Amazon Is Selling a 'Miracle' Potting Mix That Lasts for 6 Months — And It's Cheaper Than You Think

If you could see within a cluster of daffodils or a lemon tree, you’d discover an intricate mechanism unfurling under the soil. The soil or the potting mix, which appears as a crumbly cake, hides within it lacy fungal threads, moss, microorganisms, and nutrients that together determine how strong the plant will become after it bursts outwards and encounters the harsh, unpredictable world. Gardeners, including Martha Stewart, are swearing by a potting mix from the Miracle-Gro Store, available on Amazon at a 19% discount.

Helps plants grow twice as big

Erika Burke, a shopper, bought a pack of Miracle-Gro’s potting mix and added it to her morning glories. By “Day 3,” the trumpet-shaped flowers had tripled in size, as she shared in a review. “This is my go-to soil! It's simply the best. The fancy, organic, more expensive ones are a waste of money,” Burke wrote. With more than 10,000 packs sold in the past month alone, the sellers slashed their price from $24 to just $19.39 on Amazon.

The company says that their mix enables gardeners to make the most out of their piece of Earth by helping even the most stubborn plants grow with ease and grow about twice as big in size. The mix is best-suited for indoor and outdoor container plants, including flowers, veggies, annuals, perennials, shrubs, and ornamentals.

Feeds plants for up to 6 months

In a product picture, the store illustrated how a flowering plant fed by its potting mix almost doubled in size and blooms as compared to an unfed plant. This mix keeps the plants healthy, quenched, and satiated for up to 6 months. The ingredients include sphagnum peat moss, peat, perlite, compost, and fertilizer.

Replenish nutrients for thriving plants

Miracle-Gro’s mix helps replenish nutrients in the soil, prevents soil compaction, and retains water so moisture is available to the plants all the time. Most gardeners who bought this mix share that they’ve witnessed miraculous results. “It has made my garden flourish,” wrote Lwiltsie. Another shopper, Diane Morrow, said, “I love this potting soil! My plants have gone from meh to looking super nice with lots of growth.” One person said that her plants flourished in a way she didn’t expect, “It’s a miracle!”

What’s included?

According to the product description, the bundle comes with two green and yellow packets of the potting mix, each with a 16-quart quantity, and an instruction booklet. One 16-quart bag can fill a 12-inch container, but the amounts may vary depending on the size of the root ball.

Additional tips

The gardening brand shared some tips for the customers to make the most of this potting mix. One tip is to combine this potting mix with the Miracle-Gro Plant Food for miraculous results. When watering your plants, let the mix dry to the touch between waterings, but do not allow the plants to sit in drainage water. Waterlogging can kill the plants. Lastly, repot your container plants annually for stronger roots.

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