every freaking tutorial on line wants me to buy rice hulls, peat moss, coconut whatever, vermiculite , perlite,sawdust etcthe point of gardening at home is to save freaking money rightthere is no place in my country were I can buy those perlite and vermiculite stuff, I dont even know what is their translation in my language.is there a way I can make a rich potting soil from backyard soil and compost pit alone.Please help me make potting soil with just materials from my backyard
You can also use a coarse grain sand, crushed lava rock, polystyrene or pea gravel for porosity in place of perlite. They won't provide the water holding capabilities perlite does but will help your mix not compact as easily as without any amendments. Although it will make your potting mix rather heavy vs. a soil-less peat and perlite mix
It might disengrate in the water
no because people are always making repairs on it and looking out for weak parts of it.
Actually, most hardware stores will have all that stuff. But yeah, you can totally use soil from your yard and compost for most things, especially outdoor things. But for indoor plants I like to mix regular soil with perlite (perlite just being white puffy rocks) and some kind of bark, both of which are really cheap just a couple dollars a bag, seriously. And it helps a ton, because without it, the soil just stays wet too long and gets compacted and stuff. The plants really do end up having better health with the chunkier soil. So it's worth it to spend a couple dollars here and there, but you don't have to go all-out like the tutorials want you to.
Back yard soil and good compost should do the trick.Add some earth worms if possible and used coffee grounds
