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Plaisted’s Total Garden Blend has proven its exceptional quality by helping grow the world’s largest pumpkin, cultivated by horticulture expert and world record holder Travis Gienger. This soil-less blend delivers unparalleled results with its slow-release fertilizer and superior water retention—making it the perfect choice for record-breaking growth and thriving gardens.
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Garden Soil & Mixes
Our expertly crafted soil mixes provide tailored solutions for various gardening and professional growing needs. Whether enhancing native soil or creating ideal growing conditions, our blends ensure optimal root development, water retention, and nutrient support.
Total Garden Blend: A soil-less, no-till blend designed for raised gardens and containers. It features slow-release fertilizer, superior water retention, and minimal maintenance. Ideal for easy gardening with faster plant growth.
- Availability: Bulk, 1.5 cu. ft poly bags (65 bags/pallet)
Premium Garden Mix: A premium garden mix made with organic compost, peat, and coarse sand for superior drainage and water retention. It’s perfect as a replacement or amendment to existing soil, promoting healthy root systems.
- Availability: Bulk, 2.75 cu. yd tote bags
Growers Mix: A soilless, lightweight mix for nursery growers, consisting of composted pine bark, peat, and coarse sand. It improves soil conditions for better plant survival in both clay and sandy soils.
- Availability: Bulk, 45 cu. yd truckload or 2.75 cu. yd tote bags
Greenhouse Mix: Custom-blended mix designed for professional greenhouses. It offers exceptional water retention, reducing watering needs. Contains composted pine bark, peat, and perlite.
- Availability: Bulk or 2-cubic yard tote bags.
Hemp Mix: Specially designed for hemp cultivation, providing loose, aerated soil with abundant organic matter and slow-release fertilizer for optimal growth. Perfect for growing seed, fiber, or CBD.
- Availability: Bulk or 2.75 cu. yd tote bags
Soil
Amendments
Our soil amendments are formulated to transform native soils, whether heavy clay or loose sand, into nutrient-rich, well-structured growing environments. By mixing these amendments with existing soil, you can achieve the ideal balance of drainage, aeration, and nutrient retention for healthier plant growth.
Clay Soil Amendment: Specially designed to break up heavy, compacted clay soil, this blend includes coarse sand, composted pine bark, and organic compost. It enhances drainage, prevents root disease, and creates a looser, more aerated soil structure for robust root development.
- Benefits: Improves water infiltration, reduces compaction, and supports. root growth.
- Usage: Mix 50/50 with native clay soil to achieve optimal results.
Sandy Soil Amendment: Formulated to enrich and stabilize sandy soils, this mix combines screened soil, organic compost, and composted pine bark. It slows down water runoff, increases the soil’s ability to retain moisture, and provides essential nutrients to support plant growth.
- Benefits: Enhances water retention, reduces nutrient leaching, and creates a more consistent growing medium.
- Usage: Mix 50/50 with native sandy soil for improved moisture and nutrient
Compost
& Organic Matter
Our range of compost and organic products is designed to enrich soil quality, improve moisture retention, and promote healthy microbial activity. Each blend is engineered to meet the needs of diverse soil types, helping plants thrive naturally.
Organic Yard Compost (MN DOT 3890 Type 2): A high-quality compost made from recycled yard waste (leaves, grass clippings, wood chips). Ideal for improving soil quality in both sandy and clay soils, enhancing nutrient retention and microbial activity.
- Availability: Bulk, 2.75 cu. yd tote bags
Plaisted Organic Compost Mix: A 60/40 mix of organic compost and screened soil, designed to improve moisture retention, porosity, and nutrient distribution. Perfect for use as a soil amendment in gardens and landscapes.
- Availability: Bulk, 2.75 cu. yd tote bags
Pulverized Black Dirt: Rich, pulverized black dirt that improves drainage in clay soils and enhances nutrient retention in sandy soils. Ideal for lawn, garden, and planting applications.
- Availability: Bulk, 2.75 cu. yd tote bags
Mulch
& Ground Cover
Our expertly crafted soil mixes provide tailored solutions for various gardening and professional growing needs. Whether enhancing native soil or creating ideal growing conditions, our blends ensure optimal root development, water retention, and nutrient support.
Landscape Mulch: Available in eight varieties and colors, this mulch provides soil insulation, moisture retention, and weed prevention, enhancing both the look and health of landscaped areas.
Composted Pine Bark: Composted for one year, this pine bark is ideal for improving soil structure and water retention, making it a great addition to greenhouse and nursery stock mixes.
Spruce Top Mix: RA lightweight mix of peat and yard compost, designed to extend the freshness of spruce top container decorations throughout the holiday season.
Contractor
& Bulk Products
Our extensive range of contractor-grade materials is engineered to support large-scale projects with high-quality soil mixes, custom blends, premium sands, and decorative hardscape solutions. We partner with contractors to deliver reliable and consistent products tailored to your project’s needs.
Contractor-Grade Soil & Mixes: High-performance soil mixes designed for large-scale landscaping and construction projects. Our contractor-grade blends, such as Growers Mix and Greenhouse Mix, are available in bulk quantities to meet the demands of nurseries, golf courses, and athletic fields
Custom Blends: Tailored soil and compost mixes created using our exclusive Accublender™ technology. We work with contractors to develop precise blends that match project specifications, ensuring consistency and optimal performance every time.
Washed & Screened Sands: A variety of high-quality sands, including coarse sand, fill sand, and dry sand, perfect for construction, topdressing, and athletic field applications. Our sands are carefully washed and screened to ensure uniformity and reliability.
Hardscapes & Decorative : From decorative boulders and retaining wall blocks to pavers and fire features, we offer a wide range of hardscape materials. These products add both functionality and visual appeal to any landscaping project, with options to suit various design preferences.
Accublender Technology
At Plaisted Companies, Inc., our advanced soil blending technology ensures you get the perfect mix for your needs. Utilizing our Accublender™, we precisely combine materials to create custom soil blends tailored to your project.
Whether you need a topdressing mix with fertilizer or a sand blend with humates and porous ceramic to boost CEC ratios, our technology guarantees consistency and quality. Our custom blends meet USGA guidelines and are available in green pigmented and dried options, ensuring optimal performance for every application.