by Jorge Cervantes
Soilless Mixes
Soilless mixes are popular, inexpensive, light-weight, inert, and sterile growing mediums. Premixed commercial soilless mixes are an excellent value. They retain moisture and air while allowing god drainage, strong root penetration, and even growth. Fertilizer concentration, moisture level, and pH are very easy to control. Unless fortified with nutrient, soilless mixes contain no nutrients and are pH balanced near 6.0 to 7.0.