Seasons Garden Center

It is that time of the year when you walk the aisles of your favorite garden center, marveling at all the many types of plants available. I encourage you to just pause for a moment and “think like a plant”.  Consider all the needs of your plant to continue growing and producing abundant flowers or fruit. The performance of all plant material starts with the health of the soil it is planted in.  

Soil amendments modify the condition of our soil.  Specifically in clay-based soils, we can use soil amendments to improve soil aggregation, increase soil porosity and permeability, increase nutrient infiltration and improve root penetration.  

At Seasons Garden Center in Washington Crossing, we offer our clients several types of soil amendments.  Our most popular soil amendment is the Master Nursery Bumper Crop Organic Soil Builder.  This “one stop shop” soil amendment is a tested combination of sphagnum peat to maintain pore space, aged wood fiber, cured compost aged bark, lobster meal to make plants stronger, worm castings to provide activated minerals, kelp meal and dehydrated poultry manure to green up your plants.   

Many seasoned gardeners rely on Coast of Maine’s Quoddy Compost Blend with lobster and crab on their vegetable crops and specifically, use it to prevent Blossom End Rot on their tomato crop.   

We also recommend the Cost of Maine’s Schoodic Mix of Composted Manure Blend.  Sourced from the Schoodic Peninsula in Maine, this mix is composed of composted cow manure, sphagnum peat moss and aged bark. 

Soil amendments should be added to the soil at planting time by digging your hole twice as large as the root ball and creating a 50/50 mix of soil amendment and existing soil to use to back fill the area in the hole around the root ball.  

Your year of abundant flowers and edible crops starts with creating the perfect soil.  Hopefully, you will “think like a plant” and provide your plants with the optimum environment for them to thrive. For more information about Seasons Garden Center, located at 1069 River Rd. in Washington Crossing, call  215-493-4226 or visit https://seasonsgardencenter.com/