So do you all use the same soil for fruits & veggies? Do you fertilize each plant of yours differently?
I'm caring for mom but I'm also trying my hand at a deck garden. But I'm just too tired to buy different kind of soil for my roses, vincas, zucchini, pepper, tomatoes, shisito pepper. So I just have regular Miracle Gro soil for all of them and some organic Mr Earth fertlizer. The roses, peppers, tomatoesare doing well but the zucchinis are tiny and will probably destroy themselves or the squirrel will get them
I don't know how to post this under Gardening as therapy
There is a gardening thread on reddit you might find helpful and inspiring
https://www.reddit.com/r/gardening/new/
And if you used miracle grow I'm sure your soil is fine, you really only need to worry if it seems fit for making bricks 🤣
Also, inlaws live with me and occasionally they will comment "XYZ have a lovely garden with so many vegetables they gave it away" etc while Im struggling to get 3 peppers...
I appreciate your time in replying ...I will head check out the reddit forum
No matter what you are growing they key to container gardening is to keep the soil light, you shouldn't ever be able to form it into solid clods when it is wet, it should still crumble easily. Provide a good amount of organic matter (peat, coconut coir, some manure or ?) and make sure to give plenty of water (containers can dry out fast especially with big plants, one of those moisture meters probes can be helpful) and fertilize often (I tend to forget so I like extended release spikes or granules). There's no need to completely replace the soil every year but I like to mix in some new triple mix and/or manure and use the extras in my ever expanding gardens 😏😄
I will try harder next year..maybe....