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title: "Do you reuse your soil? Or toss it and start fresh?"
description: "Do you reuse your soil? Or toss it and start fresh?"
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# Do you reuse your soil? Or toss it and start fresh?

_Geplaatst door mx.mcq op 2024-11-07_

Do you reuse your soil? Or toss it and start fresh?

## 6 reacties

### Wolfen 🐺 reageerde op 2024-11-07

Both

#### mx.mcq antwoordde op 2024-11-07

I usually toss it?? Especially if I haven’t repotted in a long long time.

#### Wolfen 🐺 antwoordde op 2024-11-07

It's not necessary. If it's older you can just add amendments like compost any mycology/beneficial bacteria

### Plant Lives Matter reageerde op 2024-11-07

Kinda depends on the situation, how much I care about the plant I’m potting into the used soil, etc. Generally, if the soil has been used for a year or longer, I will pitch it. If the soil smells moldy (you’ll know the smell), I definitely pitch it. But if it’s only a little bit of soil that I used to propagate a plant for short time, I’ll find a way to keep it.

### Hayley reageerde op 2024-11-07

If there's another plant (or the same plant) that I need to replant, I'll try to reuse soil. If not, I throw it into the low spot we have in the back yard 😅

### Anna reageerde op 2024-11-07

I put my used house plant soil on our compost pile and it will get used in the vegetable garden and flower beds outside.

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