Preparing Your Soil For a Portable Greenhouse
One of the most important components of your portable greenhouse will undoubtedly be the very soil that will play host to all your plants, flowers, and crops. Some people tend to overlook this simple fact, thinking that all soil is the same. The soil you use should contain all the nutrients your plant needs to grow, and be able to hold the water that it needs to survive. Selecting and preparing the right kind of soil for your greenhouse is a crucial step, requiring you to research what type is best for the plants you have in mind. Vegetable plants will require more compost than flowers, 
while freshly planted seedlings will require more breathable soil.
The first step in preparing soil for your greenhouse is to set up all the items you’ll need. This includes gloves, several containers, and a small spade. Make sure that all of these things have been thoroughly washed beforehand. This will prevent the introduction of any unwanted pests, diseases, or weeds. Sterilizing your soil and compost is a good way to further prevent any form of soil contamination. Your soil and compost can be placed in some disposable baking pans and heated in an oven, microwave, or pressure cooker.
Once you have all your soil components ready, the mixing can begin. Different plants will require different mixes of soil, sand, and compost. If you’re going for planting a variety of plants, you can opt to make a balanced mix that should be sufficient for most kinds of plants. Once you’ve mixed your soil into its final configuration, you can begin parceling it out among your pots and flowerbeds.
Portable greenhouses will their soil replenished from time to time. You could set aside a batch of premixed soil for just this purpose, or opt to directly add the necessary soil components such as compost, mulch, sand or raw soil, depending on the needs of a specific plant.
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