On Thu, 18 Mar 2021 23:50:02 -0400, Michael Trew >
wrote:

>On 3/18/2021 12:32 PM, Sheldon Martin wrote:
>> On Thu, 18 Mar 2021 US Janet wrote:
>>>
>>> I originally went to Costco to pick up 4 bags of potting soil for $9
>>> each but they were all sold out. Apparently you need to get to the
>>> store when it first opens to get the potting soil. I guess a lot of
>>> people are getting into gardening these days. Another shipment is at
>>> the warehouse in Salt Lake and should be at the store by today or
>>> tomorrow.
>>> I just phoned Costco and the potting soil is in. Off to Costco!
>>
>> It's very easy to make your own potting soil, better quality and costs
>> less. Buy a bale of peat moss and a bale of sterilized compost. Mix
>> them together as needed and in a proportion you like. Be sure to buy
>> sterilized compost as any weed seeds it contains will have been cooked
>> dead. If you decide to buy Costco's potting soil be certain it's
>> sterilized or you will have a ton of weeds.
>
>I thought that I was nuts when I had weeds growing from pots and I
>suspected it was in the potting soil. I figured a commercial product
>like bagged potting soil would be free seeds and the like... guess not.