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.

If you had weeds in a pot that you were growing indoors, then yes, the
potting soil had not been sterilized. Outdoors however, the air is
full of seeds. The wind can blow them in from several states away.
Most probably the weeds are from something that recently bloomed
nearby.
Janet US

On 3/19/2021 1:00 AM, US Janet wrote:
> On Thu, 18 Mar 2021 23:50:02 -0400, Michael >
> 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.
>
> If you had weeds in a pot that you were growing indoors, then yes, the
> potting soil had not been sterilized. Outdoors however, the air is
> full of seeds. The wind can blow them in from several states away.
> Most probably the weeds are from something that recently bloomed
> nearby.
> Janet US

Indoors

On Fri, 19 Mar 2021 01:17:49 -0400, Michael Trew >
wrote:

>On 3/19/2021 1:00 AM, US Janet wrote:
>> On Thu, 18 Mar 2021 23:50:02 -0400, Michael >
>> 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.
>>
>> If you had weeds in a pot that you were growing indoors, then yes, the
>> potting soil had not been sterilized. Outdoors however, the air is
>> full of seeds. The wind can blow them in from several states away.
>> Most probably the weeds are from something that recently bloomed
>> nearby.
>> Janet US
>
>Indoors

Most weeds are from critter poop, especially birds. Birds eat seeds
and then usually plant those seeds many miles away.

On Fri, 19 Mar 2021 09:13:42 -0400, Sheldon Martin >
wrote:

>On Fri, 19 Mar 2021 01:17:49 -0400, Michael Trew >
>wrote:
>
>>On 3/19/2021 1:00 AM, US Janet wrote:

>>> If you had weeds in a pot that you were growing indoors, then yes, the
>>> potting soil had not been sterilized. Outdoors however, the air is
>>> full of seeds. The wind can blow them in from several states away.
>>> Most probably the weeds are from something that recently bloomed
>>> nearby.
>>> Janet US
>>
>>Indoors
>
>Most weeds are from critter poop, especially birds. Birds eat seeds
>and then usually plant those seeds many miles away.

There are also seeds in horse manure. Are there any wild horses in St
Louis?

--
The real Bruce posts with Eternal September

On Sat, 20 Mar 2021 06:23:23 +1100, Bruce > wrote:

>On Fri, 19 Mar 2021 09:13:42 -0400, Sheldon Martin >
>wrote:
>
>>On Fri, 19 Mar 2021 01:17:49 -0400, Michael Trew >
>>wrote:
>>
>>>On 3/19/2021 1:00 AM, US Janet wrote:
>
>>>> If you had weeds in a pot that you were growing indoors, then yes, the
>>>> potting soil had not been sterilized. Outdoors however, the air is
>>>> full of seeds. The wind can blow them in from several states away.
>>>> Most probably the weeds are from something that recently bloomed
>>>> nearby.
>>>> Janet US
>>>
>>>Indoors
>>
>>Most weeds are from critter poop, especially birds. Birds eat seeds
>>and then usually plant those seeds many miles away.
>
>There are also seeds in horse manure.

Bet you got some of dem seeds up your nose. Right?

John Kuthe, Superior to you...

On 2021 Mar 19, , Bruce wrote
(in >):

> There are also seeds in horse manure. Are there any wild horses in St
> Louis?

I dunno, but Nevada is lousy with the wild nags. I mean first in the nation
lousy with them...infested with them. I always wanted to eat chevaux, but
they´re protected for political reasons and overrunning our state.
There ain´t a mustang among `em.
Fortunately, I have no personal objections to the giant, fecund, habitat
destroying, ambulatory fungi called "wild horses".