Compost and wood chips make an excellent team when it comes to creating a potting mix. Compost adds essential nutrients and ...

Use the potting mix as a topdressing over the disturbed soil. • Bare-rooting container plants is a more successful transplanting technique, root flaws can be corrected and container medium removed.

You’ve probably seen little chips of black bark in your potting mix at home. These largely inert, resilient chips of wood maintain structure, meaning water and air can flow freely throughout a pot.

Marianne C. Ophardt is a horticulturist for the Washington State University Extension and writes a garden column for the Tri-City Herald. She talks about the fire danger of potting mixes.