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Highlights
- Miracle-Gro® Potting Mix feeds container plants for up to 6 months - gets more blooms for more color (vs. unfed plants)
- This potting soil Grows Plants Twice As Big!® (vs. unfed plants)
- Use this home gardening product with all types of container plants, including flowers, vegetables, shrubs, annuals, and perennials
- To apply this potting medium, fill a container about 1/3 full with potting mix, place your plant in the soil, and fill the rest of the pot, pressing lightly
- One 1 cu. ft. bag of Miracle-Gro® Potting Mix fills two 12-inch containers (exact amounts may vary depending on the size of the root ball)
Description
Cultivate a beautiful array of container plants with Miracle-Gro® Potting Mix. This potting soil mix Grows Plants Twice As Big!®* In addition, the added fertilizer feeds all types of container plants for up to 6 months. With this gardening product, you can expect more blooms for more color*. This container mix works best with outdoor container plants, including your favorite flowers, annuals, perennials, vegetables, and shrubs. To apply, select a pot with a drain hole. Fill the pot about 1/3 full with potting soil. Loosen the root ball of your plant and place it in the pot. Add more potting mix and press lightly to level. Water your plant and let it drain. For optimal results, refer to plant tags for specific sun and shade needs. Let mix dry to the touch between waterings; do not allow plants to sit in drainage water. To avoid soil compaction and replenish nutrients, all container plants should be repotted annually or as needed with fresh Miracle-Gro® Potting Mix. One 1 cu. ft. bag of Miracle-Gro® Potting Mix fills two 12-inch containers. *Vs unfed plants
Weight: 13 Pounds
Capacity (Volume): 1 cubic-ft
Used For: Flowers
Maximum Coverage Area: 100 Square Feet
TCIN: 13983729
UPC: 032247565134
Item Number (DPCI): 084-16-0302
Origin: Made in the USA or Imported
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Estimated ship dimensions: 23.26 inches length x 17.93 inches width x 5.83 inches height
Estimated ship weight: 14.903 pounds
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4.7 out of 5 stars with 5934 ratings
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The reviews highlight a significant decline in the quality of Miracle Grow potting soil, with many guests reporting issues such as gnat infestations, poor moisture retention, and a change in composition that resembles mulch rather than quality soil. While some guests still appreciate the brand for its historical performance and effectiveness in plant growth, the recent batches have led to widespread disappointment and concerns about plant health. Guests are seeking a return to the previous formula that supported their gardening success.
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4.1 out of 5 stars with 3837 reviews
quality: 3.69 out of 5
value: 3.54 out of 5
65% would recommend
229 recommendations
Soil
5 out of 5 stars
Thumbs up graphic, would recommend
Pattiann27 - 4 days ago, Verified purchaser
Best soil for growing potted plants. Fertilizer built in for up to 6 months
Fresh dirt
5 out of 5 stars
Thumbs up graphic, would recommend
AshNeu - 13 days ago, Verified purchaser
This was a great price for this product, and it the dirt was moist, not wet, but definitely felt fresh. Sometimes bags of potting mix can be dried out and feel stale (IYKYK). I would buy this potting mix from Target again.
Horrible this year
1 out of 5 stars
NPS - 14 days ago
originally posted on Miracle-Gro
I used to use this product all the time. Now all of my container plant are dying after 1 week. The product is full of wood chips, and is horrible
1 reply from Customer Care team - 13 days ago
NPS, we are concerned to hear this regarding use of Miracle-Gro Potting Mix. 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.
Potting Soil
4 out of 5 stars
Thumbs up graphic, would recommend
Linda - 16 days ago, Verified purchaser
Easy to use. Good for flowers.
Poor quality!
1 out of 5 stars
Erzsi - 17 days ago
originally posted on Miracle-Gro
I bought 2 bags of this for my outdoor pots, but I am very unhappy with quality of the potting soil. It is full of chunky wood pieces and my plants are not doing well in it at all! Past years the potting soil was much better quality. The promised grow 3x bigger plants are false. I had to give extra nutrients in order for them to thrive. What happened to the quality??
1 reply from Customer Care team - 16 days ago
We're sorry to read about your disappointment with the Miracle Gro Potting Mix and appreciate your feedback. The small pieces of bark and twigs in our potting soil are intentional components. However, you shouldn't find large pieces of wood or bark. Most of our soils, especially our potting mixes and garden soils, are made from composted forest products. They contain very little, if any, actual soil. This is by design! Composted forest products offer several benefits: high organic content, reduced compaction, and improved aeration. The coarser material allows air to reach the roots of your plants, promoting better performance over time. 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.
It's a Miracle
5 out of 5 stars
J Fleming - 17 days ago
originally posted on Miracle-Gro
This is a perennial Hibiscus on it's 3rd season. I left it in the nursery soil originally. It almost died the first season. I kept it over the winter somehow and last summer it lived, but looked like Charlie Brown's Christmas tree. Don't know why I kept it, but this spring I replanted it with Miracle grow soil. This little hibiscus that could, has transformed into a thriving, beautiful plant. Unbelievable.
Snats
1 out of 5 stars
Liz - 19 days ago
originally posted on Miracle-Gro
I bought a bag of miracle grow potting soil to re pot a plant only to find the soil has snats/ bug in it
1 reply from Customer Care team - 18 days ago
Hello Liz. 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.
No Longer What It Used To Be
1 out of 5 stars
M125 - 21 days ago
originally posted on Miracle-Gro
I would like to begin by saying that I have purchased Miracle-gro products for decades. With that said, this year, I purchased a number of bags of Miracle-gro potting mix. What I have found was no soil in any of my bags. All that is in them is sticks, of varying sizes, bark, of varying sizes, peat moss, some perlite, and what appears to be some type of fir. Granted, I will gladly admit that there is benefit to these products. However, they should not comprise the entirety of a potting mix. There needs to be soil in some form or quantity. I did still have two bags from last year, which I did open. The difference was truly astonishing for what is supposed to be the same product.
1 reply from Customer Care team - 19 days ago
We're sorry to read about your disappointment with Miracle-Gro Potting Mix and appreciate your feedback. While large pieces of bark should be filtered out during processing small pieces of bark are added to our media to improve drainage and prevent the soil from compacting. The addition of this coarser material to our potting mix allows oxygen to reach the roots and improves plant performance. 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.
1 reply from Customer Care team - 19 days ago
We're sorry to read about your disappointment with Miracle-Gro Potting Mix and appreciate your feedback. While large pieces of bark should be filtered out during processing small pieces of bark are added to our media to improve drainage and prevent the soil from compacting. The addition of this coarser material to our potting mix allows oxygen to reach the roots and improves plant performance. 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.
Gnat heaven
1 out of 5 stars
Lz571 - 24 days ago
originally posted on Miracle-Gro
Just opened a brand new bag of miracle gro potting soil and it was full of gnats. Disgusting and don't dare use for fear they will spread.
1 reply from Customer Care team - 20 days ago
We're sorry to read about your disappointment with Miracle Gro Potting Soil and appreciate your feedback. While the gnats are annoying to deal with they will not harm your plants. They can enter the bags in shipping or while being stored at the retailer. We recommend adding a 1/2 inch layer of sand to the tops of the pots. This will not allow the gnats to burrow and will kill the larvae. 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.
Poor product
1 out of 5 stars
Not sure - 25 days ago
originally posted on Miracle-Gro
Last year….great product that I’ve used for 20 yrs This year…..terrible! Used it for outdoor planters but I would not use for my houseplants There are poor reviews from last year but apparently you are more interested in profit and not quality and fixing the product.
1 reply from Customer Care team - 23 days ago
We are sorry for the disappointment with the Miracle Gro Potting Mix. 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.
Bugs in your potting soil!!
1 out of 5 stars
Kathy - 26 days ago
originally posted on Miracle-Gro
I bought two new bags, have used only one. Two plants had to be re potted and my husband helped me take them outside, took them out of the pots, and I literally hosed off all the old potting soil and then put them in bigger pots with the new soil. I now have once again been infested with bugs from your potting soil! I have fought what I thought were fungus gnats from your soil for months and almost had them eradicated, but thought it was maybe due to storage of the bags at the store. Never again!!
1 reply from Customer Care team - 23 days ago
We're sorry to read about your disappointment with Miracle-Gro Potting Soil and appreciate your feedback. While we do not sterilize the soil it is composted to kill any harmful insects and microbes. Unfortunately, soils may become infested with insects while in storage or while they are waiting for sale. Below are some steps you can take: -Let the soil dry out more between each watering. Dry soil helps kill the larvae. Most people tend to over water their plants, and this can make the problem worse. It's especially important to drain the saucers of excess water. Anything left after an hour should be poured out. -Apply at least 1/2 inch of sand on top of the soil of potted/container plants. Larvae cannot burrow through the sand and will die. Sand should be left on the container for several weeks until the problem is solved. -To catch the adults you can try putting a small bowl of cider vinegar with a drop of dishwashing liquid near the houseplants or use yellow sticky traps. -Insects will not disappear overnight. It may take several weeks but you should begin to see a reduction in insect numbers. All houseplants in the home should be treated. 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.
Horrible reformulation in 2025 potting mix
1 out of 5 stars
Ghost - 28 days ago
originally posted on Miracle-Gro
Comparing an older bag of miracle grow to the 2025 miracle grow potting mix is night and day difference. The new product contains cheap materials including huge chunks of bark.
1 reply from Customer Care team - 26 days ago
Hi, we're sorry to read about your disappointment with Miracle-Gro Potting Mix and appreciate your feedback. It is normal to see small pieces of bark and twigs, they are intentional components of our soil, however you should not find large pieces of wood or bark. Composted forest products provide high organic content and nutrients without the concern for soil compaction. The coarser material allows for air to reach the roots. 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.
Potting soil
1 out of 5 stars
Barb - 28 days ago
originally posted on Miracle-Gro
Very disappointing this year. Looks like ground up tree bark. Water does not drain. It's suffocating my plants which are all in pots. Never again miracle grow.
1 reply from Customer Care team - 27 days ago
We're sorry to hear about your disappointment with Miracle-Gro Potting Mix, and we appreciate you taking the time to share your feedback. We want you to feel confident in our products and their ability to help you grow beautiful, thriving plants. That's why we offer a product guarantee. If, for any reason, you're not completely satisfied with the results after using our product, you're entitled to a refund. Please note that limitations may apply. If you have any questions or if there's anything else we can do to help, please don't hesitate to contact us at 888-295-6902. We're here to assist you.
Here we go again!
1 out of 5 stars
Cjclark - 30 days ago
originally posted on Miracle-Gro
I wrote a review 9 days ago concerning the "Potting" soil. I then purchased the "Garden" soil. Really bad idea! It was full of mold and smelled really really bad! But, I thought I'd just let it dry out and maybe it would be usable...not so! The mold just hardened up. I can not believe that this company has gotten this bad!!!@
1 reply from Customer Care team - 27 days ago
We're sorry to read about your disappointment with Miracle-Gro Potting Mix and appreciate your feedback. Mold or fungus may grow in potting mix because it is a living product. The richer the potting soil, the greater the chance for mold or fungus to start. All of the ingredients in our soils are considered natural living products. The mold or fungus you have experienced in your soil will not harm your plants; it is feeding off of microscopic organisms in the soil. These organisms help the soil decay, which causes natural nutrients in the soil. These nutrients are essential to your plant's survival. 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.
Awful
1 out of 5 stars
Thumbs down graphic, would not recommend
Ac8 - 30 days ago, Verified purchaser
Awful. My plants were doing well and thriving but then ants and gnats became a problem. I had to call pest control for the ants. So frustrating
1 reply from Miracle-Gro Consumer Services team - 27 days ago
We're sorry to read about your disappointment with Miracle-Gro Potting Mix and appreciate your feedback. The soil you purchased is a natural product. While we do not sterilize the soil it is composted to kill any harmful insects and microbes. Unfortunately, soils may become infested with insects while in storage or while they are waiting for sale. 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.
Funga nats
1 out of 5 stars
Mgreen14 - 1 month ago
originally posted on Miracle-Gro
I bought 8 bags for my raised beds to move my swash into. The bags smelled rancid agree I poured them out but I assumed it was just natural things inside the soil. After transferring my squash I noticed the soil looking like it was crawling and flies everywhere. The soil is infested with fungus Nats. This is so gross and discouraging
1 reply from Customer Care team - 30 days ago
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.
Potting soil
5 out of 5 stars
Thumbs up graphic, would recommend
Diane - 1 month ago, Verified purchaser
This is great. I use it every year.
No more potting soil??
1 out of 5 stars
GG5 - 1 month ago
originally posted on Miracle-Gro
I have been shocked and saddened by Miracle Gro Potting Mix product, which I assume is being marketed as a replacement for Miracle Gro Potting Soil. In my opinion, it is nothing but peat moss and sticks! I have spent the morning picking out 4” clods of hard peat moss and adding huge amounts of Pearlite to make soil fit to grow flowers. I used it a week ago, unamended, in several flower beds, and it turned into concrete within two days! I literally could not loosen the soil with my fingers. Even using a spade, the soil just broke into big, compacted clods. I can hardly believe that Miracle Gro — which has been a gold standard in quality potting soil for decades — has decided to yield to pressure from “green bullies,” whose experience with gardening (if they have any at all) often consists of a few little grow boxes on apartment balconies and a belief that “organic” anything will save mankind — and/or the common malady of chasing after the gods of corporate profit. After all, if you can brainwash customers into believing that Martha Stewart is the real Mother Earth, that her testimony of Miracle Gro Organic soil is actually an altruistic public service announcement, and that they would be foolish to rely on their hard-earned gardening experience and place their delicate, young plants into the LaBreya tar pit of peat moss. I realize this review is sounding rabid. Most people consider me a kind, accommodating person. However, I work so hard each year to grow lovely, healthy flowers and plants, and to be kicked in my shins by a product that should be a support to my efforts, not a Trojan horse of sabotage, is a painful disappointment. I am just so, so sad that Miracle Gro has become another entry on my long list of let-downs.
1 reply from Customer Care team - 1 month ago
We're sorry to read about your disappointment with Miracle-Gro Potting Mix and appreciate your feedback. We would like to assure you that Miracle-Gro makes every effort during the manufacturing to ensure our products stay as pure as possible. While small pieces of bark and twigs are intentional components of our soils, consumers should not find large pieces of wood or bark. Most of our potting mixes are made of composted forest products, which provide high organic content and nutrients without the concern for soil compaction. The coarser material allows for air to reach the roots of the plant which improves plant performance for years. 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.
Brought fungus gnats
1 out of 5 stars
Thumbs down graphic, would not recommend
Mk7sora - 1 month ago, Verified purchaser
This potting soil literally gave my plants fungus gnats. I never had an issue with all 3 of my plants that I got a two months ago. A few weeks after potting them in this soil, I all the sudden have a fungus gnat problem. I ended up tossing all 3 of my palms out.
1 reply from Miracle-Gro Consumer Services team - 1 month ago
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.
Too much non soil ingredients
1 out of 5 stars
See photo - 1 month ago
originally posted on Miracle-Gro
I have enclosed a photo the number of wooden sticks, petrified wood and some sort of cotton like substance I found in 3 cups worth of Miracle Grow Potting soil. The amount of time it takes to weed out this material is not worth it. I’m going elsewhere.
1 reply from Customer Care team - 1 month ago
We're sorry to read about your disappointment with Miracle-Gro Potting Mix and appreciate your feedback. We want to assure you that Miracle-Gro takes great care during the manufacturing process to maintain the purity and quality of our products. While small pieces of bark and twigs are intentionally included as part of our soil blends, larger pieces of wood or bark should not be present. Our soils are primarily composed of composted forest products, which offer rich organic content and essential nutrients while helping to prevent soil compaction. The inclusion of coarser materials promotes better airflow to plant roots, supporting healthier growth and long-term plant performance. If you have any concerns, please reach out to us at 888-295-6902.