SOIL FOR LAWN AND GARDEN
GARDEN BLEND
Flower and vegetable gardeners are big fans of our garden soil. It is a super mix, rich and black. The garden blend soil from Growsource contains a generous portion of compost—screened to provide a fine, workable finished product. The Growsource garden blend soil will make your neighbors wonder what you did to grow such a bountiful garden and beautiful flowers.
Garden Blend Soil: a premium soil product used to grow vegetables and flowers
Regular analysis of our soil blends helps Growsource maintain consistency and high standards.
The following are the results of a soil analysis completed by Waypoint Analytical—the largest agricultural laboratory in the U.S. The analysis is presented along with recommended soil amendments.
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Growsource’s Garden Blend soil is a well amended soil with about 16% organic matter by weight. The initial chemistry is excellent with the exception of low nitrogen and slightly low sulfur. Soil pH is near neutral which is favorable for most vegetables. Soluble salts are favorably low. Sodium is well balanced by calcium and magnesium. Potassium is amply supplied and will not be required for months. Manganese and iron are slightly, but not critically, low. Phosphorus is at an ideal level.
Soil maintenance recommendations:
TRADITIONAL
- Before or at planting. Broadcast and incorporate calcium nitrate (15.5-0-0) at nine pounds per 1,000 square feet.
- 30 days after planting. Add ammonium sulfate, (21-0-0) applied at five pounds per 1,000 square feet. Repeat every 30 to 45 days on heavier feeding vegetables (tomatoes, peppers, corn) or every 45-60 days on lower feed vegetables (beans, most root crops).
- In the fall. Resupply nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium (15-15-15) at six lbs. per 1,000 square feet.
ORGANIC
- Before planting. Broadcast and incorporate five pounds blood meal (12-0-0) and 10 pounds feather meal (12-0-0) per 1,000 square feet.
- Three months after planting. Reapply blood and feather meal using the same ratio.
- Spring and fall. For continued maintenance, use an organic fertilizer blend such as 5-5-5 that would also supplement phosphorus and potassium nutrition.
TOPSOIL BLEND
Growsource’s topsoil blend is perfect for new lawn installations (sod or seed) and a wide variety of landscaping projects. Whatcom County gardeners and professional landscapers alike love this rich, black soil—it’s fertile, virtually weed-free and stays loose and drainable. This topsoil blend includes Growsource’s signature compost that allows the soil to retain moisture without turning to mud. It has a balanced pH and therefore does not need lime.
Topsoil Blend Soil: soil for installing turf or newly-seeded lawns
Regular analysis of our soil blends helps Growsource maintain consistency and high standards.
The following are the results of a soil analysis completed by Waypoint Analytical—the largest agricultural laboratory in the U.S. The analysis is presented along with recommended soil amendments.
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The analysis of Growsource’s Topsoil Blend soil shows that all major and minor elements are well supplied and balanced with the exception of nitrogen, which is low.
Soil maintenance recommendations:
- Before or at planting. Broadcast sulfur coated urea (42-0-0) at a rate of six pounds per 1,000 square feet. This will last approximately 10 weeks.
- In late summer or fall. Resupply nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium (15-15-15) at six pounds per 1,000 square feet.
Growsource delivers soil for lawns and gardens throughout Whatcom County—from five to 20 yards at a time. Call us to order one of the soil blends described above, or pick up smaller loads at our Bellingham landscape yard: 360-318-8554.
