Sta-Green Sta-Green Potting Mix, Large Plant Food Spikes and Slate Rubber Self Watering Planter

Well I tried it

Soil appeared fine, worked well for awhile but - and YES I am aware that potting soil normally has mushrooms in it BUT - the sheer amount of mushrooms coming out of this soil - I normally let them go because they don’t hurt anything but these were so many and damaging my plants and I could not keep up with it. I had this in an elevated planter on my deck, which I put some strawberry plants in. Nearly every single day overnight hundreds and hundreds of ink caps would come up and before I could s...

It's not a soil but a bag of dead trees.

I bought this when I ran out of my premium organic potting soil for my last two remaining tomato plants needed to be repotted. I opened the bag and saw tree barks and mulch with a sprinkle of soil inside, and I'm not even exaggerating. At 7 weeks, all my tomatoes from my premium soil grew perfectly well and started to flower. Those two tomato plants planted in the Sta Green? Their growth were stunted, overall color is yellow green, new growth are all curled up, and both are dying. Save your mo...

Garden Game Changer

I’ve tried a lot of potting mixes over the years, but Sta-Green Potting Mix is hands down the best I’ve ever used. I’ve been using it exclusively for the past 8 years, and I won’t switch to anything else. What impresses me most is how well it balances moisture. It keeps my plants hydrated without staying soggy, which has made a huge difference in the health of my flowers. Since I started using it, my flowers have grown up to three times larger, with stronger stems, fuller blooms, and healthier ...

Mulch, not potting mix!

I've used this product for several years but just started noticing on the last few bags that the mix contained rocks, roots, and other junk. The last bag I got actually has more bark mulch in it than potting mix!

Sta-green potting mix

1st. Time using sta- green potting mix never again flowers replanted died or just about died then I got different potting mix the ones that wasn’t dead came out great, seeds came up never did grow some seeds left I put in different potting mix came out great. Sta- green potting mix is the worst I have ever used in over 30 years.

Finely Shredded Mulch

I would not buy this unless you enjoy paying for potting soil and getting finally shredded mulch instead. I would give it zero stars if I could.

Horrible

Bought this brand instead of what I usually buy, Miracle Gro. I planted herbs in planter boxes like I have for the past 20 years. This mix has mulch mixed in which is fine. None of the herb plants have actually grown all that much. It’s like they’re stunted. I have 12 different herbs, none have grown well. They have been planted for 4 months so there should be more growth. I dumped out all the boxes and replanted the herbs in miracle gro mix

Terrible

Lowe’s said they posted my review but it does not appear anywhere. I wonder why. This is a terrible product with bits of plastic foil and rocks (three big rocks) and old plant roots. There is no way this is being screened or filtered. Do better Lowe’s.

Full of bugs

I purchased 8 bags of this potting mix and so far I have lost zucchini, cucumber, impatients, even marigolds (if you can believe it - I didn’t think anything liked to eat marigolds). Went outside this morning and where I used the majority of the soil it was crawling with ants and pill bugs which we have never had a problem with. In a brand new planter with only this soil the inpatients I planted have leaves completely gone. Do not recommend. Always used Miracle Grow products before. I think...

killed or stunted my seedlings

I have successfully started my own plants from seeds for decades, always repotting into standard potting soil. This is the first year that I used this product. It killed many of my seedlings and severely stunted the rest. I had to irrigate and repot all of the surviving seedlings. I had regrettably used the same brand of garden soil to prepare many of the areas of my garden. Once the seedlings were recovered and I was able to plant them outside, the same things reoccurred--many plants died or be...