What’s in Van Beek’s Triple Mix?

Triple mix is always a combination of some sort of top soil, compost and peat moss. You’ll hear the term triple mix often because it’s the best concoction to promote healthy growth of all your landscape plants. Most garden supply companies create their own unique mixes using biomass (or source materials) they know will help plants thrive in the local ecosystem. Van Beek’s is no different. We think our triple mix is the most efficient and effective of any garden supplier in the Greater Toronto Area.

Waltham Place Farm photo credit to Vidya Crawley under cc 2.0

1 Part Sandy Soil

The first ingredient is a sandy soil. Including a loose sandy element in the soil is significantly better for drainage and will break down much faster than a clay based soil. Clay is prone to natural compaction and can actually hinder the long term flow of air, water and nutrients throughout the soil.

1 Part Compost

The largest component of our triple mix is a compost mixture. Our compost is comprised of five elements.

- Horse manure

- Sheep manure

- Peat moss

- Leaf compost

- Mushroom compost

Manure Sign photo credit to Jeffrey Keeton under cc 2.0

This section of the mix is where all the nutrients are found, and it’s what makes our triple mix perfect for anything that grows. The sandy soil that makes up the foundation of our triple mix allows the nutrients from the compost mixture to penetrate throughout the entire body of soil. Our compost component is mixed and turned repeatedly over the course of at least a full year before it is introduced into the Triple Mix Premium Top Soil. Because it is so thoroughly developed, it can leech from the sandy soil of the triple mix into the existing soil of your yard or garden easily.

1 Part Black Loam

The third component is black loam and it is strictly used for colour. Black loam is naturally more acidic than most soil and is some of the darkest soil around. The black loam makes up the smallest percentage of the Triple Mix Premium Top Soil, less than 10%. Black loam on its own has very little if any nutrients, but it keeps the triple mix a nice rich dark colour making colourful plants and flowers appear more beautiful and vibrant.

We’ll deliver your load of triple mix directly to your door whenever you want. Contact us today to discuss how much you’ll need to give your property the face-lift you envision.