SOIL FOR LAWN AND GARDEN
Soil trials and plant lab tests led to the development of a signature compost product that is used in all of our topsoil mixes. Growsource compost will return nutrients to your land in a safe, usable form; compost and topsoil mixes from Growsource can help bring inert, barren soil back to life.
TOPSOIL BLEND
Growsource’s topsoil blend is perfect for new lawn installations (sod or seed) and a wide variety of landscaping projects. Whatcom County gardeners and professional landscapers alike love this rich, black soil—it’s fertile, virtually weed-free and stays loose and drainable. This topsoil blend includes Growsource’s signature compost that allows the soil to retain moisture without turning to mud. It has a balanced pH and therefore does not need lime.
For optimal performance, add fertilizer based on the recommendations shared in the text boxes below. Click to open.
FERTILIZER RECOMMENDATIONS (Click to open)
- Before or at planting. Broadcast sulfur coated urea (42-0-0) at a rate of six pounds per 1,000 square feet. This will last approximately 10 weeks. Alternative: Make it easy by broadcasting a slow-release 14-14-14 fertilizer that will last three to four months.
- In late summer or fall. Resupply nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium (15-15-15) at six pounds per 1,000 square feet.
GARDEN BLEND
Flower and vegetable gardeners are big fans of our garden soil. It is a super mix, rich and black. The garden blend soil from Growsource contains a generous portion of compost—screened to provide a fine, workable finished product. The Growsource garden blend soil will make your neighbors wonder what you did to grow such a bountiful garden and beautiful flowers.
For optimal performance, add fertilizer based on the recommendations shared in the text boxes below. Click to open.
FERTILIZER RECOMMENDATIONS (Click to open)
TRADITIONAL
- Before or at planting. Broadcast and incorporate calcium nitrate (15.5-0-0) at nine pounds per 1,000 square feet. Alternative: Make it easy by broadcasting a slow-release 14-14-14 fertilizer that will last three to four months.
- 30 days after planting. Add ammonium sulfate, (21-0-0) applied at five pounds per 1,000 square feet. Repeat every 30 to 45 days on heavier feeding vegetables (tomatoes, peppers, corn) or every 45-60 days on lower feed vegetables (beans, most root crops).
ORGANIC
- Before planting. Broadcast and incorporate five pounds blood meal (12-0-0) and 10 pounds feather meal (12-0-0) per 1,000 square feet.
- Three months after planting. Reapply blood and feather meal using the same ratio.
- Spring and fall. For continued maintenance, use an organic fertilizer blend such as 5-5-5 that would also supplement phosphorus and potassium nutrition.
Growsource delivers soil for lawns and gardens throughout Whatcom County—from five to 20 yards at a time. Call us to order one of the soil blends described above, or pick up smaller loads at our Bellingham landscape yard: 360-318-8554.
