Miracle-Gro Garden Soil for Flowers, In-Ground Use with Moisture Control , Feeds up to 3 Months, 1.5 cu ft

Purchased two bags of this soil today. Opened the first one to use planting some flowers. I took out about the top eighth of the bag to use in planting. Quickly discovered it was full of large pieces of wood, I mean large. Also, a couple of pieces of plastic. What there wasn’t was any sign of any kind of moisture control or fertilizer for the plants. This is plain old ordinary dirt, and not even good dirt. Very upset that I spent money on this product.

I have bought 6 bags of this product recently. Two of the bags contained numerous rocks, sticks, pieces of plastic bag material, and even 1 large plastic plant tag.

Ok why cant I use this in pots!? Thats what I bought it for. Didnt know you can't use it in pots! Why?!

This soil is for planting plants in your garden - not for planting in raised beds or containers. They have specific soil for that. But as far an all purpose garden soil goes, this product does the trick. I use it most for planting perennials and small flowering shrubs. Remember to mix it in with your native soil at a 50/50 rate. I add it to each planting hole and sprinkle in a little Espoma Bio-tone to enhance rooting, mix it well with the native soil, and plant my plants. It works well for that use.

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 about 65 bags of this soil. One thing I discovered is that most the of bags contain a light colored dry caked material I had to break up to get it to spread. And a few of the bags contained very moist darker soil that scooped up more like manure. After a couple of weeks, the seeds I planted are going nowhere in the lighter colored soil. However the darker/moister soil is producing seed sprouts. My seeds are sprouting only in the darker soil. I'm getting nothing in the lighter soil - which is about 95% of my soil. I'm very disappointed in the results (basically no results). I uploaded a photo showing the darker/moister soil next to the lighter/dryer soil. You can plainly see the only seeds that are sprouting are in the darker soil. I don't recommend this product unless you can find the darker/moister soil. They seem very rare - about 1 out of 15 bags. I'm not sure why they're different or why the more rare darker soil is the only soil that works. It would seem to me that Miracle Gro would make all the soil of the same formula. My only success (about 7%) is from the darker soil. I don't recommend this product.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This product controls moisture very well even during hot weather. Plants thrive in the pre - fertilized soil mixture. I have not fertilized my flowers since planted and they are twice as big or more than others on the street. Soil is very rich and has no odor. I will use this soil every year for my flowers and recommend it to family and friends.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I used this Miracle-Gro® Garden Soil for Flowers and so glad I did my flowers had lots of blooms with bright pretty colors. Miracle-Gro is worth its money.

This is really mislabeled and not suitable for potting soil. It's more like mulch. It's a smelly mixture of coarsely composed wood and the one bag I opened had flakes of plastic bags. I had to mixing the contents of this bag with some of my own compost and garden soil.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Used in all our planters this year. This product retains moisture very well, thus virtually eliminating over watering. Newly planted flowers perked up quickly. A good value.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I replaced all the soil in my planter on my front porch with miracle grow for flowers. I am very pleased with the results. The Petunias and Geraniums are really flourishing with this soil. I will surely use this on a yearly basis.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I normally use potting soil for potted plants but decided to use the Miracle Grow Garden Soil this time around. The Miracle Grow Potting Soil has always worked very well. I am very pleased how my flowering plants look with the Garden Soil, they are growing extremely well with lots of flowers and plenty new growth. I would definite recommend this product to use for potted plants as well as a garden.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Nice light weight, but not too light soil. Color is a nice black. The soil does turn grey when dry. Could be bad if soul is used in an application where you want it to be seen.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Should allow me to not have to fertilize for the whole summer!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This product works great our flowers have never looked better than this year.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Used Miracle Gro Garden Soil for Flowers in all five of my landscape flower containers. They contain a variety of annual flowers. Excellent results. Colorful flowers are flourishing and containers seem to hold their moisture well. Easy to use and very pleased with the results. Great product. My flowers and myself are both happy!

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] The flower garden soil was a rich dark color and has provided us with good flower growth and color. One recommendation is to put the info that it should not be used in pots nearer the top of the directions although it seems to be working in the pots also.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I planted a little early for the central states but my seedling took very well for the very cool spring. I'm even getting flowers already. Also planted rose bushes but it a little to soon for results on them. Glad I tried this product.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Recently opened the bag of Miracle-Gro Soil for Flowers and was surprised to find that the soil was very moist and very easy to use. I filled my planter with the soil and added my flowers. Now I will wait to see how beautiful my flowers will be.

[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] boy does that product work. planted flowers a few weeks ago and are they growing fast. good stuff