Compressed Organic Potting Soil for Garden, Plants & Vegetables - Expands 4x When Mixed with Water - Indoor or Outdoor Use - Plant Food Mix Derived from Natural Coconut Coir & Worm Castings Fertilizer

This compressed organic soil is super convenient and works really well. Once you add water, it fluffs up and gives you way more soil than it looks like at first. It’s rich, soft, and easy to mix into pots or garden beds. I wish I could have used it to fill all of my pots and raised beds, but due to the price, it just wasn’t realistic for the full garden. That said, it’s excellent quality and definitely worth it for special plants or starter mixes.

I buy organic potting soil for increased germination rates. The texture is perfect for growing carrots, spinach & Bok Choy in my winter garden. Dark rich color with fresh smell.

A while ago, I bought a bag of this compressed soil, put it away, and forgot about it. Recently, I found the bag and decided to hydrate it as an additive for the potting soil I use to help keep the soil from compacting. I grow almost all of our veggies in our basement, and use quite a bit of soil. Since I have been growing our veggies for over 5 years, and pots of older plants have been dumped on our 5-acre property, it has caused problems with piles of accumulation of the root filled soil and deteriorating vegetation. Since then, we have had most of the debris hauled away and I had to find a solution to prevent this problem from happening again. I had to figure out a way to reuse the soil from old and depleted plants. I use FoxFarm potting soils which is an excellent blend for potting soil, but it has been sterilized to eliminate bacteria, organisms, etc. When we grow veggies and other plants outdoors, we don't have to worry about the breakdown of roots or plant material from other plants. The microorganisms that are naturally in the soil break these down for use as nutrients for future plants. Although this compressed soil is much too expensive for me to use as soil for the volume of plants I grow, I decided to try it as an additive to my potting soil to add natural bacteria to soil I reuse. The first bag I bought, I poured into a 5 gallon bucket and 1/2 filled the bucket with water. Well, this turned out to be a 1/2 bucket of muck. So, I ordered another bag, and added this to the bucket. This worked well, and the result was 1/2 5 gallon bucked of hydrated soil additive that will encourage natural microbial growth in the soil. So far, my plan seems to be working. The mycorrhizae in this compressed soil is a root fungus that has a beneficial, or symbiotic relationship between a fungus and the roots of its host plant. This relationship is a natural infection of a plant’s root system in which the plant supplies the fungus with sugars and carbon and receives water and/or nutrients in return. This relationship expands the plants' root systems, increases nutrient and water uptake, and helps to prevent soil-borne diseases from propagating in your soil. The soil in my plants is not compacting and reusing the soil is working. When using this soil as an additive, you don't have to use a lot. The microbes will reproduce in the soil it is added to, and it doesn't require much of this to reduce compaction of the soil. So far, I like this compressed soil as an additive, but it is much too expensive to be used exclusively if you grow a lot of plants. I hope this review was helpful for you.

Yes this stuff is expensive. This is not the soil to purchase for a large planter or anything in your vegetable garden. For starters this is NOT a “mix”, for most plants you are going to want a mix that drains much quicker than this. What I’ve found this IS good for - seed starting, propagations, and my indoor turmeric and ginger plants. I love that I can start my seeds and I don’t have to worry about quickly transplanting them because of nutrient deficiency. The worm castings carry those little babies all the way to the garden bed. The moisture retention is just enough to keep my fig cuttings moist without rotting the stem. And my ginger and turmeric are absolutely loving it

LOVE this product. As someone who can barely lift 10 lbs, I had no idea how I was going to repot the plants I had been given. This lightweight soil is a gift to me. So easy to mix, so easy to move - and my plants love its richness. They doubled in size within just a few months! I just finished repotting them again. Half a bag for an 8" pot, if that. 4 cups soil per 4 cups water, and presto, chango! Repotting was so easy. Highly recommend.

Wow, this stuff is great! It makes indoor gardening so much CLEANER! It was easy to eyeball the water/soil ratio for the perfect moisture consistency. I added perlite for drainage. I definitely recommend this magic soil!

I'm sure this will grow anything, even if I mix it 1:1 with dirt, but am regretting I spent $40 on something that only fills a Home Depot bucket 1/3. =P I could have bought 2 bags of 50 qt Miracle Grow potting soil for less. Wasn't thinking. Doh!

It really does expand well. I was surprised at first because the bags looked so small. I didn’t mix it with potting soil, just used it straight mixed with water. It’s perfect for my kitchen herb garden!