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Miracle-Gro Moisture Control Potting Mix
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Jul 7, 2013
WLashay1
1 out of 5 stars review

Horrible Mix

I am so upset...I have repotted all of my indoor plants with this stuff. I thought it was normal to have so many twigs and sticks and hardly no potting soil (being a first-timer), but now that I've read the reviews, I see that I was wrong. So next year I will buy potting soil instead of potting mix. I am so disappointed in this brand.

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May 25, 2023
PamB
4 out of 5 stars review

Best Potting Soil

Miarcle-Gro Moisture Control Potting Soil is the only soil I use. I try to change the soil in my house plants in the Spring and late Fall. I would prefer to buy a larger bag, but they have not been on hand at Walmart lately. I go through the 8 qt quickly

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Aug 12, 2024
a
1 out of 5 stars review

Nope!

Sadly the rumors are true and it comes with ghats. I really didn't think it was possible but sadly now my room is covered in gnats and by plants are likely going to die and my expensive seeds are going to be wasted. Not just that but there's a layer of what looks like algae growing on the top later because it never ever dries.. How is that even possible?

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reply from Miracle-Gro Consumer Services

We&#39;re sorry to read about your disappointment with Miracle-Gro Moisture Control Potting Mix and appreciate your feedback.<br /><br />Insects could not survive the composting and packing process. However, it is possible for them to enter the bag during shipping and storage. Insects may also come in with soil of transplanted plant or enter through cracks, crevices, open windows or doors simply looking for suitable environment.<br /><br />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 have 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 out growing media as micro organisms 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.<br /><br />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.

Jun 26, 2015
Scott
1 out of 5 stars review

Lacking required nutrition, not balanced

I went out of my way to buy the very best - I mean what could go wrong when you buy anything from Miracle Grow - but I set up two new large pots, each one using a complete bag of M-G Moisture Control potting mix to grow some tomatoes and both plants now have terrible Blossom End Rot. As this is caused by a lack of calcium I would have thought that the M-G product would have been better balanced to include calcium. Very disappointed.

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May 7, 2013
ForniMe
3 out of 5 stars review

Redish worthless bark!

I have to give a neutral review because of last years purchase. Like others I have always been very pleased with the Miracle-Gro potting soil. But last year it was nothing but tree bark shredded in a bag. Wasn't even the black color I have come to love over the years. I have just bought 3 bags to determine whether or not I will continue to use this product. One other thing is I noticed they dropped their bags from 2 1/2 cu. ft. down to 2 1/4 cu. ft.. I will give a review later on my findings.

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reply from Miracle-gro Team

We are sorry to see that you were not completely satisfied with your purchase of Miracle-Gro Potting Mix. We would like the opportunity to gather some additional information and help troubleshoot, as well as review our product guarantee. Please contact our Consumer Services team at 888-295-6902 for assistance.

Mar 23, 2025
Laura
1 out of 5 stars review

We lost all of our house plants. We had no gnats and shortly after repotting with this soil, we were gnat infested. We treated the plants but it didnt work and we had to toss them all. Two if the plants were over 50 years old from a great grandfather-So sad.

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reply from Miracle-Gro Consumer Services

We&#39;re sorry to hear of the gnats in the Miracle-Gro Moisture Control Potting Mix. <br /><br />Insects can not survive the composting and packaging process, but can enter the bags during shipping or storage. When dealing with fungus gnats we recommend allowing the soil to dry out between watering. Dry soil can help kill the larvae.<br /><br />We want you to be confident in our products. For this reason, we offer a product guarantee. If for any reason you, the consumer, are not satisfied with the results after using this product, you are entitled to get your money back. Limitations apply. At your earliest convenience, please reach out to us at 888-295-6902 if we can further assist.

Jun 1, 2016
risky
4 out of 5 stars review

best potting soil ever,but.......

we use this dirt every year to pot plants, repot old plants. best ever used. but WHY is it out of stock before June the 1st, with no hopes of getting any back until next year. lots of folks still potting seed and plants, but alas no soil. come Sam's keep more in stock longer into the summer, spring just got done.

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Jun 22, 2014
Anonymous
1 out of 5 stars review

Use only if you want gnat infestation

According to many online reviews, I'm not the first to have bad experiences with this product! Weeks after transplanting my seedlings, the fungus gnats hatched and invaded my home. The website for this product states that the soil is NOT sterilized and if you have a gnat problem you need to make a further purchase of sand to cover your soil. Supposedly this gets rid of the gnats. I've had this problem with EVERY bag I have purchased over the last few years. I have continued to buy because I was hoping it wouldn't be EVERY bag, but now I'm tired of wasting my money. Scott's continues to make all sorts of excuses why this mixture is full of wood mulch, smells like a landfill and is infested, yet there are other products whose mix does not do these things. Save your money and buy a different brand!

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reply from ScottsCustomerCare

We are sorry to hear that you are disappointed in the Miracle Gro Potting Mix. We hate to hear that you have had a continual problem with our products. We appreciate your comments and are working hard to provide the best products possible to our consumers. 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 contact us to see what can be done. You may visit our contact page by clicking on the following link http://tinyurl.com/7ag7a3n

Jul 31, 2019
Anonymous
5 out of 5 stars review

Good stuff!

I purchased another brand of soil that was organic...but was full of bugs...I had to repot every plant and wash the roots....I bought this one to replace the previous product and so far, I am happy with this one....I just needed a basic potting soil for house plants and this one fits the bill!

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Aug 13, 2015
Mzluvleelady
1 out of 5 stars review

not happy

I brought this bag and re potted my plants after a week of being in the new soil and new pots my plants are limp and some of the leaves are dying. :( I'm guessing that maybe my plants could be in shock or something. I don't know if this is the same soil that was in the previous bags before Miracle-Gro changed the packing color. I won't buy this soil again that's for sure.

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