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Need to add dirt to garden

Posted on 3/15/25 at 2:08 pm
Posted by TDTOM
Member since Jan 2021
21258 posts
Posted on 3/15/25 at 2:08 pm
I have a 4X8 raised garden. The soil has gotten compacted, and I need to add more. What is the best bagged soil to use? Thanks.
This post was edited on 3/15/25 at 2:09 pm
Posted by LSUfan20005
Member since Sep 2012
9015 posts
Posted on 3/15/25 at 2:27 pm to
Throw tarp on ground.

Add 1/3 peat moss
Add 1/3 mixed composts
Add 1/3 perlit or vermiculite

Mix all that together.
Posted by RetiredSaintsLsuFan
NW Arkansas
Member since Jun 2020
2001 posts
Posted on 3/15/25 at 6:54 pm to
I buy what I catch on sale. This time I got Miracle Grow garden soil on saile at Sam's Club. I added four big bags to my 4x8 raised bed. I fertilized it a few weeks ago with 13-13-13 and stirred it in.
Posted by Bayou
Boudin, LA
Member since Feb 2005
39198 posts
Posted on 3/15/25 at 8:26 pm to
Right now Lowes is running Sta Green garden soil for 3/$10
Posted by cajun3gunner
Member since Mar 2023
139 posts
Posted on 3/16/25 at 10:49 am to
I use 2 parts rose soil to one part compost

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Posted by F73ME
SE LA
Member since May 2018
904 posts
Posted on 3/17/25 at 7:32 am to
Doesn't help you right now but might be useful later.... In the late fall I put all my bush / branch trimmings into a small electric woodchipper and spread the chips in the vegetable garden. Around this time of year, I usually have a lot of oak leaves on the ground. I rake them up and use them as mulch in the garden. Helps keep dirt moist, and plants off the bare dirt. In between plantings I till all this into the soil. All this helps keep the garden fertilized and also replaces any soil that compacts or gets washed away.
Posted by cgrand
HAMMOND
Member since Oct 2009
43500 posts
Posted on 3/17/25 at 7:35 am to
quote:

In between plantings I till all this into the soil.
you don’t really need to do that, tiller tines break up the fungal network you’ve worked so hard to establish. You can just layer and leave it be
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