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The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

Best Soil Mix For Growing Peppers?

The Beet: A Podcast For Plant Lovers

Epic Gardening

Home & Garden, Education, Leisure, How To

4.81.6K Ratings

🗓️ 4 July 2018

⏱️ 5 minutes

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Summary

Today is episode 2 of 8 with Jason of Bohica Pepper Hut, and we're talking about the best soil for peppers. It's not too different from most potting soils, but I figured I'd ask a man who's growing hundreds of peppers commercially for his pro tips! Learn More:  Bohica Pepper Hut  Follow Bohica Pepper Hut on Instagram Keep Growing, Kevin Follow Epic Gardening Everywhere: YouTube Instagram Pinterest Facebook Facebook Group Twitter   Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0

What's going on everyone? Welcome back and today as promised we're back with

0:06.1

Jason of Boheka Pepper Hutten. We're talking about the soil mix for

0:09.7

growing peppers. Is there a specific soil mix that he recommends? And if so, what is it? And really, let's get a little deeper than that and think about why would it be this way? What do peppers need to grow, thrive, and survive that other plants don't or what's the difference

0:25.9

between the two?

0:26.9

Because you know, every plant's a little different.

0:28.6

Some things like a little more moisture, some things can survive in drier soil or different sort of soil

0:34.0

textures so let's go ahead and get into it with Jason.

0:39.8

All right we are back with Jason of Boheka Pepper Hut,

0:43.9

and we are talking now about the soil mix.

0:46.6

So I know I have a few questions on this just myself,

0:49.8

and I know that a lot of people that are listening to this show always have questions about

0:54.4

soil mix and so what are you using because you're doing this on a commercial

0:58.7

scale what is your if you could create the perfect soil mix to grow peppers in what would be your recipe?

1:04.0

Well, that's kind of a loaded question.

1:05.0

Well, that's kind of a loaded question.

1:10.0

A lot of people use a lot of different things you could ask a hundred different people what they use and you get a hundred different answers but

1:17.4

What we like to use is a good

1:20.9

Compost

1:27.1

That's that's kind of the main ingredient. I actually have a local nursery that has a great compost they get. I'm not exactly sure where but they get it. I'm not exactly sure where but they they get it and it's very loose

1:36.7

very rich dark soil and we mix this with topsoil that we buy at Lowe's or Home Depot.

1:47.0

I mean, that's basically the answer right there.

1:51.0

Mix it with some cow manure and we also like mushroom

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