Miracle-Gro

Bought some Miracle Grow Organic potting soil. Started using it about 3 weeks ago. For the first week, everything was fine. Then, as the plant was around 3 inches tall, fruit flies starting appearing. I didn't think it was a big deal at first. There were only 4-5 of them. So, I went out and picked up some organic bug spray and used it. Everyday, 4-7 more fruit flies kept appearing but I'd kill them. It still wasn't bad until yesterday. When I checked the plant last night, there were at least 30 fruit flies, and 2 inch tall fungus growing. The fungus practically sprung up in a few hours.

I repotted my plants this summer and have been suffering with hundreds of flies and black bugs. Fly paper and bowls of water help to capture them. But they keep on coming. I have a severely handicapped brother who dribbles due to a paralyzed throat and the flies get in his mouth. What the ** has happened to the potting soil? I'm afraid to buy more but don't want to lose all my plants. I need to repot again. I bought their products for years.

I bought a bag of Miracle-Gro potting soil for my house plants in October 2011 and re-potted my plants. I have never seen so many of those little black bugs, thousands of them. I probably will have to re-pot or throw my plants out. I have two small grandchildren and I can not have this. What happened to your soil? I use your products all the time and have never had this trouble. Help.

We bought at Lowe's in Rapid City a bag of cactus palm, citrus soil 8 quarts, and a bag of moisture control potting mix 8 quarts. Both have flying bugs in them, and we put this in our pots and they killed our plants, at least 9 of them. We can't believe this. We've used this product for years, not only in this state, but also in Arizona, Illinois, and Wyoming.

I purchased a small bag of Miracle Grow Potting Mix. I scooped up a coffee can full of soil to change a potted plant in my house. I was doing this at the kitchen sink. Out jumped a small frog and into the dog's water bowl on the floor. I picked up the bowl to take it outside and the frog jumped out. It is somewhere in my house as I cannot find it.

I purchased a large bag of your potting soil for the transplantation of my house plants. Now my house is filled with these disgusting smell, and flies that are coming from the soil. I'm hauling them outside to spray and hopefully finally kill them. Shame on you! I will not be purchasing your products again.

On 5/1/11, hy husband and I also purchased a 1.5 CF of Miracle Grow organic and are having better luck with the mushrooms that came with it than the plants that we bought it for. I have sent them an email and will be taking the bag back to Home Depot.

My husband purchase Miracle Gro Garden Soil for flowers and vegetables but, upon opening the bag, we found mushrooms growing inside. So we exchanged the bag at Home Depot and the second bag had round yellowish color, fluid filled eggs. We sifted through the soil as best we could but we are very concerned about pests living in our vegetable garden and affecting our food. Miracle Gro should ensure quality of product before it goes to consumers.

I bought a bag of soil in July, used a lot of it then noticed bugs that looked like fruity flies around my plants, then noticed balls of insects eggs. Then looked in bag and found many more. I blamed it on the store Walmart, so then I bought two small bags of same and found them again. I'm very disappointed!

I really can't afford to buy things like a bag of dirt but plants are my much loved hobby and now I must buy a house plant pesticide and treat all my plants and soon before they die.

Bought bag of Miracle Grow Enriched African Violet Mix two months ago (July 2010) used approx. half bag. Wanted to use again in September, bag had mold inside. Called the toll free, told that mold should not be harmful, if I wanted I could allow the dirt to dry out after removing mold and use it.

Not acceptable, will no longer use their product, the soil texture is considerably different than in years past, more fiber than dirt substance. Will no longer use Miracle Grow Products with the experience I have had, this dirt is not helping my violets in the least, not sure why they changed the way they used to make dirt for these plants but it does them no good with the current way they are packaging whatever it is they are selling. Thank you.

For years I have been purchasing your "topsoil" in 40 pound bags to use for starting vegetables for my garden. The major constituent in the product was indeed "topsoil" as defined in Webster's dictionary. This year, I purchased your product labeled "topsoil" in the 40 pound bags and was disappointed to find that the major constituent in the product was a poor quality clay-like material which is more correctly defined in Webster's dictionary as "subsoil." This "subsoil" clay-like material has too small of particles (referred to as a "tight" soil) and is a poor base for use as a product called "topsoil." The barcode is Earthgro Topsoil "0 3686512250 2".

In an effort to procure a more suitable product, I purchased a 40 pound sack of your "humus/manure" and found the major constituent was also the poor quality clay-like material. The barcode on that product is Earthgro Organic Humas andManure "0 3686512231 1." I urge you to investigate the quality of your "topsoil" product, as well as your supplier, in hopes of correcting this issue, before someone makes this a legal issue against Wal-Mart. I am not looking for a refund. I am hoping for a return to a product such as you have had in previous years.

I have used Miracle Gro for countless years with all my little indoor plants and all was fine. Then last year I purchased a 50 lb bag of Miracle Gro from BJ's in Weymouth, MA. I planted many beautiful flowers and several tomato plants. I was so excited to make my portion of the back porch area look good and grow my own tomatoes! After a little while I noticed these disgusting sort of white things all over my plants and tomatoes.

Upon further investigation I began to notice tons of very little round balls which looked like, and were, some sort of egg larvae. It destroyed every single flower plants and all of my tomato plants! I was furious. To make matters worse, I just purchased a smaller size thinking with Miracle Gro's reputation, this had to be a one time only incident, but it was not! I was just outside adding soil to a very large palm tree I purchased about a month ago which is simple gorgeous and now I know when those eggs hatch I will lose that too plus I was adding soil to my Spider Plant, but noticed the eggs so I just tossed the soil out away from my garden and saw a whole lot more of these eggs waiting to hatch.

I lost my tomatoes plants that had about 22-23 tomatoes, about 4-5 flowering plants and now I will lose 7 more flowering plants and my gorgeous gorgeous gorgeous huge palm tree I purchased from BJ's. I cannot even bring that back in the house! I am so darn furious. How can you sell such? How can you knowingly destroy people's food and plants. I really cannot afford this and in addition, I am mainly homebound due to being physically disabled and my flowers and plants bring me so much joy. Now only to watch every thing be eaten up by ugly worms. Miracle Gro, you are... I do not know what to call you. It is simply cruel to do something like this to people..just simply cruel!

I am not complaining I have used Miracle Grow Garden soil for years and it is great. I read on the bag not to put it in pots so I didn't seems Mircle Grow should not be blamed for someones mistake. It is a great Company and I use there products all the time and have for years. No damage great plants.

I purchased bags of Miracle-Gro Garden Soil with the guidance of a helpful sales associate at my local Home Depot. The product was stacked high in the outdoor lawn & garden section with all bags "face up."

After paying for the product, another HD associate kindly loaded the bags into the back of my vehicle - again "face up."

When I arrived home, I slid the bags out from the back of my suv onto the garage floor - also "face up."

Because the bags were heavy, I slit the first one open from the front as it was flat on the concrete floor. At no time did I see the bottom of these bags.

After planting my containers using the garden soil and seeing the colorful flowers on the bag's front side, the first bag was completed empty. When I crumpled the bag to dispose of it, I could then read the "back side."

ONLY on the back, was there a notice: "Not for containers." In disbelief, I read the front again and again - no mention of "not for containers."

The next day I called Miracle-Gro's support line and they will refund my purchase price. I was also advised that the containers/pots would have to be re-planted or the flowers would die. However, the work involved to completely re-plant the containers was extensive and time-consuming.

Simple labeling on BOTH side of this product would have saved this gardener considerable time and effort.

Poa Trivialis was in my grass seed which should have been 100% Kentucky Blue Grass seed. I overseeded my lawn with this seed and discovered that no selective herbicide could kill it without destroying the Kentucky Blue Grass.

I had to use Roundup to kill my entire lawn and resod. This cost me over $2000.

I, like many consumers was not aware that potting soil was flammable, as it is not printed anyware on the packaging. I had a plantless, plastic pot smolder overnight, after a cigarette had been put out in it. It melted the entire middle of the pot out and could have very well caused a major house fire.

I would appreciate your comments.