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I'm Travis Steglich with Steglich Farm Supply incorporated in Bartlett, Texas for Expert
Village. I'm talking about cuttings and we've taken some cuttings of Salvia leucantha a
Mexican bush sage that we're going to try to propagate from a cutting. There is a couple
of different kinds of potting soils that are available to the average home gardener it's
what is called a premium grade. Which has no actual soil in it, it has no dirt in it-it
has
Peat moss and organic matter like composted plant products. The other type is a cheaper
grade. It has actual soil in it, a lot of times it has tremendous amount of sand and
a very little organic matter over mikolite. The difference between the two of them besides
the fact that the one with the soil in it-it can get compacted and can sometimes get hard.
When it comes to house plants especially the pure organic matter or the premium grade which
has no soil in it is a lot lighter. It makes your pots a lot easier to move in and out
and even when you're filling cells like I am for propagation of seeds or whatever. They're
so much lighter that you are more likely to be able to move them in and out if its pot
plant to give it the right amount of light or even to protect it from a frost in the
fall. For my purposes, it makes these cells, these flats of plants much easier to move
around and handle for the customer and myself in general. So a premium of potting soil it
doesn't have any dirt in it, it will grow better plants.