How to Use potting soil in a Sentence

potting soil

noun

• Then find potting soil to fill the bed within an inch of the top.
  — Orlando Sentinel, 4 Mar. 2023
• Line the form with soaked sheet moss and fill it with potting soil and fresh flowers.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 May 2024
• Next, fill the box halfway with potting soil, and add your plants.
  — Miranda Crowell, Better Homes & Gardens, 1 Mar. 2023
• Then harvest the seeds as the pods and open to sow in a container of potting soil.
  — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 15 June 2024
• Fill the frame with potting soil, insert plants still in their soil from six-packs, then work in some moss.
  — Sarah Martens, Better Homes & Gardens, 23 May 2024
• Pots of standard potting soil and sand were used as a control group.
  — Laura Baisas, Popular Science, 1 May 2024
• Recharge the old potting soil with some worm castings and compost, then use it with new plants.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 6 Jan. 2024
• Line a basket with a plastic liner and fill it with potting soil.
  — Katherine Owen, Southern Living, 15 Sep. 2023
• Don't use potting soil or other lightweight soils, which can float to the surface.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 21 Feb. 2024
• Also, if the soil is old in the pot, take care to either replace the soil completely or mix in some fresh potting soil with the old.
  — Rebecca Jones, Southern Living, 24 July 2024
• Your best bet is to mix equal parts sand and potting soil or buy a special succulent mix.
  — Katarina Avendaño, Good Housekeeping, 28 Mar. 2023
• Choose a container with good drainage and fill it with a mixture of potting soil, sand, and perlite.
  — Grace Haynes, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2024
• Gently breaking up the root ball and giving the mum a new home in some fresh potting soil will set your plant up for success.
  — Viveka Neveln, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2023
• Use a ceramic container with a hole in the bottom for drainage and fill it with potting soil.
  — Mary Shannon Wells, Southern Living, 11 Mar. 2024
• Repot and refresh potting soil for plants that have been in their containers for a long time.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 3 June 2023
• Fill a 6-inch or larger container with potting soil, firming the soil to just below the rim.
  — Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 16 July 2024
• Like elsewhere, costs have risen across the board, including costs for delivery and trucking, potting soil and even the wind chimes found in the gift shop.
  — Mae Anderson, Quartz, 19 Mar. 2024
• Within two to four weeks, most of the seeds will have sprouted, at which point they can be removed from the bag and planted in regular potting soil.
  — Joshua Siskin, Orange County Register, 25 May 2024
• Coffee, wet potting soil, red wine, and chocolate syrup were all applied to two carpets in order to conduct the tests.
  — Quincy Bulin, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Jan. 2024
• Instead of regular potting soil, opt for an acidic mix.
  — Kate McGregor, House Beautiful, 19 July 2023
• Inch plant roots easily from stem cuttings stuck in moist potting soil or water.
  — Sheryl Geerts, Better Homes & Gardens, 7 Sep. 2023
• There are a few differences between potting mix and potting soil.
  — Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 May 2024
• Clean containers between crops and add fresh potting soil.
  — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 27 July 2024
• What’s the difference between potting soil and potting mix?
  — Renee Freemon Mulvihill, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 May 2024
• Reutlinger said the earth for each planting was supplemented with enriched potting soil to give nutrients and hold in the moisture.
  — Caron Golden, San Diego Union-Tribune, 18 Feb. 2023
• However, not all soil is made the same, and plants grown in containers with growing media (potting soil) can lose nutrients over time.
  — House Beautiful, 12 May 2023
• Repot and refresh potting soil for longtime potted plants.
  — Nan Sterman, San Diego Union-Tribune, 1 June 2024
• Insert the cut ends an inch or two deep into shallow containers filled with coarse vermiculite, perlite or a loose potting soil.
  — Tom MacCubbin, Orlando Sentinel, 15 June 2024
• Position them alongside entryways, and plant in large decorative pots filled with a great potting soil mix and color plants that will look good for months.
  — Neil Sperry, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 9 Feb. 2024
• Fill it with good-quality potting soil, and add yellow garden pansies and radiant marigolds to give the arrangement bright bursts of color.
  — Southern Living Editors, Southern Living, 14 June 2023

Last Updated: 22 Oct 2024