$498
- Moisture Control takes the guesswork out of watering
- Keeps plants fed for up to 6 months
- Provides the right start for success of container plants
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Product Overview
Beautify your potted flowers with Miracle-Gro Moisture Control Potting Mix. Our specially formulated mix will feed your plants for up to 6 months and protect against over- and under- watering. It absorbs up to 33% more water than basic potting soil (vs. potting soil that does not contain sphagnum peat moss, coir, and wetting agent), so your plants can remain hydrated. Use it with indoor and outdoor container plants. Grows plants twice as big (vs. unfed plants).
- Protects against over- and under watering
- Feeds up to six months
- Grows plants twice as big (vs. unfed plants)
- Absorbs up to 33% more water than basic potting soil vs. potting soil that does not contain sphagnum peat moss, coir and wetting agent
- Helps beautify potted flowers, indoors and out
- Click here to view the Types of Soil Buying Guide
Info & Guides
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| Brand | Miracle-Gro | Miracle-Gro | Miracle-Gro | Miracle-Gro |
| Name | 4 Qt. Indoor Houseplant Potting Mix | Moisture Control 8 qt. Potting Soil Mix | Cactus Palm and Citrus 16 qt. Potting Soil Mix (2-Pack) | Seed Starting 16 qt. Potting Soil Mix (2-Pack) |
| Price | $449 | $498 | $1038 | $1158 |
| Ratings | (31) | (1439) | (3) | (1) |
| Ideal For Growing | Flowers | Flowers,Fruits & Vegetables | Succulents | Flowers,Fruits & Vegetables |
| Organic | No | No | No | No |
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Specifications
Details
Bag Capacity/Dry Volume (qt)
8 qt
Ideal For Growing
Flowers,Fruits & Vegetables
Organic
No
Returnable
90-Day
Soil Matter
Non-organic
Soil Type
Potting
Warranty / Certifications
Mulch and Soil Council Certified
Yes
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Customer Reviews
Sep 26, 2021
Grub Worms
Discovered 21 grub worms in the remaining 1/2 of the bag of Potting Mix. Paid more fore the bag thinking that I was getting a quality product. No telling how many were in the other 1/2.
by None
Customer review from Miracle-GroJul 13, 2021
The Best stuff around
Potting mix is the only way to go…tried others ..didn’t get as much growth or quantity of blooms
by Chopper 513
Customer review from Miracle-GroJun 29, 2021
Not what it use to be!
I have been using Moisture Control Miracle Grow Potting soil for years. My potted flowers have always been stunning. This year I am on my second round of plants in many containers, they are dying as well; I’ve only given one photo example. I could give you 20. Plants and soil are ridiculously expensive this year. After being a satisfied customer for years, I will look for another product. What did you do to your Moisture Control soil this year? Use inferior product? Someone had a great idea in product management to throw something else in? You’ve really mucked up a good product Miracle Grow. Very disappointed.
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Response from Consumer Service Aug 18, 2021
We are sorry to hear about your experience when using Miracle-Gro Moisture Control Potting Mix. We would like to gather more information. At your convenience, please contact us to see what we can do to help. We can be reached at 888-295-6902.
Customer review from Miracle-GroJun 29, 2021
DONT BUY UNLESS U LOVE PULLING WEEDS.
I bought 8 huge bags of this garbage, to use for a creeping thyme bed in my yard& pumpkins I'm growing in containers.
4 days after planting I noticed growth in my creeping thyme patch& assumed it was just growing fast!
Well! To my horror, a few days later I went to plant my pumpkins in the containers on the other side of the yard, that were empty& I discovered they are producing the same weedlings all over them @#$%%
So now I have 4 bins& and entire cleared patch in my yard that's just going to be weeds.........Thanks a lot for ruining my yard& halloween Miraclegro. You'll never get business from me again.
by Megan_thegreat
Response from Consumer Service Aug 19, 2021
We are sorry to hear about your experience when using Miracle-Gro Potting Mix. The composting process does destroy most of the weed seeds in our soils. At your convenience, please contact us to see what we can do to help. We can be reached at 888-295-6902.
Customer review from Miracle-GroJun 26, 2021
Killing my,plants
I have used several bags for my pots and planters and this soil retains so much water it is killing my wave petunias. It hasn’t rained in a week nor have I watered and it’s soaking wet. Petunias turning yellow and dying, I repotted thinking it was root bound to no avail New soil did it again. Every rail planters I have is creating this mushy wet soil that does not dry out. Weather is 85+ and humid and will not dry. Even has a green tinge on top
by Flowerpower
Response from Consumer Service Aug 19, 2021
We are sorry to hear about your experience when using Miracle-Gro Potting Mix. This potting mix is formulated to allow excessive water to move through the soil and drain out the bottom of the pot. Make sure your containers have adequate drainage holes. At your convenience, please contact us to see what we can do to help. We can be reached at 888-295-6902.
Customer review from Miracle-GroJun 22, 2021
Horrible results
I purchased 2 bags of Miracle grow moisture control potting soil on May 9, 2021. I buy this yearly for my plants on my porch, but this year, my plants hardly grew, seeming to not have any nutrients. I even used miracle grow fertilizer, mixing as the box suggested, and no changes. Finally, I added some 10-10-10 fertilizer to each pot and within days, a couple of days, the plants began to change, grow and blossom more.
I am very disappointed with the results of the potting soil, and will add, when I opened the bags, they seemed to have a bunch of trash(sticks, bark etc).
I asked my daughter, and she said her plants didn't flourish as usual, using Miracle grow products.
What happened to the quality products we usually buy?
by Pam
Response from Consumer Service Aug 19, 2021
We are sorry to hear about your experience when using Miracle-Gro Moisture Control Potting Mix. This product is formulated to feed you plants for 6 months. At your convenience, please contact us to see what we can do to help. We can be reached at 888-295-6902.
Customer review from Miracle-GroJun 18, 2021
Great Stuff...
This has been my favorite fertilizer for over 20 years. No fungus, no knats, no problems. I mix one level teaspoon per gallon of tap waster. And I water away... not normally recommended the way I utilize it, you see I try and use MG every time I water about 4X a week if there’s no rain. I will continue to purchase Miracle Gro Potting Soil as long as they let me. I think it’s Great Stuff...
by Craig
Customer review from Miracle-GroJun 3, 2021
FUNGUS GNATS!!!!!! AGAIN!!!!!!!!!
I bought a bag of Miracle-Gro Potting Mix a few weeks ago to amend soil in two potted plants. These two pots are now infested with fungus gnats! Yet, the nearby peace lily, planted with different soil, is not! Nor are the herb seedlings that I am raising from soil in my yard. Miracle Gro potting soil is defintely the culprit! I am super frustrated, because I now realize that this is not the first time!! I thought it was a random incident the last time. I know that this potting soil tends to bloom white mold/fungus. I have tried using cinnamon to deter it. I had purchased Miracle-Gro for its reputation and I purchase bagged soil to avoid bugs. Yet, I did better with ground soil from my yard. Hoping to get this under control, I have now had to purchase gnat traps and horticultural sand--more cost and effort. Very disappointed AND aggravated!
by Rejennovate
Response from Consumer Service Aug 20, 2021
We are sorry to hear about your experience when using Miracle-Gro Potting Mix. Insects could not survive the composting and packing process. However, it is possible for them to enter the bag during shipping and storage. At your convenience, please contact us to see what we can do to help. We can be reached at 888-295-6902.
Customer review from Miracle-GroMay 31, 2021
Fuzzy
Found a lot of mold growing , found out in need to add different other mixes to soil for succulents .
by Owen
Customer review from Miracle-GroMay 29, 2021
Terminator for seedlings
Terrible bark mulch potting soil. I swear it must have cedar bark. Hundreds of seedlings were anemic and low or no growth yellowing as they leafed out.
by
Response from Consumer Service Aug 18, 2021
We are sorry to hear about your experience when using Miracle-Gro Moisture Control Potting Mix. We would like to gather more information. At your convenience, please contact us to see what we can do to help. We can be reached at 888-295-6902.
Customer review from Miracle-Gro
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