Soil in Sactown??

Anybody here from sacramento? Hows the soil here? Any good? Or need to dig bigger holes? Never tried in the ground here.

Fill the holes with your own soil. You can mix some up or use store bought soil. There are quite a few recipes floating around the net.

Sactown is a big area and the soil isn't the same everywhere. I'm about an hour north of sac and we have great soil, but I still dig large holes and fill the bottom half with part compost, part potting soil, and part native soil, then fill the top half of the hole with good potting soil. I use masters pride pro potting soil, and bumper crop compost and soil conditioner.

MjMama said:

Sactown is a big area and the soil isn't the same everywhere. I'm about an hour north of sac and we have great soil, but I still dig large holes and fill the bottom half with part compost, part potting soil, and part native soil, then fill the top half of the hole with good potting soil. I use masters pride pro potting soil, and bumper crop compost and soil conditioner.

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I haven't had the same success using masters pride/bumper crop as I have had using FFOC/Kellogs Compost but I like the price more and might have to go that route again this year.

Do you use your chlorinated tap water? I'm wondering because your herb from your thread last year was looking great.

I am using Kellogs Patio Plus.

angryblackman said:

I am using Kellogs Patio Plus.

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I honestly feel kellogs patio plus is just as good as fox farm ocean forest. It's just 1/3rd the price which is AWESOME

I live in Sactown and the city sewer main runs through my backyard and the soil is great!

KushXOJ said:

I honestly feel kellogs patio plus is just as good as fox farm ocean forest. It's just 1/3rd the price which is AWESOME

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I have DD to thank for that.

hmoob said:

Anybody here from sacramento? Hows the soil here? Any good? Or need to dig bigger holes? Never tried in the ground here.

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it depends what part, but also whats been done on your property. In Rio Linda my yard had fine sweet loamy soil, on top. 2 inches down and my whole yard was rocks, clay, concrete rubble, discarded cut end framing timber chunks and chalky clumps of decomposing plastics. The entire subdivision was used as a makeshift landfill to dispose of construction waste, and raise the grade level. 2 miles east i had awesome river bottom soil with a good mix of sand and loam. then, 1 mile NW, just rocks. Lots of sacramento got scavenged for topsoil when they built the agricultural islands, so your results will vary. Just a few miles north, in rocklin, and antelope, the soil is overall pretty good, but once you get out to lincoln, and camp far west, the soil is fabulous, if slightly rocky