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Good quality, hydrates fairly quickly leaving a few dry chunks to be broken down by hand and mixed in. It combined well with vermiculite and sand to make my seed-starting mix. Good price compared to other vendors.

Coir is a slightly better environmental choice than peat moss and is also pH neutral. It’s more expensive than peat moss, but it’s easy to work with, compact to store, and very lightweight before hydrating.

The minute soil compressed coconut pucks worked beautifully! They are just as good, if not better than regular dirt. They expanded way more than I expected and one soil compress was enough to grow a decent amount of a spicy salad mix of microgreens.

They did not have an unpleasant odor, just smelled like wet dirt. The selection of coconut based products was more than adequate to fit my needs. Overall, I am very pleased with the price range, performance of the product and happy with my purchase! Thanks True-Leaf Market! -Karen.

I’ve been using Miracle Grow potting mix for longer than I can remember, 3 to 4 large bags every growing season. Never had any issues with the product until my most recent purchase. When I opened the bag the first couple of scoops seemed normal then I started getting large clumps of some fibrous material.

My initial reaction was that it was fiberglass but upon closer inspection it appeared to be some type of organic material. It was dry and hairy in appearance and seemed to have black mold embedded in it.

The further I got into the bag the more of these clumps I encountered. The clumps were baseball to softball sized, very compact and there were over a dozen of them in the bag. Each clump had to be thrown aside as they would not fit in the pots I was using, nor did they appear to look like any potting material I had ever come across.

I would have thought that the potting mix would go through a screening process prior to bagging but that is not possible as these clumps would never had made it through such a process. Long story short, either Miracle Grow had a breakdown in their processing of potting mix or they have eliminated the screening process to save money.

In either case, this bag was a waste of money. I’ve seen cheaper potting mixes on the shelves but always gone for the Miracle Grow because of past experience. I think that it’s time to sample the alternatives.

I purchased several bags of MG potting mix for container vegetable gardening. I have used this product in the past over about a ten year period. The materials in the mix just purchased are not the quality ingredients I have used in the past.

In the past the mix was more uniform with smaller bark pieces and uniform shredded peat with enough perlite to actually promote good drainage it was easily used to fill cell packs. Most importantly it drained well and did not compact.

The current mix is garbage compared to what it used to be. The stuff I got h to his year has large chunks of wood and sticks large rocks huge chunks of hard organic matter globs peat like material the size of golf balls.

The mix does not drain well and packs down tightly. There is not enough perlite to maintain a good air to water ratio when wet. The mix used to be very similar to a traditional Cornell Peat lite mix but no longer.

It does not perform well doesn’t drain well and overpriced for the quality of product.

Well I just received my 40lb bag of soil, only it was 28lbs, old, dried out and basically just bad. I wouldn’t bother buying from this seller unless they assure you it hasn’t been sitting in a warehouse somewhere for months drying up.

Clearly there was 12lbs of moisture and nutrients that were missing because of whatever happened to the bag. That doesn’t happen over night or in transit.

Wow im so disappointed i have used this for years and now 2021 it is nothing more then mulch. What happened? This used to be the best i always recommended now its a waste of money. Its more expensive but way less quality wish i would have known before i bought my yearly supply.

The best potting soil I have ever purchased. I love putting my hands in this dark, rich soil. Some potting soils contain large wood chips and even rocks. You’re not going to find those types of fillers in this product.

Highly recommended. I have reordered multiple bags. It’s worth the price to get a fine quality product.

I agree with other reviews that it’d be better if there were instructions on how to use this product, recommended applications and tips, and anything else helpful to know other than washing the pebbles ahead of time.

Still, I researched this type of product before using and discovered that these pebbles are recommended for drainage (at the bottom of pots or below roots, it will allow water to exit the pot or leave the planting without accumulating around plant groupings), re-potting (the pebbles provide aeration and filler in potting mix and soils to allow more free movement of water around newer growth), and “decoration” (the pebbles look a little like reddish-brown round rocks that would enhance many outdoor aesthetics).

I would love to use these outside with artificial plants/flowers that I display in pots but that need to have a way to drain rain water around them. Also, these pebbles would provide weight to pots for ornamental plantings (the pebbles would look nice but help keep plants where I want them, without retaining too much moisture).

I am using the pebbles to mix with soil in an area with uneven soil and that too much water tends to accumulate in puddles. I intend to put some bushes and flowers in this area but need something like this to even the earth a little and enhance the soil with bulk.

These pebbles are better than rocks because aesthetically they blend in better with the soil and should mix well with the top soil and/or potting soil to encourage new plants’ growth. As can be seen in my picture before stirring the pebbles into the soil, they add bulk and will help even out the surface while allowing water to pass around the pebbles easily for improved drainage.

I am happy to have found this product. I could see using the pebbles around artificial flowers in window boxes as well, they would allow rainwater through and add bulk around flowers without adding too much weight or attracting bugs.

It’s slightly hard to leave a review for this product, despite the fact that it is amazing and a definite 5 out of 5 stars. The fact is, it’s a very simple product! However, it is very effective at what it does–and despite a few alternatives existing, is still my favorite medium for this purpose.

And if using expanded clay pellets, Hydroton is by far the best brand I’ve used. Oh, I should clarify. I’m using these for what is probably their most traditional purpose, as filler surrounding the base of plant stems in net pots when growing in a hydroponic system.

In my case, it is a deep water culture, but they of course work in any system utilizing net pots. One variable in different Hydroton/expanded clay products I’ve tried has the bead size. I’ve had some brands that were really inconsistent with bead size, with many beads that were too small to work well and a good amount of broken pieces that tended to fall through the pots.

While the latter probably comes mostly from poor handling, having a good quality, consistent product is very important to me. Hydroton is super consistent! The clay pellets are generally all of pretty similar size, which is a really good thing.

Also, there wasn’t a lot of dust in the bag. I always rinse the Hydroton before using it so that I don’t get a lot of dust in my hydro water, but with this stuff not rinsing it probably wouldn’t be a huge problem.

Finally, this stuff is a pretty good value. Not only are the bags enormous, but the clay is often reusable from grow to grow after a quick rinse. Overall, it’s good stuff! If you’re looking for a nice growing medium to fill your net pots, this is a pretty good route to go!.

I tried Miracle-gro organic for the first time this year – big mistake! Fungus gnats everywhere!! So, I went back to my tried and true Epsoma. The plants are doing far better now despite this ongoing battle with gnats from the other soil.

Although there are some wood chips in it, the plants do not seem to mind. I just put any bigger chunks toward the bottom of the pot since it will break down eventually. Plus, it allows for better drainage doing it this way.

This is the only potting soil I will use in the future.

This season was our first time growing a garden. We grew almost everything from seed in our kitchen. We used this soil in all of our planting pods as well as in our garden when we transferred the plants.

Our garden is thriving!! This brand organic soil is my favorite and will be the only thing we use from here on out. I highly recommend this product.

Used this organic potting mix for my plants this last Spring. Its for all indoor and outdoor containers and potted plants. It contains a blend of natural ingredients including earthworm castings and Myco-tone.

This potting mix helps promote stronger roots so plants grow bigger, improve moisture retention, and reduce plant stress. Throughout Spring and Summer my plants have been doing great in this mix and have also noticed they have grown to a pretty nice size.

The pure blend pro series is natural and organic in composition. My cannabis garden loves it. I have used several other lines and so far have returned to the pro series time and time again. The terpene profile is tops and cannot be matched with the ‘other’ stuff.

I have #topshelf #craftcannabis. Thanks botanicare. Ps. State testing shows clean meds.

Reasonably priced full spectrum complete npk fertilizer. Liquid formulation mixes well with water with relatively no smell unlike fish emulsion which attracts varmints to my vegetable garden. Botanicare’s website has great nutrient calculaters for custom blends as well as all in one like this one.

Relatively “safe” formulation for earth and body friendly for consumption. My plants are big and already have set fruit. I will buy this product again.

It does the job. But for the price it could be more concentrated. It takes a lot to bring the PH down. And the container needs to be built better for pouring because a little bit drips off the bottom when you pour it into a measuring spoon.

And it wastes a little bit.

This is a follow-up review after using Espoma for one compost mix in the Wizard, Jr. Espoma works absolutely great on certain things only: soft produce like bananas, apples, pears, melons, leafy greens, all root veggies like carrots, beets, onions, potatoes, citrus peels, coffee grounds, tea leaves, flower petals (no stems), and chicken droppings.

I avoided putting anything of the corn plant into the compost because it just doesn’t break down (not the stalk, not the cob, not the kernels, silk, etc. ) Two years in a compost pile never broke these items apart – they shriveled, got hard and wet, but never broke down.

Espoma did not help break down the following one bit: avocado skins (came out super hard and unbroken), tomatillo outer paper skins (came out with lacey veins, bright green and never turned dark), autumn leaves (turned black but the veins in the leaves got hard and the leaves themselves stayed solid – never decomposed in the bin), straw (came out the same way it went in – tough, unbroken, still yellow), egg shells (should’ve crushed these fine before adding to compost because the whole shells never broke down).

All these came out of the compost bin the way they went in and NEVER broke down and sifting was useless because I had a black gooey mess sticking to the big chunks that didn’t break down like the straw and leaves.

Now that I know what Espoma doesn’t break down, I won’t throw these into the next compost mix. Espoma is truly nice when used on select plants and foods. Harder yard waste is useless to waste nice Espoma on it.

Every gardener is very different. This is just comments on my particular experience using Espoma. Extremely nice product but now I will only use it on food plant compost.

I have ordered several products from Hayneedle recently and am so thoroughly pleased with each and every one. [. ] I happened up on your site acidentally when I was comparing compost tumblers. What a lucky day for me! I absolutely cannot praise Hayneedle enough!!I must choose the odor free Compost Caddy on which to comment in this message.

I ordered it as an afterthought when I received my composter. It is totally sufficient for my needs – sleek design, perfect color, filter to guard against unpleasant odors,and roomy enough to lessen my trips outside to the composter tremendously.

I am so happy with it that I simply had to order one for my son, as well. He is also a nature person who believes in “going green”.

I dont know if the bags were old or what but this was the worst experience ive had with any soil ive ever bought its been a struggle to get healthy plants out of it and im an experienced green thumb.

Waste of money and time. I for one will never use it again.

This is the very best potting soil I have used and I’m 69. It allows roots to grow easily for bigger yields.

The Essential Plus 101 did the job nicely! My lawn had moderate grub worm damage in late August. Treated for grubs, then hit it with Essential Plus 101 and some fertilizer with low N, high phosphorus and potash + lots of water.

Re-growth took about 2 to 3 weeks, but very successful, especially the isolated patches where I had to re-seed.

This product is doing great for my back yard and grass is super now but still waiting on my front lawn. I believe of your soil is to hard after applying this product you must do a heavy soak. Especially here in GA right now it’s been really dry no rain for about a month now.

Definitely recommend this product.

My grass was struggling due to not much rain and high temps and this made my grass a beautiful green color. It’s an amazing product.

Here where I live, in Texas, we luckily have two planting seasons; the usual late spring, after frost/summer season, and also the fallish season. We normally only freeze here in late January or February, if at all, living near the Gulf of Mexico.

We take advantage of that extra second planting season time. Although we have a compost pile, we usually use most of it on the first planting season. Even though I continue to add and grow our compost, it does take time to get it ready to use.

I’ve learned that if we wish to do our second garden planting, we need ready made, rich compost-like soil to have good results. I’m very impressed with the Miracle Grow Garden Soil for Vegetables and Herbs.

Some fall seasons bring rain to us, but this year, like a lot in the past, we are having many beautiful sunny mild weather days, and not so much rain. So the fact that this soil holds moisture is a huge help.

The thing I love the most, is the dark, rich, compost-like density that this product holds. I can continue to nurture my own compost pile for the spring garden, yet use this to have a healthy fall harvest.

My plants and herbs seem to really like this soil, and are doing well, so we plan to continue using it in years to come. With grocery prices soaring, we all can use gardening to not only save money, but feel good about food that we grow ourselves.

I’m thinking about adding a bag or two, of this soil to my compost pile in the spring and actually making a much bigger home garden next year So far, the plants are growing well and happy, and with a little bit of water and nutrients.

I am confident that we will have a great fall/early winter harvest once again this year. I highly recommend this soil as being dark, rich, and plant happy. Although it’s best for our outdoor garden, I also plant fresh herbs and some easy to grow indoor veggies, like green onions and some herbs, and I’m using this nice rich soil to do so, and they are also doing well.

I do recommend this rich garden soil for all of your garden plant needs! It’s good stuff!.

Ruined my tomatoes. Oh, they grew like crazy and had a ton of fruit. But as the tomatoes started to turn red EVERY ONE had blossom rot due to an inadequacy of minerals in the soil. Oh and this company claims they back their product.

This is only true if you keep the receipt and UPC code from the bag. I naturally trusted what I was buying…with a photo of flowers and vegetables…including a tomato on the bag was formulated correctly.

I tossed the bags. Long before the plants started to product tomatoes. This is what the company had to say so do t use it in a raised garden! “ Miracle-Gro All Purpose Garden Soil is designed for in-ground use only.

It is not formulated for use in containers, even large containers such as your watering trough. Soil in containers does not benefit from the natural processes of environmental interaction, such as natural fertilization.

Soil in containers is also prone to compacting, which is why our Potting Mixes use a blend of mediums that are designed to maintain soil aeration even when water has been applied. We do not recommend Miracle-Gro All Purpose Garden Soil for use in containers.

We want you to be confident in our products. For that reason, we offer a product guarantee to our consumers. Simply mail either the original itemized cash register receipt or the UPC barcode removed from each product packaging to the address below and I will promptly issue a refund check.

Emailed proofs of purchase do not qualify as originals. ”.

My back yard has terrible clay dirt. I’ve been very unlucky at growing vegetables and herbs in the clay dirt. I am very optimistic to use the Miracle-Gro Garden Soil for Vegetables and Herbs. Miracle-Gro is a very popular brand.

I’ve put this Miracle-Gro Garden Soil in pots and am growing basil, lavender, mint, parsley, and rosemary indoors. The Miracle-Gro Garden Soil for Vegetables and Herbs is enriched with a blend of compost, plant food, and other essential nutrients.

The Miracle-Gro Garden Soil for Vegetables and Herbs bag advertises that it will feed plants for up to 3 months. Furthermore, this soil has moisture control which means it protects against over and under watering.

I believe this soil will increase my herb harvest during the months of November and December as it becomes cold outside. I will continue to use this product in the future and definitely recommend this product.

This Performance Organics®️ all purpose container mix from Miracle-Gro®️ is some seriously good stuff. I’m using it for my tomato plants, perrinials and even my herbs and the results so far are downright amazing! This potting soil easily yields up to 2 times more bounty than any other potting soil I’ve used.

It’s already blended with aged compost which is so convenient. And it provides plants enough nutrition for up to 3 months which is perfect for me and my busy schedule. There’s easy to follow instructions for transplanting and seeding right on the back of the bag.

And there’s even lighting, watering and repotting directions. Plus I absolutely love that this product is made from only organic and natural ingredients! It makes me feel so much better and safer about eating my tomatoes and herbs.

And this all purpose container mix fits perfectly with my green lifestyle. I truly couldn’t be happier or more impressed with this product! Highly recommended!!.

Turned into a pot of mud topped with hard dirt-balls! Not what I bargained for when it was the only choice my farm/fleet type store offered when they 86’d “The Other Potting Soil” from their inventory, no reason given, thank you very much! After repotting them in the new soil, in properly sized and drained pots, I put my lg.

Mother-in-Law’s-Tongues (20″) out on the deck under the eaves, like I’ve done many plants for many yrs. When it was about time for the usual 1st regular watering, after the initial re-potting dose, I got one of the surprises of my plant-growing life! Instead of drying out from the top down and turning grayish and between crumbly to powdery to the touch: These 2 pots of soil had settled down.

How good the soil is for my seeds I am not sure yet as they have not germinated all yet. But it looks good. Thanks for a fast delivery.

So far so good. I like this soil, always mix it with other ingredients to make it airy. overall a good organic soil.

Bought 4 bags of this “soil”. Read numerous reviews about the debris so wasn’t surprised about the sticks, plastic and was lucky not to find other things. What did surprise me was the infestation of gnats? spiders? mites? small creamy white bugs.

Didn’t really notice them until I had done some planting and disturbed them. The soil was teeming with them so all 4 bags must of been infested. Luckily I used it only in one garden. Now have to try and get rid of them.

Unless you have a sure way of getting rid of these creatures I won’t recommend this product. Quite surprised at the over all poor quality of the “soil” to be associated with Miracle Gro. We assumed that a well-know company would pay better attention to quality.

I must stress that all the bags came from a brand-new skid – it still had the plastic wrap on it when I bought it.

Miracle-Gro Raised Bed Soil is amazing! I have had it for 2-weeks and I’m just a short amount of time, I am already seeing a difference with the growth of the plants. I am not sure why I or how it happens so fast but it did.

So, as soon as I received the soil, I removed the soil that was in raised bed and placed the Miracle-Gro brand soil in there. Before, the tomato plant that I have in there was dying and now, it is coming back to life.

I am still learning when it comes to plants but I had no idea that the soil makes such a difference. This bag is 1. 5 CU FT and was very heavy. It brought a lot to cover a small portion of my raised planter bed.

The plant before the Miracle-Gro soil was looking sad, dying and stopped producing. Now that it has the Miracle-Gro soil, it started growing once again, it looks happy, it also has a bunch of tomatoes.

This is going to be the soil that I will purchase from here on out and I plan to replace all of my other plants with the Miracle-Gro soil. I highly recommend this soil to anyone trying to grow their plants.

This review is for the Miracle-Gro Raised Bed Soil, 1. 5 cu. ft. I needed some new soil so I could repot some of my old plant. Yes, I do know that it says to not use this soil for potted plants, but I did it anyway and I have to say my potted plants are thriving with this soil.

This soil is more dense than regular potting soil so just make sure to have a few really good drainage holes on the bottom of the pots, but other than that it does the job just fine for potted plants.

If you’re using it for a raised garden you will most likely need 2 to 4 bags depending on the size of your garden. I like that this is 100% organic soil. I am still feeling out whether our not I will have any pest issues using this soil, because many I have used in the past have seemed to attract flying pests that eat away at my leaves, but only time will tell.

As usual Miracle-Gro has not let me down. I highly recommend this for garden and potting needs and will be buying this again when I need to repot.

I’m so tired of this company. I ordered 3 bags of the “100% organic raised bed potting soil” and keep pulling out glass shards, metal shards and plastic sheet/mesh. How can you call yourself organic? How is this allowed? Are y’all getting your soil from a junk yard and slapping organic onto it? I called the customer service yesterday and the first lady I talked to tried to gaslight me by saying “oh that not in our soil that had to be from the outside of the bag from where it was stored.

” EXCUSE ME??? No ma’am. I’ve been pulling SHARDS and TRASH out of the soil since I started pouring it inside my raised garden bed. Ridiculous. My 2. 5 year old wants to help me garden but at this rate it’s almost a safety hazard.

DO NOT RECOMMEND. will never buy miracle grow ANYTHING, and telling everyone to stay far, far away. Yikes. This picture is glass and metal that came up when I harvested my radishes. Wish I collected everything I’ve ever picked out to show how abundant TRASH is in their “organic” soil.

I bought many hundreds of dollars of this “purple” bag Garden Soil and Raised Bed soils. I used it in freshly made raised beds AND also in grow bags cause I didn’t want too light of a soil for the bags.

Just one small raised bed took 10 bags and. and I have a several other beds that I started and plantings in grow bags. MISTAKE. My plants with this soil. veggies and flowers. just sat there. barely grew AND after a few weeks they all showed signs of nitrogen deficiency.

It is marketed to “fertilize” up to 90 days. I honestly do not think the fertilizer part is effective at all in any of the soil I purchased of this brand. I did wonder. is it only good for 90 days AFTER bagged or 90 days after planting.

I’d say less than a few weeks. I am a old gardener and grow most of my food for at least 50+ years. This is NOT dependable for fertilization and I’m not sure if it is helpful with moisture control. When I started noticing a problem I went to another brand and not a bit of a problem with my starts or direct seeding.

SO I have had to resort to supplementing fertilizers and all the signs of nitrogen deficiency have gone and plants are growing. NOW I learned not to buy more expensive soils with “fertilizer” and just buy the bargain stuff and add my own fertilizer and not depend on such as this.

I used this for a few pots. I’m not a great plant parent, so I didn’t put much hope into growing anything and just picked easy stuff. I have potatoes growing in this mix and they are doing just fine.

It’s on the patio, so I haven’t noticed any gnats. I also started some “Zombie Plant” seeds in another container of this soil. Again, on the patio so I can’t say if there are gnats. The seeds sprouted and are doing well.

Not sure what the actual name of these are, but they seem to be thriving. This soil shipped well and lots to be just fine for my needs.

My wife used to grow herbs and cat grass for furry ones. Worked very and was a great mix. Has enough leftover to grow some indoor over winter. Clean product.

We bought this soil to add into the ground around new trees the we were planting. The consistency of this soil was great, and the trees are doing very well. You can’t beat the price for the quality.

Jolly Rancher is the name most prominate on the bag. I bought this because it has no plant food etc in it. I put it into the hen yard. They love scratching in it.