I Need Dirt

A coworker gave me a snippet of his office plant. I put it in a cup with water and it has roots. I want to pot it. The garden stores only seem to have big bags. I need a few handfuls. I take the train to work.

Any suggestions?

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton

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the dollar store has a small bag of soil for a dollar.

Thanks adobe!! I always forget about the dollar store.

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton

Dirt is free, Soil, you pay for.

I used to work in the plant industry.

Oh, at first glance at your title heading, I thought you meant, I need dirt on someone. Ha-ha.

catgranny, I was being a bit DavePi-ish!

FrugalCat, I don't have a green thumb, so when my philodendron clipping grew a big root, I got excited. I bought the pot a few weeks ago, but everyplace I looked either sold big bags of soil (thank you for the clarification) or wanted an astronomical amount of money for organic soil. I thought about digging up the park, neighbor's yard, etc., where the free stuff is, but figured I would ask here. adobe gave me the perfect answer.

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton

Yeah, you don't want regular dirt...might be insect eggs and weed seeds in it, and possible toxins, yuk. I too remember seeing small bags of soil at Dollar Tree.

Not so sure that dirt is free either. The bank holds a hefty mortgage on my pile of "dirt" -- LOL!

"We're just two lost souls swimming in a fish bowl -- year after year..."

My first thought was dog poo.

@JASFLALMT wrote:

Yeah, you don't want regular dirt...might be insect eggs and weed seeds in it, and possible toxins, yuk. I too remember seeing small bags of soil at Dollar Tree.

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton

I buy dirt from .99 store and mix coffee grinds in with it, flowers blooming, best blooms yet.

Live consciously....

I buy dirt from .99 store and mix coffee grinds in with it, flowers blooming, best blooms yet.

Live consciously....

@HonnyBrown wrote:

My first thought was dog poo.

That's organic fertilizer.

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Honny, you can go to places like Aldi's or Ace Hardware and purchase potting soil for something ridiculously low in price. The larger stores such as Home Depot or Lowe's will have them higher. While Aldi's is a grocery store, you'd be surprised at what they have in the sections that are located within the middle of the store.

I love Aldi's. That is where I bought my mattress, in the middle aisle! They would only have soil if it was a weekly special.

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton

Thanks for the tip! Are the grounds fresh or used?

@Irene_L.A. wrote:

I buy dirt from .99 store and mix coffee grinds in with it, flowers blooming, best blooms yet.

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton

True, but I would be transporting it to work on the train.

@LisaSTL wrote:

@HonnyBrown wrote:

My first thought was dog poo.

That's organic fertilizer.

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton

@HonnyBrown wrote:

Thanks for the tip! Are the grounds fresh or used?

@Irene_L.A. wrote:

I buy dirt from .99 store and mix coffee grinds in with it, flowers blooming, best blooms yet.

The grounds are right after I make my fresh coffee (used).
The plummer said not to put coffee grounds down the disposal, so I found a new use, and it works.

Live consciously....

Thanks Irene. I use k-cups at work. I can use the grounds as fertilizer. How often do you use them?

When I worked in Monrovia, a sewer inspector cam to the plant trying to trace coffee grounds in the sewer lines.

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton

I use them every morning after making coffee, and then watering potted plants, mine are not put in the ground.

Live consciously....

I put the used coffee grinds in front yard and sometimes in my backyard. I've got fruit trees in the back yard and it helps them. My grown kids informed me that when we had the kitchen pipes cleared by a plumber, the plumber explained not to put egg shells or coffee grinds through the garbage disposal since the egg shells will damage the pipes or the coffee grinds will clog up the drain pipes. Now then, what is the point of having the garbage disposal if you can't put egg shells, coffee grinds or parts of fruits/veggies that we cant' consume?

catgranny, I think it's very small items that are already ground up. They do more harm than good, I guess. Nothing has to go to waste. There is always a way to reuse something. The items you named would make great compost.

"I told myself to quit you; but I don't listen to drunks." -Chris Stapleton

@catgrannyof5 wrote:

Oh, at first glance at your title heading, I thought you meant, I need dirt on someone. Ha-ha.

Me, too! And boy do I have a bgriff story!!

"Let me offer you my definition of social justice: I keep what I earn and you keep what you earn. Do you disagree? Well then tell me how much of what I earn belongs to you - and why?” ~Walter Williams

Really, now I'm curious.....

Live consciously....

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