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Customer Reviews for Miracle-Gro 1.5 cu. ft. All Purpose Garden Soil

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Model #70359500

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  • Promotes more beautiful annuals, perennials, vegetables vs unfed
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  • Improves existing soil

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  • 4.5
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  • 76% recommend this product
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Soil
[This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Nice rich soil and easy to open the bag. It was easy to pour out and spread around my garden. My corn loved it and i definitely recommend anyone to buy it. I will be using this brand next year for my plants.
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    Higher yield
    [This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This is the best soil which is filled the best nutrients for plants. I noticed that my vegetables plant produced a lot. My vegetables had more blooms than in the past. I also noticed that the size of my tomatoes were bigger and tasted better.
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      Great Soil
      [This review was collected as part of a promotion.] We have a small garden with corn, beans, potatoes, and cabbage and since we started using the Miracle Grow Garden Soil, we have noticed a big difference in our plants! The growth rate is amazing on my plants, tomatoes are very green, sprouts are stronger. This soil helps build strong roots, improves the quality of the soil you already have, and feeds for up to 3 months! Cons- bags heavy to drag around Definitely a bit thick on it's own and easily compacted. Overall, very pleased with what I got. My plants are healthier, growth is even and will diffidently buy again once available online!
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        Great for my flowers
        [This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I received Scott’s miracle grow in ground use. This come perfect timing as I needed to plant all my flowers. I used this on many different varieties of plants directly in the ground. This is at my friends memorial site where there is alot of trees and it is by the road. The ground is very rooted and sand and dry. I planted my plants adding this to all of the holes along with covering my plants with it. It is easy to work with as it covers well. The plants love it with all the good nutrients and such in the soil. My plants are thriving now because of this soil! Defiantly recommend
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          Always Reliable
          [This review was collected as part of a promotion.] When Im planting and gardening I love knowing I'm using a brand amd products I can count on to deliver as promised. This is a great quality and functional soil. See excellent growth results and hearty flowers and plants. Excellent value and reliable go to product for your planting needs
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            I am so glad someone recommended this to me.
            [This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This has been great, even for a beginner! Every year, the home we moved too didn't have the greatest garden. When I planted perennials last year, it looked great, but didn't stay beautiful for long. I figured it was due to possible lack of water (we had drought restrictions), or maybe the location I chose. This year, while planting a few more perennials and a vegetable garden, someone suggested that I use this mixed in with the regular soil. Everything looked beautiful longer and stronger. My tomato plants' vines also look strong and sturdy. I also added this to my already existing beds. Before they started to sprout, I quickly added this to those areas. It has also been handy to use in dry/bald areas of the grass where I decided to reseed. I have been impressed.
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              • Recommended
              Superior soil
              [This review was collected as part of a promotion.] The Miracle-Gro garden all purpose soilfor in-ground use is absolutely the best soil I've ever used. It's very simple to use and it helps my plants to grow strong and healthy. I love how easy it is to just fill my planters and go.
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                Vegetable Growth Accelerated
                [This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Great product! This year, I expanded my raised garden bed to accommodate my love of fresh vegetables. I took a section of my garden to test this new soil and it works amazing! My cucumbers have exploded with growth and am sold on this garden soil to top off my bed.
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                  Perfect for tomato
                  [This review was collected as part of a promotion.] I absolutely love using this soil when I start my garden every year. My plants always take to it really well and they grow very quickly and get huge. Especially my tomatoes. They thrive in this soil every time. I will not use any other in my garden.
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                    Great Garden Soil
                    [This review was collected as part of a promotion.] The Miracle Gro Garden Soil all purpose works great at giving my plants and vegetables the nutrients they need. This is good quality soil that helps feed my plants for up to three months. It is easy to use and I am very pleased.
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                      • Recommended
                      Easy to spread and full of nutrients.
                      [This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Just the pick me up my summer garden needed. This Miracle Gro All Purpose Garden soil is loaded with the nutrients my garden is needing. It is very easy to spread and crumbles easily to cover the entire area. No clumps at all in the bag and one bag goes a very far way. I feel good that the plants are getting the extra vitamins they are lacking this year with our strange weather.
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                        • Recommended
                        Great product for all my garden needs
                        [This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Scott's Miracle Gro All-Purpose Soil was great to use for planting my flowers and vegetables. The bag was easy to dispense the soil and I liked that it was a great size that was convenient to use for all my gardening needs.
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                          Great Product!
                          [This review was collected as part of a promotion.] Great Product! This soil was great in helping me replant my plants. Just by the texture of the soil you can tell it is a great quality soil. I can not wait to see how well my plants thrive thanks to this wonderful product! I highly recommend it!
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                            • Recommended
                            Great yield on my produce!
                            [This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This is my go to soil. My produce yield has never been as good till I started using this soil. It’s great that I don’t have to worry about feeding my vegetables for at least 3 months. I love that I do not have to water as much to get great results.
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                              Preferred All Purpose Garden Soil
                              [This review was collected as part of a promotion.] This is my preferred garden soil and I add it to very large pots that I grew vegetables in last year. It doesn't hurt to add some extra ingredients like coffee grounds, egg shells, epson salts, etc. to enrich the soil. I also like that not many weeds spring up from where it is used. Works well and is a great value, especially if you live in an area with sandy soil.
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                                • Recommended
                                Poor quality
                                I bought this 2 weeks ago and opened it to find a white web coating of fungus
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                                Response from Customer CareJun 19, 2023
                                We're sorry to read about your disappointment with Miracle-Gro Garden Soil All Purpose and appreciate your feedback. Fungal mold spores including mushroom producing fungus are a natural part of soils It just takes the right conditions for the spores to develop into a fungus or mold. Our growing media products are not sterilized and may contain microorganism including fungus. In fact, fungus mold has been scientifically proven to improve the growth of plants by releasing nutrients from the organic material that growing media are typically lacking. The fungus mold only becomes a problem if there is an overgrowth. Overgrowth occurs when the soil mulch is too wet. The mold and fungus that grows on soils and mulch will not harm plants and is safe for people and pets to be around although as always, we recommend you use gloves when handling for soil that has not been used yet allow it to dry out on some newspaper outside before using. For soil that has already been used, allow the plants to dry out a bit between waterings. It will not hurt the plant to allow the soil to dry between waterings but will typically eliminate any mold fungus growth which needs the extra moisture. Keep in mind that mold and fungus on growing media or mulch will go away with sunlight and air circulation. We want you to be confident in our products. For this reason, we offer a product guarantee to our consumers. At your earliest convenience, please reach out to us at 888-295-6902 if we can further assist.
                                  If this is your gardens soil, beware
                                  Looks like forest scrapings. Full of leaves, chunks of undefined stuff, and it smells..
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                                  Response from Customer CareJun 11, 2023
                                  We're sorry to read about your disappointment with Miracle-Gro Garden Soil and appreciate your feedback. While small pieces of bark and twigs are intentional components of our growing media including potting soil, garden soil, lawn soil, and topsoil, you should not find large pieces of wood or bark. Most of our soils especially potting mixes and garden soils are made of composted forest products and contain very little if any actual soil. Odor is caused by decomposing natural material and is non-toxic. Once material is opened and spread, odor will dissipate on its own in 24 - 28 hours. We want you to be confident in our products. For this reason, we offer a product guarantee to our consumers. At your earliest convenience, please reach out to us at 877-220-3089 if we can further assist.
                                    Garden soil.
                                    Garden soil is HORRIBLE! Had oily smell and full of wood chunks and sticks. It was never like this. Been buying for years. Will never buy again. My tomatoes are not growing and seem to be dying .
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                                    Response from Customer CareJun 6, 2023
                                    We're sorry to read about your disappointment with Miracle-Gro Garden Soil All Purpose and appreciate your feedback. Some small pieces of back and twigs are intentional components of our growing media. Most of our soils, especially potting mixes and garden soils, are made of composted forest products and contain very little, if any, soil. This provides high organic content and nutrients without the concern for soil compaction. We want you to be confident in our products. For this reason, we offer a product guarantee to our consumers. At your earliest convenience, please reach out to us at 877-220-3089 if we can further assist.
                                      hydrangeas
                                      They came advertised,i though they would be a little larger,but thats okay one was little wilted
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                                        Bag of Bark
                                        I bought a few bags last week and a bag this week. The bag this week contained large chunks of wood and looked like bad topsoil. It looked nothing like the stuff I purchased just a week ago which was fine. I think there are bad batches going around.
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                                        Response from Customer CareJun 1, 2023
                                        We're sorry to read about your disappointment with Miracle-Gro Garden Soil and appreciate your feedback. Although small pieces of wood and other organic materials are intentional components of our soils, there should not be an excessive amount. We want you to be confident in our products. For this reason, we offer a product guarantee to our consumers. At your earliest convenience, please reach out to us at 877-220-3089 if we can further assist.
                                          What happened to quality control?
                                          Clearly it's lacking. I know it's just garden soil but it had bits of plastic and other random things ground up. The smell is kinda sickening after being around it for any amount of time and I found this huge nail in the bag when I reached in with my hand!! Why is there nails in this??? Anyone????
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                                          Response from Customer CareMay 27, 2023
                                          We're sorry to read about your disappointment with Miracle-Gro Garden Soil and appreciate your feedback. We make every effort to screen debris from our soils. We want you to be confident in our products. For this reason, we offer a product guarantee to our consumers. At your earliest convenience, please reach out to us at 877-220-3089 if we can further assist.
                                            Thriving
                                            My plants are thriving! They’ve really taken off. I planted 4 more baby tomatoes I inherited from a friend. I would recommend to anyone planting flowers or gardening.
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                                            • Recommended
                                            Mushrooms everywhere.
                                            I have bought 25+ bags of the garden soil for my beds. Plants are doing great but I have mushrooms coming up in every bed. Are these edible? Seems to be much more mulch in it than previous years.
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                                            Response from Customer CareMay 18, 2023
                                            We're sorry to read about your disappointment with Miracle-Gro Garden Soil All Purpose and appreciate your feedback. Fungal mold spores including mushroom producing fungus are a natural part of soils and mulch. It just takes the right conditions for the spores to develop into a fungus or mold. In fact, fungus mold has been scientifically proven to improve the growth of plants by releasing nutrients from the organic material that growing media are typically. We do not sterilize our growing media as microorganisms are an important component of growing media. The fungus mold only becomes a problem if there is an overgrowth. Overgrowth occurs when the soil mulch is too wet. Keep in mind that mold and fungus on growing media or mulch will go away with sunlight and air circulation. We want you to be confident in our products. For this reason, we offer a product guarantee to our consumers. At your earliest convenience, please reach out to us at 877-220-3089 if we can further assist.
                                              Shredded plastic
                                              I bought Miracle-Gro Garden Soil All-Purpose based on brand recognition. The soil looks ok (who really knows without testing), and the balance with mulch seems appropriate. On closer examination, it is easy to find shreds of plastic that may have once been plastic bags, as well as small chips of hard plastic. Is Miracle-Gro mixing plastic waste into the soil? The soil is already blended into the garden, and I've decided not to take it out, at least not this season. Nonetheless, I'm not happy about having plastic scraps in the garden and would to buy this soil again.
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                                              Response from Customer CareMay 9, 2023
                                              We are concerned to hear this. We would like the opportunity to gather some additional information and offer assistance. Please reach out to our Consumer Services team at 888-295-6902 for assistance.
                                                Garden Soil
                                                I bought 25 bags to make my garden have better soil. My husband put in garden. I went outside to plant seeds and could not because it looked like nothing but mulch. Very disappointed. I now have a mess. Two places where he opened bags looked like a good mixture of dirt and mulch. The other spots looked like I had bought mulch. I really think the machine mixing garden soil with mulch got out of wack and someone did not catch the mistake. There is no way garden soil is suppose to be mainly mulch. I am not mixing this garden soil with my soil!!!!!!! It is nothing but mulch. Now I have got to rake all this up! Not a happy customer! I have always been happy with everything miracle gro not this time. A supervisor needs to go look at what is going in bags.
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                                                Response from Customer CareMay 1, 2023
                                                We're sorry to read about your disappointment with Miracle-Gro Garden Soil All Purpose and appreciate your feedback. Most of our soils, especially potting mixes and garden soils, are made of composted forest products and contain very little if any actual soil. Composted forest products provide high organic content and nutrients without the concern for soil compaction which often occurs with potting mixes composed primarily of actual topsoil. The coarser material allows for air to reach the roots of the plant which improves plant performance. While small pieces of bark and twigs are intentional components of our growing media, including potting soil, garden soil, lawn soil, topsoil, etc., you should not find large pieces of wood or bark. We want you to be confident in our products. For this reason, we offer a product guarantee to our consumers. At your earliest convenience, please reach out to us at 877-220-3089 if we can further assist.
                                                  Beware-Possible Low Nitrogen
                                                  Nutrients really vary between bags. I used this for my tomato seedlings. With one bag, started getting yellow leaves within one week. Another plant, set in another bag is still nice and green.
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                                                  Response from Miracle-Gro Consumer ServicesApr 24, 2023
                                                  We're sorry to read about your disappointment with Miracle-Gro Garden Soil All Purpose and appreciate your feedback. The nutrient levels should be consistent from bag to bag, so we will share your feedback with the appropriate department.

                                                  We want you to be confident in our products. For this reason, we offer a product guarantee to our consumers. At your earliest convenience, please reach out to us at 877-220-3089 if we can further assist. miracle-gro
                                                    • Recommended
                                                    Miracle-Grow Plant soil all purpose
                                                    Im 71 years old and for the last 25 years I have purchased your miracle grow plant soil! Whats up with adding garden to the title. I do not garden, I have 40 houseplants which need new soil , preferably your plant soil every year! I cant find Miracle Grow Plant Soil anywhere?
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                                                    Response from Customer CareApr 10, 2023
                                                    We are concerned to hear this. We would like the opportunity to gather some additional information and offer assistance. Please reach out to our Consumer Services team at 888-295-6902 for assistance.
                                                      • Recommended
                                                      Easy to use and right sized for container gardening....
                                                      Easy to use and right sized for container gardening.
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                                                      • Verified Purchase
                                                      Good quality soil and my indoor plants are flourishing. It's...
                                                      Good quality soil and my indoor plants are flourishing. It's starting to look like a jungle!
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                                                      Covered more area than I expected. Good value@
                                                      As an older woman, I was afraid I couldn't lift or manage this much soil in one bag. But, the bag was easy to get a grip on. Miracle Grow soil always works best for my little projects.
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                                                      • Recommended
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