Adjusting LivingSoil™

Welcome to the LivingSoil™ Plant Guide—your essential resource for tailoring our versatile soil blend to meet the needs of a wide range of plants. This guide highlights the most common plant species and provides easy-to-follow adjustments to ensure optimal growth and health. Whether you're cultivating vegetables, herbs, flowers, houseplants, or trees, this guide helps you make the most out of every cubic foot (1 CF) of LivingSoil™.

No Adjustment

Vegetables: Tomatoes, Peppers, Leafy Greens, Cucumbers, Zucchini
Flowers: Roses, Sunflowers, Marigolds, Zinnias, Petunias
Fruiting Plants: Strawberries, Blackberries, Raspberries
Houseplants: Spider Plants, Philodendrons, Ferns
Perennials: Hostas, Coneflowers, Peonies
Herbs: Basil, Mint, Parsley, Cilantro

Some Adjustment

Vegetables:
Carrots, Squash: Add 1 cup of sand
Potatoes: Add 3 cups Perlite

Herbs:  Oregano,Thyme
Adjustment: Add 1 cup of Perlite.

Flowers:
Lavender: Add 2 cups of Perlite
Daisies: Add 1 cup of Perlite

Fruiting Plants:
Blueberries, Cranberries– Add 1 cup of peat moss and 2T sulfur
Apple, Lemon, Orange, Lime & Peach Trees – Add 2 cups of Perlite

Houseplants:
Snake Plants – Add 2 cups of Perlite
Fiddle Leaf Fig – Add 1 cup of Perlite

More Adjustment

Perennials:
Azaleas,  Rhododendrons – Add 2 cups of peat moss and 2 cups of sulfur

Shrubs:
Hydrangeas – Add 1 cup of peat moss 2T sulfur for blue blooms.
Camellias – Add 2 cups of peat moss and 2 cups sulfur

Trees:
Pine Trees – Add 2 cups of peat moss and sulfur to lower pH for acidic soil.
Maple Trees – Add 1 cup of peat moss and sulfur to provide a slightly acidic soil.