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    Quote Originally Posted by Common View Post
    Florida has soil issues in certain areas, too much sand and many things dont grow well.
    A good friend has literally dozens of pot plants of various vegetables. WHy pots ? you control the soil and nutrients for each type of veggie.

    I am one happy recipient of these veggies and trust me they are better than anything in the store.
    He grows various peppers and his wife jars them so we have them all year round.

    He tells me its easier than a garden and the pots are reused year to year. In fla you are growing something all year round.
    Thankfully, our drought is breaking, the longer it last, the worse the sand gets, we even had sand storm, that stung my skin as I rode down the road at 10 MPH. You can plant in the ground but you got to add soil to the hole.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Common View Post
    Florida has soil issues in certain areas, too much sand and many things dont grow well.
    A good friend has literally dozens of pot plants of various vegetables. WHy pots ? you control the soil and nutrients for each type of veggie.

    I am one happy recipient of these veggies and trust me they are better than anything in the store.
    He grows various peppers and his wife jars them so we have them all year round.

    He tells me its easier than a garden and the pots are reused year to year. In fla you are growing something all year round.
    I also grow plants in buckets sometimes transplanting them into the main garden as they grow, in fact that's part of what I did today.
    However, I would suggest that you don't post that your neighbor has "dozens of pot plants" . LOL

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    Quote Originally Posted by resister View Post
    Thankfully, our drought is breaking, the longer it last, the worse the sand gets, we even had sand storm, that stung my skin as I rode down the road at 10 MPH. You can plant in the ground but you got to add soil to the hole.
    IIRC you have said you spend a lot of time around swamps. Bring buckets of that soil home and mix it with the sugar sand. Swamp soil is very fertile. Also keep a composter so that you can make your own soil from discarded vegetable matter. It would help offset the amount of soil that you would have to buy to start a garden. Root vegetables like a sandy soil so without a huge amount of soil amendment you could grow potatoes, carrots, turnips, parsnips as well as other plants like lettuce, strawberries, peppers, corn, squash, zucchini, collard greens and tomatoes which are grown commercially in sandy soils.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Who View Post
    IIRC you have said you spend a lot of time around swamps. Bring buckets of that soil home and mix it with the sugar sand. Swamp soil is very fertile. Also keep a composter so that you can make your own soil from discarded vegetable matter. It would help offset the amount of soil that you would have to buy to start a garden. Root vegetables like a sandy soil so without a huge amount of soil amendment you could grow potatoes, carrots, turnips, parsnips as well as other plants like lettuce, strawberries, peppers, corn, squash, zucchini, collard greens and tomatoes which are grown commercially in sandy soils.
    Compost is important in the square foot gardening plan as well.

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    Quote Originally Posted by resister View Post
    Need to get off my ass and plant one, I have a huge area of yard that gets sun all day, problem is, I would need to import soil. Dig about 6 inches down and hit pure sugar sand, even weeds have a hard time.
    Couldn't you just transplant top soil from close by?
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ethereal View Post
    Couldn't you just transplant top soil from close by?
    If you know where to find real peat that would be wonderful in the garden and it's a bit expensive to buy, but you can but it at most home and garden centers

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    Quote Originally Posted by Dr. Who View Post
    IIRC you have said you spend a lot of time around swamps. Bring buckets of that soil home and mix it with the sugar sand. Swamp soil is very fertile. Also keep a composter so that you can make your own soil from discarded vegetable matter. It would help offset the amount of soil that you would have to buy to start a garden. Root vegetables like a sandy soil so without a huge amount of soil amendment you could grow potatoes, carrots, turnips, parsnips as well as other plants like lettuce, strawberries, peppers, corn, squash, zucchini, collard greens and tomatoes which are grown commercially in sandy soils.
    That is a good idea, might have to adjust the PH though, I think it is very acidic.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Ethereal View Post
    Couldn't you just transplant top soil from close by?
    Like from another state? It is all pretty similar.
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    We've had some hot days and then some rain and the garden is strting to take off.

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    Quote Originally Posted by donttread View Post
    We've had some hot days and then some rain and the garden is strting to take off.
    Mine is too but this is my first year so it's more of an experiment this time around. Learned one lesson so far: I don't need more than 4 or 5 herbs. I planted 5 basil plants, 2 Italian parsley, 1 thyme and 2 oregano. Now I've got too much and I'm trying to figure out different ways of using them. I have 2 jalapeno plants and 2 serrano pepper plants. They are just starting to flower. Looking forward to that harvest. I'm going to make chili for sure. That's it so far but I have another 6 square feet so I may pick up some more seedlings from Ace Hardware tomorrow.

    After the peppers are harvested I am going to plant a Fall crop of kale and turnip greens.
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