This is the first time I've used this product in 10, almost 11 years. I now remember why I quit using this product. It lacks packing ability, and within 2 weeks your plants will shift all over as this cheap fluff doesn't pack in the plants into place. I switched to Kelloggs Organic dirt ($10 @ Home Depot) because of the Organic reasons. But it's way better. I'm about to dig up everything I planted using this crappy dirt, and replant with Kelloggs. I don't recommend any Miracle Grow at all. The Garden soil of Miracle Grow was moldy and I became very ill following using it. I TOTALLY DON'T RECOMMEND THAT PRODUCT EITHER. Both purchased at Sam's. I will not make that same mistake, and with this review...I hope I save you from my same mistakes and illness of a Mold Cold upper respiratory infection.

I bought a small bag to repot an indoor plant. I kept it in the house and the next day I opened it. I had read that sometimes gnats can grow inside of potting soil bags. So I moved the bag around and sure enough little tiny flies where inside the bag. I saw at least 6. I took the bag back to Walmart and they gave me a refund. I believe that this is something that happens at no fault of the store or product brand. I purchased a smaller bag of Schultz potting soil and it was fine.

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

My best suggestion is to not use this particular soil for potted plants and this has already been well documented on numerous websites. Every single potted plant I've used this soil on, has ended up dying from root rot. This is because the soil becomes so compacted and it doesn't allow for very good drainage. Therefore, the soil ends up holding the moisture for too long a period of time. The roots can't breath in any oxygen and the plant basically ends up drowning in all the excess water.

BUYER BEWARE!! I ordered twelve of these. The product I received was NOT the product pictured and described here. The item shown and described is Miracle-Gro MOISTURE CONTROL potting mix. What I received was Miracle-Gro Potting Mix. It was NOT Moisture Control potting mix. It is a cheaper potting mix than what I ordered.

I have used this before in prior years but this year it’s different! After watering the plants the water runoff is brown and stains the deck. It appears more like peat moss than the potting soil in the prior year. Very disappointed and will not buy this in the future.

I ordered 8 of these for a raised garden bed. After pouring the soil into the bed, I found hundreds of yellowish-white eggs in the soil of different size which popped when you squeezed them. Research online have revealed these are fungus gnat eggs. I've ordered Black and Gold soil from Walmart in bulk and never had this problem. I've now spent over $100 (more than the cost of the soil) buying products to kill the gnats, which will eat and kill your plants from the root up. I will try to return the soil that I did not put into the bed. I'm sure that will be a treat, moving extremely heavy bags and packaging them up for return. Never again. I had to remove all of my plants from the soil and put back in previous containers while I am trying to sort out this mess.

I have ten containers/boxes that I filled with this stuff and can't keep the stuff moist. I thought perhaps it was the heat and since it has cooled down considerably and I've had to rake the top of the potting mix because it hard pans, I still can't get it to stay moist. This is really bad. Here I am and it's almost winter and the stupid soil still can't retain moisture. And on top of that, I've got gnats everywhere. Don't know what kind but my plants are doing horribly and I don't know if it's because of those bugs or because of the moisture problem. I won't every buy it again. This and their Organic Mix that I tried after this are both horrible.

Purchased this product because the price was reduced at the end of the traditional planting season here. Would not have purchased it, if the price was not reduced. Personal cost of living is up 65% with current government. This translates to prices being the prime driver in making all purchases. Have no experience with this product but its claim to protect against over %26 under watering would be appropriate with the weather here.

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!