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I think I know the answer but I got to ask the crew. Anyone store bags of quality soil and compost for a year or so max ? I cant imagine so long as I keep it in a decent environment not frozen or soaking wet in sealed bags its got to be fine for up to a year. I mean its dirt, and the phrase old as dirt has meaning. The soil microbes should not all die and simply wait for some warm temps and water to come back I thought. Seen pics of too many frozen tundras that come to vibrant life when summer comes back. Sure it may dry out some as no sealing bags are perfect but so long as it smells fine I think it could go more than a year stored properly. Hell maybe lots of years.
Anyone who grows in not kosher states has to have a plan for keeping soil for those winter months and I sure as hell dont want to walk into the local nursery in December asking for soil, red flag anyone ? I try to have enough on hand from early spring till next spring and buy enough bags of each to hopefully go at least from mid summer to next spring. I have mixed soil in the past and kept it outside in large rubbermaid trash cans with holes in the bottom and lid with no issues. Id just like to keep a few 2 CF bags and compost bags in reserve to get me thru the fall and winter if I run short.
Anyone who grows in not kosher states has to have a plan for keeping soil for those winter months and I sure as hell dont want to walk into the local nursery in December asking for soil, red flag anyone ? I try to have enough on hand from early spring till next spring and buy enough bags of each to hopefully go at least from mid summer to next spring. I have mixed soil in the past and kept it outside in large rubbermaid trash cans with holes in the bottom and lid with no issues. Id just like to keep a few 2 CF bags and compost bags in reserve to get me thru the fall and winter if I run short.