Do You Want to Plant in Winter?

You can plant any cold hardy tree, shrub or fruit tree during the winter (except palms) but don't forget the mulch! Surface mulches provide a blanket of temperature control and preserve soil moisture so that planting during this time will be successful. It is inexpensive insurance.

Surface mulch as a blanket on the soil surface, decomposing and improving the soil

Soil temperatures need to be at least 50° F for roots to grow and establish plants. Seldom do our soils get below this temperature after the first few inches below the surface.

Make sure you add an equal amount of Viragrow compost, Viragrow planting soil mix or bagged EZ Green compost to your backfill surrounding the roots of these trees and shrubs. Unlike some others, all of our soil mixes are full of nutrients so you don't need to add any extra fertilizer to the soil at the time of planting.

Viragrow compost

EZ Green composted chicken manure

Make sure the planting hole is deep enough to accommodate the roots of the plant. You do not need to dig deeper than this unless the soil is so hard it can not drain water freely. Dig the hole at least three times the diameter of the root system and mix our soil amendments with all of the soil before you put it back in the hole. It is always wise to have the hose running into the planting hole when you are putting back the soil around the plant roots. This helps to eliminate air pockets and helps the plant stand upright.

Nearly all plants will perform much better with 3 to 4 inches of organic surface mulch applied after planting. Use our Redwood mulch or Gorilla Hair for that exquisite finished look.

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No Manure Compost

Q. Do you carry any compost without biosolids or animal manures?

A. Yes. When Viragrow first opened its doors in 2013 we carried only compost that contained biosolids in about 15% of its mix. We did this because biosolids offered us a chance to become part of the progressive recycling community which we value highly. Using biosolids in a compost not only recycles but allows us to keep the cost of our compost low. This allows us to offer the community an inexpensive way to improve desert landscape soils or poor quality.

In 2014, we began receiving requests for a compost that did not contain any biosolids. For some people animal manures were more acceptable than biosolids. We had concerns that most animal manure had contents that presented some of the same problems as biosolids; e.g., microbiological health concerns, salinity and pharmaceuticals. We did not believe that using animal waste was giving enough benefit to local consumers to justify the cost that we would have to charge to provide this type of product to our consumers.

We sourced a compost made entirely from green urban waste that was safe to use and provided no pharmaceuticals. In August, 2014, we sourced a product that was made entirely from recycled, urban green waste and was still a good enough quality to offer local consumers as an alternative product at a reasonable price. We named this product BF Compost, or Biosolids Free Compost. We maintain that biosolids was originally intended to include both human and animal waste. This definition has changed in the public eye and the word "biosolids" no longer includes animal waste.

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Viragrow's BF Compost



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Biosolid-free Compost Now Available from Viragrow

Viragrow received a number of requests to carry a compost that was totally free of biosolids. We found one and brought 100 yd.³ in for you. Before we could advertise it, it sold out. We expect another delivery in the next week or two.

If you are interested in this product, give us a call and make sure we still have it! Visit our website at www.Viragrow.com or call during office hours, Monday through Friday, 6:30 AM to noon.

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Class on Vegetable Raised Bed Construction and Mangement July 5

Our small group meeting at Viragrow decided to have a garden get together scheduled for Saturday, July 5, at 9 am in Viragrow's meeting room. It is open to the public and free.

Group meeting at Viragrow. The group has varied interests from growing food to health concerns from the food we grow and eat and feeding the hungry here in Las Vegas. Missing from the picture are Rhonda Killough and Bob Morris.

I hate to call it a class per se but more of a discussion about raised bed gardening. We will be inspecting Viragrow's vegetable raised beds and containers to see how they were constructed. From that we will make some recommendations on improvements and looking at current problems on tomatoes, peppers, eggplant, squash, melons, corn and other vegetables and herbs.

Some of the raised beds at Viragrow.

The meeting space will hold about 15 people comfortably but we will be outside inspecting the beds and looking for solutions to problems. Following this get together we will be holding an introductory class to garden blogging from 10 am to noon.

Viragrow's May Coupons focuses on compost and insect control

Fertilize Lawns Before the Heat

At 18-3-5, Viragrow's lawn fertilizer is light in phosphorus (the number '3') which is important for established lawns. This is not a fertilizer for starting a lawn. It is formulated for established turfgrass.

Trees and Shrubs Turning Yellow? They May Need and Iron Spray

Iron Chelate for Foliar Applications. This iron chelate dissolves in water for liquid applications to the foliage of plants that are yellow from a lack of available iron.

Older Soils May Need a Kickstart with Humic Acid

Humic Acid, 8%, Cold Water Processed. Humic acids are found when organic matter is composted and converted to humus.They are depleted in older soils that have been cropped. You may need to rejuvinate them.

Why Do I Need Bt in My Garden?

B.t. a natural insecticide that does not kill insects quickly but in a day or two.

It kills ONLY the larvae (grub or worm form) of adult insects that become moths or butterfly pests. Most adult forms of moths that are garden pests do their damage in the larva stage, not the adult. The primary mission of the adult is to mate and lay eggs.

Why Do I Need Neem in My Garden?

Neem acts as a natural insecticide in several different ways but it will not give you the quick killing action of some fast acting insecticides such as insecticidal soap. First, Neem is an oil. When oils are used to kill insects it smothers very small insects with a layer that interferes with their uptake of oxygen so they suffocate.

Viragrow's February Coupons on Soil Amendments

Viragrow wants you to be successful in your gardening efforts. We already have the best and most cost effective amendments available. But we want you to try it if you haven't already and see for yourself. Viragrow Delivers!

Make Your Own Raised Beds for Vegetables

You can make your own raised beds. It is not hard to do.

March Viragrow Coupons Focus on Fertilizers

This month we are featuring both organic and conventional fertilizers for your home garden. It's your garden. We want to help you be successful! Viragrow Delivers!

Soil Amendment Test Plots Completed

We have been hearing alot about rock dust. We want to know if we should put some into one of our soil mixes. So we went to the experts.

Use Cottonseed Meal and Kelp for Your Garden Vegetables

Master Gardener in Las Vegas, Clarita Huffman, was interviewed by Sunset Magazine on how she became such a successful gardener in the unforgiving Mojave Desert in Las Vegas.


Viragrow carries a line of organic supplements including cottonseed meal and seaweed extract and kelp.