Good stuff. This topic is very good for KZread, did great for me, your take on the issue is nice to see. Good info for sure.

Just had an “oh my” moment when I realized how long my poor ivy in my living room has been in its pot (15 years at least)😳!!! Not sure why I’ve never thought about it, because I change the soil in my garden pots every other year. I should be doing something to help the soil for my indoor plants too 🌿

As a new gardener I learn so much from you. Glad to know I can incorporate my last year’s soil with some new amended soil.

I used all of my container soil in my 4x4 raised beds as they needed more soil this spring. I also added a bag of mushroom compost and lightly mixed in the top portion. So far 2 of the beds are planted. Potatoes in one and tomatoes in the other. So far they are looking super!

Ty for the always great info . I pile my container soil in a corner and revitalize it by using the old soil at 50 percent , and peat moss and compost the other 50 percent and then add the soil amendments as I go.

I know you don't want to hear this because you don't like compost tea, but I was an indoor container gardener for many years. You mentioned wetting the soil before improving it. Use compost tea to wet the soil, and you will not need as much fertilizer. Additionally, if you have dirt (100% dead soil), throw it in your compost bin. It'll be revitalized in about 3 or 4 months. Definitely a peach tree.

I watched this video at the perfect time! I learned a lot and also confirmed that I did some things right, like refreshing my greenstalk. Now, I feel confident moving forward on my potted annuals. Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge.

Great content as always @Gardener Scott. 👍

Thanks for sharing, very informative

Great timing for this video. I have several old pots with dirt that I was going to dump. Now I will reuse.

This video is what I needed to repurpose my container and raised bed soil....thank you

Hey Scott! Love your videos! One way to keep your back safe is dont hold heavy objects and over stretch it away from center of your body when lifting or placing it down. Dont mean to sound annoying , just caught my eye when you mentioned your back.

We use a cement mixer to remix the soil from our potato bags! We add new compost and peat moss and put the extra into flower or veggie beds. Hard work but it's been very successful so far!

Great information! I never have enough planting soil so yes I do reuse my soil.

I have been doing exactly as you described. Glad to see I am doing something right.

I'm going to be doing that this week... Thank You Gardener Scott

You should do a compost sifter DIY for that old potting soil. I live my the ocean. You can layer oil soil with seaweed and turn it into compost. I love it. I use giant bull Kelp for Hugelkulture too. They're like logs. Then they have long fronds. I found a bunch of specimens on the beach of different kinds of seaweed. I took a bunch of pictures. I'm gonna make seaweed tea with it and use it for my biochar I haven't inoculated yet. Maybe I'll bubble the seaweed tea too... Hmm.. I wonder. I have a recipe somewhere for the inoculant. Living Webb farms.

So very helpful, thanks so much for your videos!!

I found the Green Stalk vertical planter on a Black Friday/ Cyber Monday sale. They should be here later this week or early next week. I'm really excited to have it for spring.

Excellent content, thank you for sharing!