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Message: <blockquote data-quote="kormath" data-source="post: 72122" data-attributes="member: 4199">all potting soil, organic or otherwise has nitrogen, potassium, and phosphorus.  without that plants won't grow without added food.  I love how everything is "organic" now, like it wasn't organic before.  put simply organic is anything living or derived from living matter, so those carrots in my salad last night that were grown with fertilizers and pesticides, are organic <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite7" alt=":p" title="Stick Out Tongue    :p" loading="lazy" data-shortname=":p" />Anyway, i use a generic version of "garden soil" with my enclosures now, and mix it at least 50/50 with eco earth coconut fiber (not husks) to cut down the percentage of natural fertilizers in the soil.  You could do more eco earth than soil if you want, but i've found it dries out faster and doesn't hold together as well for the burrowing slings. I've tried adding vermiculite to that to help with the moisture but that just makes it fall apart more.  In the enclosure i use the vermiculite in i use more soil than eco earth to keep it together better for burrowing.</blockquote>