Espoma Organic Seed Starter Premium Potting Soil Mix - All Natural & Organic Seed Starting Mix with Mycorrhizae. For Organic Gardening, 16 qt, bag - Pack of One

This seed starting mix was light and airy. It allowed the seeds I planted to germinate well. It also held water well without being soggy. This soil mix is of high quality and appears to look really good. Some other mixes I’ve purchased tended to have pieces of mulch wood in them. This mix doesn’t have that filler and is top notch!

Good quality seed starting mixing, nice and light mix. My seedlings grew quickly and so far the plants are looking sturdy. My tomatoes took a little longer to grow but my lettuce seeds just took a few days.

This seed starter soil worked great for me. I got good germination from everything except an old package of seeds I found in the shed, which didn’t germinate. No damping off. Everything is growing well I’ll use this again.

Seeds sprouted within a couple of days. After wetted down, doesn’t go as far as I thought. .. but a good choice.

Completely pleased with the quality of the seed starter. Plants came up. No problems.

This product is THE WORST. I've been seed starting and gardening for years and this is the first time I've switched up my seedling mix. I was looking for a really good organic bulk mix so I went for this one because I like the other Epsoma products. However, I found that my seedlings just did terrible. They were stunted in growth, almost fozen in place at like 1.5 in tall. The water had a terrible time with water management. And I kept trying to fix everything else and after reading other reviews I realized it's terrible seedling soil mix. Do yourself a favor and don't buy it. I'm frustrated because now I have to buy plants starts for my garden this year.

The consistency is perfect for starting seeds. The price was reasonable. The product arrived before before all the other items I ordered.

I am an avid vegetable gardener with many years of seed starting experience. Over the years I have literally started many thousands of vegetable plants and flowers from seed. I use this mix just as it is. I do not add anything to it. The mix is very fine and suitable for starting small seeds like tomatoes and tomatillos. I started some Sweet Million seeds in this mix which are very small and as best I could tell every seed germinated.This is an ideal mix for bottom watering. I use 1020 trays and 32 cell flats. I fill the cells to the level the seeds are to be planted at and tamp the soil down. I use an extra cell for this that I cut out of an old tray. After that I add the seeds and then fill the cells to the top with seed starting mix. Then tamp down the mix again. At this point I bottom water. The soil mix absorbs the water all the way to the top of the cells within an hour. If it takes longer than that its only because I did not add enough water to begin with. I use bottom heat and a humidity dome and in a few short days things are sprouting.A litte seed starting advice.Use new cells and trays or wash the ones you have with water and bleach. One Tablespoon of bleach per gallon of water. Once cleaned be sure to rinse them with clean water. This is to lower the risk of molds and fungus's growing in your trays.Use bottom heat and a humidity dome. The bottom heat will greatly increase your germination rates and the speed at which your seeds germinate. Use a spray bottle to keep your humidity dome damp. Remove the humidity dome after your seeds have successfully sprouted. If you don't you will increase your odds of having a problem with molds and fungus's. Once the seeds are up and the shell of the seed is separated from the seedling the dome has done its job anyway. The tender seedlings may be somewhat dependent on the higher rate of humidity though so remember to remove the humidity dome gradually. Turn it a little so air can flow under it or cock it on one end. Then remove it entirely for half an hour to an hour at a time. In less than a day most seedlings will adjust and you can leave the dome off thereafter.