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Spiked Soil sent me some of their product to test and see if I like. Last night, I started using it for seed starts. Already I love this stuff! It…

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February 9, 2018

I’m starting to think that the Spiked Soil potting soil is unicorn powder. I potted a bunch of seeds 3 and a half days ago. They started poking out of…

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February 12, 2018

I put a mess of plugs into some Dirt Martini yesterday. Can’t wait to see how they do! Thanks, guys, for turning me on to your product!

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February 12, 2018

So much fun to get your hands dirty—especially in good dirt. This is Dirt Martini potting soil from Spiked Soil. It smells alive.

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February 26, 2018

Starting to harden off my first tray of seedlings. This is a process where you take little plants that you started indoors and expose them to the great outdoors for…

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March 1, 2018

I finally up-planted my four largest and most robust tomato plants I snipped Back all of the lower leaves, leaving about half inch of stem. Then I made sure the…

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March 4, 2018

Most of these pretty little seedlings made it into their forever homes yesterday. I transplanted broccoli starts (originally from plugs) and Chinese cabbage that I started from seeds I got…

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March 5, 2018

I planted out my first tomato plant yesterday. And of course, temps dropped last night to seriously low but it seems fine this morning. Fingers crossed, because I’ve already given…

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March 18, 2018

My mystery tomato early plantout is hanging in there despite a couple of 40 degrees nights. I believe I figured out what she is — Early Girl.

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March 27, 2018

I always overplant when starting seeds because I expect to lose a lot of plants to one thing or another. But starting them in Spiked Soil, I’m kind of amazed.…