Premium Compost

Vegetable Gardens • Flower Beds • Raised Beds • Lawns • Trees & Shrubs • Landscape Beds • Soil Improvement

Finished compost made with composted woody materials, aged bark fines, poultry manure and bovine manure.

Garden & flower beds: Spread a light layer over the soil and work it into the top several inches before planting or when refreshing an established bed.

Raised beds: Mix Premium Compost into the existing soil or raised-bed mix. Do not fill an entire raised bed with straight compost.

Lawns: Top-dress established turf with a thin layer, about 1/4 inch. Rake it in so the compost settles down between the grass blades. Applying after core aeration can help move compost into the soil.

Trees & shrubs: For established plants, spread a light layer over the soil in the root-zone area and keep it away from the trunk or stems. When planting a new tree or shrub, use mostly the existing soil for backfill; do not fill the planting hole with straight compost.

Potted plants: Do not use Premium Compost by itself in containers. For a simple starting point, mix about 1 part Premium Compost with 9 parts quality potting mix. Containers still need good drainage and plant-appropriate fertilizer care.

Each bag contains 1 cubic foot.

Garden & flower beds / raised beds: About 24 sq ft per bag when spread 1/2 inch deep and worked into the existing soil.

Lawns: About 48 sq ft per bag for a 1/4-inch top-dressing.

Trees & shrubs: For surface application around established trees and shrubs, about 48 sq ft per bag at a 1/4-inch layer. Keep compost away from trunks and stems. For new plantings, do not calculate compost by the size of the planting hole because the hole should not be backfilled with straight compost.

Potted plants: At a starting mix of 1 part compost to 9 parts potting mix, one 1-CF bag provides enough compost to blend with up to 9 cubic feet of potting mix.

Quick coverage formula for beds and lawn: Bags needed = Area (sq ft) × Depth (inches) ÷ 12

Round up to the next full bag.

Premium Compost contains composted manure as well as woody materials, so more is not always better. For repeated or heavy applications, a soil test can help prevent adding more nutrients than the soil needs.