brooklyn1 wrote:
Phisherman wrote:
I have been buying Miracle Grow potting mix. Anyone else notice
that potting mixes have a great deal of wood chips and no peat moss?
The wood chips decompose, draw nitrogen and encouraging small gnats to
breed in it.


I've never seen wood chips in Miracle Grow potting mix... I think it's a
bit pricy for what it is but I see nothing bad about it if all someone needs
is a relatively small quantity of quality potting mix... peat moss is not
necessarily a good thing and you wouldn't actually see it in a mix anyway.
Perhaps you got a bad batch, save your packaging and contact their customer
service and I'm positive you will be issued a refund and coupons for your
next purchase... I've found major brand gardening products (like others) are
very honest. I never hesitate to contact customer service when I'm not
satisfied with a product, I can't remember the last time I got blown off.

I purchased probably about 20 large bags of Miracle Grow potting mixes
three years ago and remembered that they were of good quality mixes,
with lots of peat and chunky composted wood barks/chips.

Didn't buy anything the past two years.

This year, so far, I already bought about 8 of the same bags and noticed
that there is very little peat and lots of partially composted wood
chips and barks. Some of the wood chips appear to be newly broken, not
composted at all.

I still need more of the potting mixes this year. I probably switch to
another brand.