And I thought..

[Butcher]

I knew dirt. Linda wanted a bag of potting soil to transplant bedding plants. Had to be a certain kind tho. Label reads like a chemistry test.



Oh well, if it makes her happy. 

[kevinj54]

The key here seems to be "professional growers"

[RedDave]

Youngest Daughter wants me to haul a load of some special topsoil for her garden.  But the local place that sells it was out of it the day she wanted it.  It's called "Prima Soil" and it's a mixture of cow manure, horse manure and feed waste. I'd never heard of it before.

I asked her if she wanted to substitute plain old screened topsoil. NO. She only wants this Prima Soil for some reason.

Now she has a degree in Plant Biology and I'm just a dumb old farm boy and I always thought manure was great for the soil, but it needs to be mixed with some dirt to be effective. I don't know what she has in mind, but I'll just haul her Prima Soil and hope she knows what she's doing.

The things I do for my kids.

[billinohio]

My neighbor is buying some “special” potting soil for his potted pot plants. It ain’t cheap, either.

[Erstwhile]

... probably better get a new sterile shovel too. 😇

[olfolks]

If left to their own the horse weeds in the old bull pen will reach 10-12 feet high, there is lots or BS in the soil there but no feed that I am aware of

[RedDave]

I looked on their website and it claims that Prima-Soil is "45% cow manure, 45% horse manure and 10% food and feed waste."

Now, I went to school for electronics and worked for a company that made electricity so I don't claim great knowledge in such matters, but I was under the impression that manure WAS the waste from food and feed.

I probably ought to just haul it and not ask too many questions.

[olfolks]

Some times it’s best to just draw your own conclusions !!

[Erstwhile]

The working pens that were not used for any full time purposes were always a literal jungle when you put the first herd in them come the Spring.  Head high growth and you were on horse.  " Son, run on ahead and get the chute gates open. ". 😒😒

[billinohio]

I would assume this stuff has been composted?
My idea of composting involves mixing ingredients in a certain ration of carbon and nitrogen, watering it down and fluffing it up often to allow the aerobic bacteria to digest it. The stuff comes out with a fairly pleasant aroma.
The neighbor had a different way of doing it. He piled it up with a track hoe and more or less packed it. It came out smelling like fresh cat manure, and all the cidiot new neighbors complained and the EPA shut him down. They hauled semi loads out every day for months to try to beat their deadline. He isn’t allowed to sell it, but can give it away and charge for spreading it.
It does not seem to be very beneficial, but, compaction from spreading it on wet ground could be a big part of that problem.
He also had to have a retention pond to catch the runoff juices, and he could drag a hose and inject it, probably a half mile away. He REALLY got compaction from that act.
The idea was to not use chemical fertilizer. His crops were not very good……

[RedDave]

I hauled it.  It was dry and granular. It must have been composted because it didn't really smell like much of anything.  I think there was more in it besides cow manure and horse manure.

It's what she wanted, it's what she got. I got my job done.