Looking for the best of the best container potting soil for the best of the best fruit and vegetable yields? There’s only 1 container potting soil that has the BEST organic ingredients to give your fruits and vegetables the BEST start of the season when growing in containers (preferably eco friendly plant grow bags).
The best organic container potting soil is FoxFarm Ocean Forest (This post may contain affiliate links. Read our Affiliate Disclosure here.).
Why is FoxFarm Ocean Forest potting soil the best to use?
As an experienced gardener, I used to amend potting soil when growing fruits and vegetables in containers with these amendments:
- Worm castings
- Bone Meal
- Pearlite
- Peat Moss
- Compost
I would have to buy all of those items separately and mix it with potting soil to see better results with the fruit or vegetable plant in the container. This method still works very well, but, after years of gardening, I try to reduce my garden work and the mess as much as possible.
FoxFarm Ocean Forest potting mix contains everything I use to amend regular potting soil so I don’t have to combine anything extra.
Here’s what FosFarm Ocean Forest puts in their potting soil to make it the BEST:
- Earthworm Castings
- Bat Guano
- Sea-going fish and crab meal
- Composted forest humus
- Sandy Loam
- Sphagnum peat moss
- Pearlite
As you can see, this potting soil has everything I amend with as an experienced gardener and more. We call this the All-in-one potting soil.
The earthworm castings along with bat guano provide an adequate amount of nitrogen for plants, fish and crab meal provide phosphorus, and the rest of the ingredients provide a rich organic medium with added micronutrients, optimal pH and good drainage (while retaining the right amount of moisture).
I personally have never seen any fungus gnats come with this soil which is very common when buying other potting soils.
FoxFarm’s is also decently priced for a luxury potting soil. You can see their price here at Amazon and compare its competitors.
A close competitor is Black Gold potting soil. Black gold is a very close second but it does not contain the bat guano or the fish and crab meal. The price is very comparable to FoxFarm but you get more with FoxFarm.
If I chose Black gold over FoxFarms, I would amend with bone meal and add a bit more nitrogen fertilizer for my heavy feeders like banana plants.
Save time and money with the best of the best organic potting soil. FoxFarm’s is the way to go!
The New Health Cycle 
I got some Just Natural Organic this year for $8. It had a lot of big sticks, a few rocks, and a lot of gnats. I screen all dirt b4 using, but the gnats are very annoying.
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Can’t go cheap with potting soil. Do you need help with the gnats? I have this article to help if you need it: https://thenewhealthcycle.com/2018/07/09/the-ultimate-4-step-method-to-kill-indoor-fungus-gnats-for-good/
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I have recently bought this FoxFarm Ocean Forest Soil. Is it necessary to buy the FoxFarm Happy Frog or FoxFarm Strawberry Fields Soil?
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It depends on what you’re wanting to grow and your environment. They’re all good soils with quality ingredients. I do hear often that people like to mix the happy frog with the ocean forest because the ocean forest has more nutrients such as fish and crab meal and the happy frog contains microbes and fungus that supports stronger root development. If you need both of those benefits then get both. If you think your plants roots will be just fine in the container and want more nutrients first, just the ocean forest will do. Then the strawberry fields most likely has a lower nitrogen content and more phosphorus to encourage blooms. There’s also coco coir to keep the soil more moist. Each soil will eventually need additional fertilizer. These just offer the best start for container growing. What are you planning to grow with your newly bought ocean forest soil? I don’t think the mycorrhizae is so important for container growing in my opinion. I use that on my outside plants in the ground so they can handle more windy weather. Using grow bags encourages a good root system for container growing also.
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