Back to the Roots 100% Organic Potting Mix (6 Quart) Premium Blend Made in The USA

I bought this to help my indoor sunflowers thrive. I started growing them earlier in the year for my kids when their school plants died. We're in NYC and had originally used wild dirt. In short NYC plants is pretty darn hardy considering the fact our dirt doesn't hold moisture well. I had to essentially water our sunflowers daily in the wild dirt. Cut to this bag of indoor soil, it's holding up well. It came to me premoistened with no pebbles and debris. It does have some tiny wood chips or sticks but it's not a big deal considering this is far better than NYC wild dirt. My sunflowers have been thriving. I don't have to water any where as frequently and I didn't have to enrich the soil as much as I did with the wild. Wild NYC dirt needed so much work to be ok for the sunflowers. I fertilized the soil, added dehydrated fish and spent coffee beans to help enrich the soil for the flowers. I didn't do anything with this brand of soil much to my delight. It's working well for my needs and will reorder should I want to start growing other indoor plants. Update 07/06/2026 I've used this brand on multiple occasions. I've picked it up here and via Home Depo. That said for the most part quality of this potting media has been consistent although some batches has been a bit more excessive in thick sticks than others. My more recent batch for sure was excessive in the wood. Luckily I have a very mature dracaena in a 16in pot that I toss the excessive woody pieces into. I also recently mixed this into Fox Farm's happy frog potting media. Fox includes peat, perlite and coconut chips for aeration. Back to the roots depending on which collection may not have perlite for such. This still holds onto moisture so depending on your watering habits, can cause some root rot. If you don't want to water often and are diligent about checking moisture levels this is a great purchase. I do have some plants is an excessively large pot however I don't water those plants frequently but say once every 2 to 4w depending on the weather. Since the north east did just experience a heat wave with temps exceeding 100 plus degrees I did only have to water deeply once through it. Despite the quality changes, my plants have been doing fine in this media. I usually amend it with my own fertilizer which has allowed my seedings to grow in this medium just fine. I do indoor gardening only. I've been successful in growing cilantro, scallions, basil, sweet potatoes and now carrots in this potting medium. If your seedlings is struggling to grow in this, it is very wise to invest in an appropriate fertilizer to promote healthy roots, vibrant foliage and vigorous growth. While this does come with bare bones fertilizer on it, it is not sufficient enough to sustain heavy feeders and the long term health of tropical houseplants. Lastly, this is one of my favorite very affordable potting mediums. I've refreshed it through the seasons with amendments being more perlite, orchid bark and coconut chips for aeration. I also add in homemade compost for nutrients and long term health of my houseplants. Never throw away your "soil" it can always be reused.

Great potting soil. I used them for my Lilly’s and they are doing great! Doesn’t have a distinct smell. Great for house plants

NOT HAPPY! I bought your soil to repot my growing indoor plants and I was moving them all up to new and larger planters. I used this potting mix to fill up the extra room for the bigger pots. Soon after all my indoor plants are infested with spider mites. I order another bag of potting soil from another brand because it is double the size for a better price. I could not understand how all my plants had become infected but i knew they had to be repotted. I open up the this bag to finish it off first before the new soil I bought. and look in the bag and it is literally moving there are so many spider mites in the bag. The plants are not close to each other and they are are in all new pots. Simply put, this soil has made several of my plants sick and two have died. I have bought new soil and repotted them and disinfecting all the leaves of all my plants with an alcohol/water/dish soap solution in my house in the hopes to destroy all of the eggs underneath the leaves. This has been time consuming and awful. I am pretty upset as you can imagine. I wish I had taken pictures but I only thought of it as an afterthought. This whole experience has made me weary of potting soil.

Good soil

Ummm the dirt is fine I think but this time around the bag was THICKLY COVERED in dead flies it was disturbing! I thought it was caked on dirt but it was not eek! I haven’t opened the bag yet but I hope there isn’t a pest infestation inside…

Bought this potting soil for my potted tomato plant.

I used 2 bags of left over from last year's potting mix to transplant my garden flower and veggie seedlings. Great product. Based on this experience, when I ran out I decided to reorder more for the rest of my seedlings. I was unpleasantly surprised when I opened the new bags to find the product was chock full of chopped sticks of varying lengths., making it more like a crude mulch than the premium potting soil I had recently so happily used. My ratings: 5 for last year's dirt, and 0 for this latest batch: average 3. You pay your money and take your chances.

Impressive. I'll see how my plants respond.