- Jan 2, 2006
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I bought MiracleGro Vegetables and Herbs Garden Soil and put it all into my empty bed that's 8ft x 4ft x 11 inches deep.
I figured that since it's called "Garden Soil" it should be used entirely in the, you know, garden.
I looked at the instructions in the back and it said that 3-4 inches of it should be placed on top of native soil or top soil and mixed with.
Well, I don't have any native soil and I didn't buy any top soil.
The garden soil looks pretty airy with a lot of fibrous material. It smells of manure.
MiracleGro chat CSR said that I have to mix it with regular soil because otherwise it'll be too dense and suffocate the roots. That's not true - there are tons of fibers and there should be no suffocation issues. In fact, when looking at topsoil at the store, which is basically fine sand and clay, I would think that topsoil would suffocate plants, not the MiracleGro garden soil.
My concern is that it might over-fertilize the plants? What do you think? Should I just plant directly into it anyway?
I figured that since it's called "Garden Soil" it should be used entirely in the, you know, garden.
I looked at the instructions in the back and it said that 3-4 inches of it should be placed on top of native soil or top soil and mixed with.
Well, I don't have any native soil and I didn't buy any top soil.
The garden soil looks pretty airy with a lot of fibrous material. It smells of manure.
MiracleGro chat CSR said that I have to mix it with regular soil because otherwise it'll be too dense and suffocate the roots. That's not true - there are tons of fibers and there should be no suffocation issues. In fact, when looking at topsoil at the store, which is basically fine sand and clay, I would think that topsoil would suffocate plants, not the MiracleGro garden soil.
My concern is that it might over-fertilize the plants? What do you think? Should I just plant directly into it anyway?