filtering soil question

[Spok]

whats up, i have a 32 gal. trash can with x number gallons of organic soil which is also filled with mostly rain water. if i drained all this water and soil through a screen, do you think i would lose most of the nutrients? its got blood meal bone meal kelp limestone ewc perlite and peat moss
-thanks

 

[Scrappy4]

Yup, you will lose some, but your soil is unusable without drying it somehow. I had an outdoor tote partially fill with rain water last year. I drilled drain holes in the tote, turned the soil over a few times and had no further problems. I would get busy draining it, but wouldn't fret over lost nutrients, no biggy......scrappy
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[Spok]

i never thought of draining by drilling holes, thanks.

 

[Scrappy4]

i never thought of draining by drilling holes, thanks.

In my case it was a 65 gallon tote filled with soil, so there was no way I could move it other than by the shovel, so drain holes it was. What happened was, the top came off in a big rainstorm, and it sat under a shed's eve so I got about a foot of water in it....scrappy