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Customer Reviews for WONDER SOIL 2.5 cu. ft. Premium Expanding Coco Coir Living Soil Cube with Added Nutrients

Internet #204091781

Model #WSEXPAND

  • Contains coconut coir, worm castings, and water-saving polymers
  • Expands to 2.5 cu. ft. with hydration to promote vigorous growth
  • Non-toxic mix with low salt content is pet-friendly

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  • 4.5
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  • 89% recommend this product
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Love Wonder Soil! It's my favorite Soil ever!! I use it for all my pots.
Love Wonder Soil! It's my favorite Soil ever!! I use it for all my pots.
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Love it! Works just as describes. When you add water, it makes an AMAZING amount of soil-like pro...
Love it! Works just as describes. When you add water, it makes an AMAZING amount of soil-like product! Probably twice as much as I would've guess. Holds moisture well. Very light and airy, as opposed to compressed and heavy soil. A couple of weeks ago, I planted some seeds, as well as a few transplants. Everything is healthy and strong. The lettuce plants just began to show a few days ago! I'm a fan!
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Never buying potting mix again! I grow everything in fabric growing pots (20 to 150 gal). I use d...
Never buying potting mix again! I grow everything in fabric growing pots (20 to 150 gal). I use drip-lines in each of my growing pots. Wonder Soil coconut coir is amazing. Drains extremely well, excellent for roots, and gets shipped to my door! I've ordered 7 cubes so far and just ordered 4 more!!!
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    It really sucks up water and expands
    This was recommended for a specific type of garden project I wanted to create. Coir fiber soaks up water and holds it, unlike peat moss. The coir brick was heavy for its size but expanded to create at least 4 more times the quantity of mass.
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    Great Product
    This is a very simple and clean way to fill your raised bed garden. I was able to plant my garden in no time and with very little help. My soil was delivered to my door and it is compact enough that I able to lift the little bales of soil to the garden myself. You actually add water and fluff. My seedlings also seem to love this Wonder Soil, they have been in the soil for only one week and it is clear that they are established already!
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    66 found this review helpful
    This soil is fantastic.
    I planted one Earthbox with Wondersoil and another Earthbox with plain coir with added fertilizer. The Wondersoil plants are huge. The plain coir Earthbox plants are half the size. I am definetly buying more of this stuff. Also, it instantly hydrated when I added water. I didn't need to keep breaking it apart like other coir blocks.
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    Wonder Soil Expand and Plant
    When water was added, the soil expanded over 5x's. My seeds have sprouted in less than 1 week. You can see particles in the soil that hold the water so the plants don't dry out between watering. This stuff really lives up to it's name.
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    12 found this review helpful
    Best Soil ever !
    This is by far the best soil for potting or adding to a garden ever!
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    This is the best!!!...
    This is the best!!!
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    I bought this mainly because of the compact nature. I'm elderly and have a hard time hauling bags...
    I bought this mainly because of the compact nature. I'm elderly and have a hard time hauling bags of soil around. This seemed like the perfect solution and the fact it had stellar reviews, I figured I had hit the jackpot! WRONG! While I WILL admit it is easy enough to move around and it was even easy to add water to fluff it up. But that's where the positive things end. I filled my pots and planted my seedlings. I have over a dozen tomato plants and the same amount of pepper plants. I also have zucchini, beans, and cucumbers. NONE of them are doing very well at all!! This is the worst garden I have had in many many years! The plants and veggies last year were wonderful. I changed nothing except for changing the regular soil to this wonder soil and they are horrible! I don't know what's in this stuff, but my plants sure did NOT thrive in it! Left me wondering for sure! I wonder where all these positive reviews came from. I wonder why I thought something so convenient would work well. Well.....I wonder why I bothered buying it in the first place!
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      Tried it last year for the first time for 5 gallon containers of super hot peppers...mixed it wit...
      Tried it last year for the first time for 5 gallon containers of super hot peppers...mixed it with compost, azomite and worm castings. It was easy to reconstitute and my peppers loved it. Kept the soil moist longer which is a great asset in our brutal south Texas summer heat. Will be reordering to fill my City Pickers Patio Garden Kit.
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      I really like this stuff. I'm using it with a Pro Mix and worm castings in my Green Stalk Garden...
      I really like this stuff. I'm using it with a Pro Mix and worm castings in my Green Stalk Garden towers. Everything is growing wonderful. I only wish that they carried this in the store so I wouldn't have to wait for it.
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      Love this soil. ...
      Love this soil.
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      wonder soil works great use it a lot
      wonder soil works great use it a lot
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      This cube requires a lot of water to soften up.I'm...
      This cube requires a lot of water to soften up.I'm not sure it's worth it as far as quality, water waste and quantity.Not an item I will purchase again.
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      Tested against the brand I HAD been using. Seedlings sprout...
      Tested against the brand I HAD been using. Seedlings sprout quicker & stronger, soil moisture is wonderful - just right and long lasting. Only a few weeks use to report on but so far I love this stuff. One word of warning: this stuff expands like crazy.
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      I was looking for a potting soil tht would absorb...
      I was looking for a potting soil tht would absorb water instead of forming a hard crust that repels water as most of them do. So far this is meeting my expections and I am pleased with it.
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      Yes I would recommend this product IF one only has a small area to apply. It absolutely isn't cos...
      Yes I would recommend this product IF one only has a small area to apply. It absolutely isn't cost effective for larger areas. Otherwise the texture, color & density certainly appears as a quality product. Since I just added it, there hasn't been enough time to assess the positive growing aspects claimed.
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      Best deal around!...
      Best deal around!
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      as advertised... worked well..will buy again ...
      as advertised... worked well..will buy again
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      Looks as good as any other shipment , if not...
      Looks as good as any other shipment , if not better. Personally I did not notice the defect if there was one . For the price ,it was a gimmmeee! Just for your info this product has a great PH result. Every time I've checked it 6.5-6.8. Less things to worry about!!
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      5 Star Review
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      total result is to be determined but the “soil” for...
      total result is to be determined but the “soil” for my new Garden is MUCH easier to carry and to store.
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      I like to add this product instead of peat moss to my own mix of vermiculite, perlite and coarse ...
      I like to add this product instead of peat moss to my own mix of vermiculite, perlite and coarse sand. Works really well for all kinds of planting and transplanting trees and plants.
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