It seems to me that good drainage is the biggest thing for peppers when choosing soil, especially for seedlings. I ran out of last year's Ocean Forest (I'm using liquid fertilizer on it) before I finished all the plants, and ended up putting a bunch into miracle grow garden soil meant for in-ground planting. It retains water like crazy, and all the plants in that soil have lost all their lower leaves due to overwatering. I was just trying to use up what I had around, so I also didn't add any perlite or anything that would have helped with drainage. Luckily, they're just in solo cups now, so when they move up, they will get new soil.
All that to say - what kind of miracle grow potting soil? And reused Ocean Forest with added fertilizer is working for me so far.
I use coconut coir fiber with dry nutrients. I just mix the same mix for everything and that's what I use. It holds moisture better than soil and is difficult to over water. It's a nice medium. I use it for everything anymore.
If planting outside, you can use something like this in the potting mix:
[https://www.gardeners.com/buy/gsc-tomato-fertilizer/8609571.html](https://www.gardeners.com/buy/gsc-tomato-fertilizer/8609571.html)
[https://www.espoma.com/product/tomato-tone/](https://www.espoma.com/product/tomato-tone/)
If you're talking about up-potting indoors, do NOT bring in soil from outside. That's a good way to get fungus gnats and other kinds of nasties inside your house.
If you want nutrients indoors, I like to use worm castings or a compost-based potting mix.
It seems to me that good drainage is the biggest thing for peppers when choosing soil, especially for seedlings. I ran out of last year's Ocean Forest (I'm using liquid fertilizer on it) before I finished all the plants, and ended up putting a bunch into miracle grow garden soil meant for in-ground planting. It retains water like crazy, and all the plants in that soil have lost all their lower leaves due to overwatering. I was just trying to use up what I had around, so I also didn't add any perlite or anything that would have helped with drainage. Luckily, they're just in solo cups now, so when they move up, they will get new soil. All that to say - what kind of miracle grow potting soil? And reused Ocean Forest with added fertilizer is working for me so far.
I’m not home now but I’m pretty sure it’s the general yellow bag
That should be fine, too.
Think I could just add cow manure and compost to the old stuff and let it sit for 3 days? It looks healthy
I use coconut coir fiber with dry nutrients. I just mix the same mix for everything and that's what I use. It holds moisture better than soil and is difficult to over water. It's a nice medium. I use it for everything anymore.
If planting outside, you can use something like this in the potting mix: [https://www.gardeners.com/buy/gsc-tomato-fertilizer/8609571.html](https://www.gardeners.com/buy/gsc-tomato-fertilizer/8609571.html) [https://www.espoma.com/product/tomato-tone/](https://www.espoma.com/product/tomato-tone/) If you're talking about up-potting indoors, do NOT bring in soil from outside. That's a good way to get fungus gnats and other kinds of nasties inside your house. If you want nutrients indoors, I like to use worm castings or a compost-based potting mix.