh batch. I don't give a damn what would you try to grow a tomato in it won't out do the Dixie mix.
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    Besides being the resident plumber, I think Turbo is our recreation backyard gardener as well.

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    If vegetative growth was good, the soil is good enough. Did you add any ferts to it??
    The mix was probably just heavy in nitrogen (manures). Don't discard what you bought just to buy other. Test it. Then amend with the real pros suggestion.

    Also it helps to know what crops you are trying to produce. Good veg growth sounds perfect for quick young collards, kale, or salad greens. Also corn uses a lot of N... just some ideas for making lemonade from lemon dirt.
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    Stout Ollie is good to for maters and the rest of the goodies.
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    Stout Ollie’s is owned by a great guy.
    Grew up with him and they’ve really done well with it.

    It’s all made right in Elloree with (among other ingredients) cotton trash from the Elloree Gin.

    Stop by the old Elloree Elementary school and check em out. They bought the school when it was closed down and turned it into the compost factory.

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    Get a soil test done. You may have good dirt but until you test it, you don't know what you have.
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    Quote Originally Posted by FEETDOWN View Post
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