Soilutions Compost is a nutrient blast for your yard and garden! Prized by local farmers and gardeners for 25 years, Soilutions compost is what built our reputation for quality and value. Soilutions Compost is comprised of curated local inputs including greenwaste and foodwaste and screened to 1/2 inch. Soilutions compost is New Mexico's #1 choice for building healthy, sustainable & regenerative soil!
Adding compost to your yard is the first step toward building a healthy garden. Compost is a soil conditioner used to amend native soil by adding organic matter and crucial microbiology. Compost improves plant growth, conserves water and builds healthier soil in your yard and garden.
New Mexico has several types of native soil, from very sandy to heavy clay. Compost is the perfect amendment for any soil type: it helps sandy soils retain water and reduces compaction in hard clay soils.
Soilutions products are sold in bulk quantities measured by the cubic yard (3’x3’x3’).Ourhandy coverage calculator will help you easily figure out how much compost, soil, or mulch you need for a successful project.
There are two easy ways to visualize a cubic yard:
One cubic yard will generally fill the back of a standard sized pick up truck bed.
One cubic yard is equivalent to about 27 standard sized soil bags (1 cubic ft) that you would find at a nursery or home improvement store.
How to Use Coverage Calculator:
Start by measuring the area you want to cover. To calculate square footage, multiply width and length of your project area (Length (feet) x width (feet) = square footage). Enter that information into the Coverage Calculator.
If you know your required depth, enter it into the Coverage Calculator
Most customers choose to round up if they are in between numbers. There is nearly always a use for a little extra soil, compost or mulch in any landscape or garden.
Depth recommendations for common applications. For more details check out our guides:
Compost is the perfect amendment for any soil type you find in New Mexico: it helps sandy soils retain water and reduces compaction in hard clay soils. Use anywhere and everywhere that you have dirt and want plants to grow.
How to Use:
- Add 2-4" layer on the surface of existing soil to replenish depleted nutrients. Lightly mix with native (existing) soil to ensure your entire planting area is receiving the nutrients and aeration your plants need to thrive. Can be used in raised beds, pots or in-ground plants.
- Add a 2-3" layer on top of native soil and till (mix) it in before putting down sod or grass seed for a lawn.
- Add approximately the same amount of Soilutions Compost as native soil (50/50 blend) in a planting hole when planting trees, shrubs, perennials or annuals.
- Do not plant directly into Soilutions Compost, as it is too rich in organic material for your plants to survive. Soilutions Compost should be used as an amendment and mixed with soils. Enriched Topsoil or Premium Garden Soil are full soils that incorporate Soilutions Compost for you and can be planted into directly.
WHY SOILUTIONS
Safe & Natural for your Family: You can feel confident encouraging your whole family to dig into gardening because we never add chemicals, dyes, peat moss or biosolids (human manure) to Soilutions products. You can spot Soilutions’ team member gardens, children, family members and pets throughout the images on our website.
Trusted by Pros: Soilutions products are used and trusted by the ABQ BioPark Botanic Gardens, Los Poblanos Farm, ABQ Master Gardeners’ UFO Garden, the ABQ Rose Garden, dozens of other farms and thousands of home gardeners throughout New Mexico.
Local & Sustainable: Since our founding more than 25 years ago in the South Valley of Albuquerque, Soilutions has been dedicated to creating a healthier planet by recycling organic waste into compost, soils and mulches that will help your plants flourish and thrive. We have diverted more than 60,000,000 lbs from the landfill and counting!
Quality Testing: Soilutions products are tested by third party laboratories to ensure no persistent herbicides or other contaminants or present. We conduct ongoing bioassays (seed start tests) and maintain multiple test gardens throughout Albuquerque to ensure we have an ongoing standard of performance.
ordered 20 yards of compost on Friday and got it on Saturday. During the off-season the price is reasonable and delivery is quick. Delivery driver took care to put the big pile exactly where I wanted it.
Compost looks, smells and feels good. I intend to use it as mulch and unlike some compost, it is light enough for use as mulch, to be worked in at end of season.
I accidentally ordered pickup and the staff was quickly able to help me change my order to delivery. The delivery service was prompt and friendly. We'll use them in the future for any of our gardening/soil needs.
My raised bed garden is doing great this year. We have already picked two pie pumpkins and 3 more are on our one vine. Cucumbers, beets, arugula, basil and flowers are all very prolific. I'm just waiting for the tomatoes and chiles to ripen.
